We at Aja Integrative Center are a group of professional healers, women and men, with a wide age range and different cultural backgrounds. We work hand in hand to assist you in obtaining what you desire to manifest. We begin with the premise that we exist in multiple dimensions of reality and that consciousness is the foundation of all being. With this is mind, we seek to create a unique framework for your healing, based on your reported history, intuition and hopes for your future. At Aja Integrative Healing Center, we value your internal experience of meaning.
Denise Smernes, MFT, the founder of Aja, won a life-threatening bout with breast cancer over 20 years ago. She sought a wide variety of conventional and not-so-mainstream approaches in her healing journey. Her ultimate success contradicted dire predictions of her conventional medical team. She noted that few practitioners on the conventional team or among the alternative healers took into account what other practitioners thought about her condition. Looking back on her process, she concluded that it was the blended effects of these approaches which led to her recovery. Acupuncture, psychic healing, dietary changes, folk medicine, spiritual work as well as her western medical team all played key roles in her healing. She created a treatment plan on her own, as many others do when serious illness threatens their lives.
Kathryn Kanaya, MFT, throughout her adult life, has been active in the study and practice of a variety of healing approaches including therapeutic massage, Reiki, sound healing, and psychotherapy. She has explored ways to integrate the treatment of physical imbalances with modalities proven to bring balance to the emotional, psychological and spiritual lives of those who seek her help.
Terrence Higgins, MFT, has, since the early 1990s, been a practitioner of process oriented psychology. His attraction to this approach stems from its view of symptoms, psychological and physical, as symbolic of inner processes. From 1971, in search of lifestyle choices that support preventive medicine, he developed a daily practice based on tai chi, chi gong, meditation, and shiatsu (or acupressure). This practice continues to evolve. He has taught aspects of it to many of his psychotherapy and relationship counseling clients
Jeff Ennor, CCHt, has devoted his professional life to restoring balance from a variety of approaches. A certified clinical hypnotherapist (CCHt), Reiki Master, and emotional freedom technique (EFT) practitioner, he has been on a personal and professional healing course since a motorcycle accident in 2008 awakened him to what has become his life direction.
Chantal Bernhart, CCHt, has been a professional psychic and healer for over 65 years. Born and raised in France, she has assisted clients, friends, and students in developing their connection to the spiritual world. Chantal helps her clients learn to use psychic tools and apply spiritual teachings in their daily lives to obtain a balance of inner healing. She has conducted many successful workshops in California, France, and Japan.