“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
— Carl JungWe believe that all people are capable of healing and transformation, and co-creating healthy, thriving lives.
Eric Belsterling is a sex positive therapist who practices trauma integrated care by utilizing Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP), EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF/CBT). He’s a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist-Supervisor, Certified Multiple Addiction Therapist, and a Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS).
Believing in the inextricable link between physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being, Eric strives to embody these principles in his practice and create treatment plans specific to each client. As a helping professional, Eric Belsterling’s first commitment is to continuous learning and growth in himself, and in what fosters greater vitality and well-being in others.
Eric loves people first and foremost, and approaches his work as a creative art form. He loves to witness transformation in others, from which he finds great fulfillment and hope for humanity.
Healing begins with us — the more we do our own healing, the more powerful a conduit we become for others to heal themselves.
Our Values
Integrative
Honoring the unique parts of ourselves and how they can be harmoniously linked together
Open Minded
Holding multiple perspectives and perceiving the “truth” in all philosophies and ideologies
Compassionate
Seeing the humanity in myself as well as others — we are all fallible
Accountable
I delude and devolve, we evolve and transcend — together we stay in reality
Accountable
I delude and devolve, we evolve and transcend — together we stay in reality
Curious
Perceiving myself and my parts in a non-judgemental and non-shaming way
Curious
Perceiving myself and my parts in a non-judgemental and non-shaming way
“Not everything that can be faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
— James Baldwin“Not everything that can be faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
— James Baldwin
Clients Sharing Stories of Transformation
I found Heart and Soul Recovery and reached out. Eric sensed how desperate and urgent my situation was and connected with me right away. I knew I had problems but didn’t know what to do or how to proceed until I spoke to Eric.
It has been a year and a half since that first call was made and I am now maintaining sobriety and recovering from my sexual addiction. I wouldn’t be here today without Eric’s guidance and support and have found reason to be vulnerable and grateful in my life every day.
I still struggle with anxiety from the trauma in my past, but to this day I still use the same techniques Eric taught me and I am able to manage it. I assume it will never totally go away. Over time I have learned how to perceive the anxiety building when it begins, rather than after it’s too late and a panic attack has set in. I apply my techniques to calm down and it usually doesn’t last any more than 10 to 15 minutes.
I was very reluctant to go to counseling. I was the type of person that didn’t really “believe in that sort of thing.” The medication I was on was helpful, but it wasn’t enough. I needed counseling and Eric was able to crack through that mindset and get me to accept the work. I was in such a dark place, and he gave me the tools I needed to recover. It’s quite possible Eric saved my life, and I will forever be grateful.