Vasumati has been a psychotherapist and counselor for the last 30 years, specializing in the areas of co dependency,
relationships, Essence and Tantra. After completing a psychology degree at the University of Cape Town in South
Africa she moved to London where she completed further education in Somatic Psychotherapy.
She studied Reichian
Bodywork with Gerda Boyesen . and completed a two year professional course. While in London she studied the
humanistic psychologies that were emerging from Esalen Institute in California. These included Psychodrama, Gestalt
and Family systems.
In 1976 Vasumati went to India to meet the Guru Bhagwan Rajneesh and spent many years in India learning meditation,
working in the commune and practicing therapy in individual and group settings. This experience in India brought her to
the understanding that there is a new type of therapy emerging called the Psychology of the Buddhas.This approach
understood that the traditional therapies of analysis and later of emotional discharge could not promote change and
healing on deeper levels if meditation was not brought in.
Without meditation man can't step out of the mind to know his true nature.
And up to the present day Vasumatis work is based on the interface between psychotherapy, spirituality and meditation.
In 1990 she became interested in Co dependency and trained in couple counseling at the Couples Institute in Palo Alto
California..Today she works in a group, training and individual setting in Couple, Relationship and Family Therapy.
Her work takes place in a gentle and non invasive space, clients are supported to compassionately enquire into the
issues and conflicts, fears, and tensions that hold us back from living at our full potential. Self understanding and
communication skills provide the basis for deepening our intimate connections with each other.
This will lead to respect, appreciation and a healthy mature love. |