Luke brinsford

I have come to know a thread that runs through my life. It leads me to the edge of necessary thresholds, moves me towards experiences of intimacy and joy, and guides me through life’s myriad traumas, tests and challenges. It is a thread which weaves itself steady and true, that is felt and known at the centre of my heart and expressed most fully when in authentic relationship with others. My work, as I see it, is an unfolding offer rising from the depths of my lived story, responding to the shifting currents of a complex and beautiful world.

My journey has been a continual invitation to be shaped by the initiation that is life, so I might show up as best as I can to be in service to something greater than myself. To be in service to the hard and necessary work of healing, growth and transformation – for myself, for others, and for the world. To be alongside others as they navigate their healing journey and awaken to the deeper potentials of their life. This is the thread.

Throughout my life I have been fortunate to have found many things that work for me. I’m grateful to have tried things that haven’t worked for me, but that have helped me along my way. I have discovered many things that matter to me. I have let things go that once mattered but no longer do. Some things that have mattered to me for a long time, still matter and maybe always will.

I have found a steady and supportive love in my closest relationships. I have found a wild and welcoming presence in nature. I carry a deep appreciation for solitude and celebration, for stories and circles, symbols and the imagination, and for the natural beginnings and endings that each life holds.

Being in authentic relationship to others and nurturing mutual meaningful connections is the touchstone of my work and the transformational ingredient in the soulful practices of creative therapy and supervision. I have learned from experience that a committed companionship is essential to the healing journey.

I am blessed to have had companions along the way who have been steady in their generosity, belief and support. I am blessed to have had the guidance of teachers and mentors who have invited new perspectives, shared their wisdom, and challenged me to grow. I am blessed to have learned from each and every person that I have had the privilege and honour to work alongside.

I have learned that as much as specific techniques and theoretical knowledge are useful, the truest change occurs when we find the courage to fully embrace our aliveness with one another. When we feel secure enough to make mistakes, trusting in the wisdom that those mistakes will bring. When we feel understood and accepted in who we are and who we are growing to be. When in the presence of another we grow in greater trust of ourselves and our capacities to move the dial beyond what limits us. When we can be held and witnessed in the shedding of our skin. When we can boldly bring definition to the landscape of our imagination and collaborate in bringing new, vital and creative energy into the world. When compassion and love are known as natural conditions of the heart, that put us directly in touch with our innate power, wisdom and nobility.