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a note on my certifications & how I created my own healing methods

October 11, 2021work with me0

Yes, I’m not a licensed therapist but I never claimed to be one. I do talk about mental illness and mental health in my content but that’s because I live with a mental illness and I’m an advocate. It doesn’t mean I’m a therapist or I claim to help people with their psychological or nervous system issues.

I’m a coach or a mentor or a healer. I’m not a therapist.

In my consult calls and DMs people often ask me if I have a certificate in what I do.

The answer is simple.. the work I do doesn’t have any certifications

I don’t have ONE art therapy or coaching certificate because the work I do doesn’t have any certifications. I had to combine everything I have done in this area.

I have work experience in different creative fields ~ fashion design, interior design, content, illustration, etc. Fashion design was the first post-grad course I enrolled in when I was switching careers. I converted all of them into therapeutic approaches. There isn’t any qualification (that I know of) that teaches interior or fashion as a way to cope with your emotional health.

Plus, over the years I have created my own personal projects and tools like visual journaling, photography, traditional painting, music, meditation, etc. The work I do now is a combination of all creative mediums I have used to help me live consciously and actually enjoy the process of creativity and life. Having the work experience and being an entrepreneur for 6+ years, I love that I get to help artists and creatives with their visibility as well and not just their emotions and confidence.

I discovered the healing benefits of blogging & online & in-person community spaces myself

My journey to discovering the healing benefits of creativity started from my personal blog. In academia, they have just started researching on this. They call it ‘digital art therapy’. I was even invited to deliver a lecture on this at a university in Karachi because It’s a new concept.

My personal blog was not just me writing about myself or sharing my art, it created a community and helped me connect with like-minded people, which was so crucial for me when I felt like I didn’t belong. This is why I curate safe spaces and I host art circles for both artists and non-artists.

I often study different approaches in psychology. I did a course in positive psychology which is the study of happiness. I’m currently doing a course on the psychological theory of motivation. I read a lot on spiritual approaches to psychology. A lot of the times when I study psychology I only do it to understand what exactly I did and how self-expression helped me so I can teach more people that. Studying about human behavior truly fascinates me.

It’s like I already know everything

Truth to be told, I find it hard now to finish courses or books around creativity. Because whenever I go through them, it’s like I already know everything they’re teaching! Once I found the exact same approach to stress management through art that I have been implementing myself and also facilitated once in workshop written in an art therapy book once.

This is because I have lived experience. I have experimented a lot for my own health. And it’s not the just the experience of this lifetime. I don’t know if you believe in past lives but I have already mastered the art of creativity in my past life and this current life of my soul is meant for teaching and spreading that knowledge.

I love experiences

For me learning is not about getting a certificate so I can make money. I enroll in programs for engaging in a live, enriching discourse because I truly enjoy being around and conversing with creative people. I DESIRE creativity. I’m taking some time off work October to December and I am going to enroll in this workshop around dance meditation and short course. I focus on short workshops and courses so that learning doesn’t take a toll on my health.

I love experiences and my chase for experiences and creative adventures always helps me find the right people and right opportunities.

Ethics of coaching

I have a life purposing coaching certificate + I enrolled in a program where they taught us how to be a coach; how to speak, how to start and end calls, how to make the client self-reliant. I found this program when I was frantically going around looking for a certification for the skills that I already have. Thanks to that program I’m well versed in the ethics of this field and how to go about talking to my clients in call.

Plus, I have the natural abilities to make people seen and safe enough to speak. It’s like I’ve always been a life coach to everyone around me. Even strangers start telling me things that they never felt comfortable to accept.

I have a spiritual mentor

Most importantly, I work with a spiritual mentor who helps me amplify my natural talents. Having a mentor is 100% more transformative. It’s like having a private tutor who knows what your skill level is and what you need. While in a course / classroom setting the teacher delivers a lecture on a specific modality which is not custom to you. A course is generic while having a mentor is like going through the application of your abilities and the courses you do.

To sum it up

I only study because I love to. I don’t need the label of an organization or federation to prove that I’m worthy of transforming people’s lives. I hope this answers any questions you had around my certificates. I know coaching or healing methods or art therapy is new so it’s hard to understand and I don’t mind answering questions.

If you have any questions, you can always email me Jabeen at hello@thewishingwellco.com. If you have been meaning to work with me, I do offer a 30-min free consult call to clarify any questions or confusions you have regarding my work. You can see my coaching services here & fill out the application form if you think I’m the right coach for you.

Love,

Jabeen.

Jabeen Qadri

About Jabeen Qadri

Jabeen is an expressive artist, writer, intuitive creative healer and creative mentor. She's the owner of The Wishing Well Co. She helps people balance their emotional and spiritual health through creative healing and also mentors them to kickstart and manage their creative pursuits with ease and flow.

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The weather is so lovely in Lahore. I spend alot of my time on the terrace these days.
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I'd rather not be ridiculed
For being an optimist

I'd rather be a cynic
I'd rather be respected

I'd like for a change
For my walls to be climbed

I'd like for a change
To be the one trying to hide

I'd rather not be kind
I'd rather not be understanding

I'd rather not be things
Missing from this world

I'd rather be missing myself
I'd rather be black

I'd rather give myself permission
To be fully melancholic

No, thank you
I can't keep it together

I'd rather peacefully
Gracefully, fall apart

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My world crumbles With every smirk With every rema My world crumbles
With every smirk
With every remark

Every thought is rejected
Every word is not mine
Every laugh is patronizing

The worst thing I did to myself
I only ever saw the good in people
I'm guilty of innocence

When will I learn
I can't mend shipwrecks
Or keep people from drowning

I can't put together
Broken parts of a home
Jigsaw pieces out of order

I'll give when I'm not asked
I'll save others from breaking
& continue to silently fall apart

The worst thing I do to myself
I won't ever give up
I'm guilty of holding on

I will keep searching
For flowers in autumn
For hearts in the dead

For love in the loveless
For God in the godless
For humanity in humans

The worst thing I will do to myself
I will only ever see the good in people
I'm guilty of innocence

From my book 'The girl who slept for 10 years'

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I'm still processing the closure of my healing wor I'm still processing the closure of my healing work.

What really pushed me to do it recently were 2 things that happened back to back

1. My group project for Primordial Images class where we have to do dream analysis. Turns out I have had very vivid dreams about things have not been right in my work & how devoid of passion (& myself)I have been for a really long time but I kept ignoring it

2. I was conducting my arts based research (on instagram) when I realized how many years of my life (maybe 9? I dunno) I have given to Instagram through my accounts but I have not received much back. No matter how many followers or admirers I have online, I am still alone. Everyone is moving on, living their life, while I have become someone they reach out to only when they are sad or they need a listener. And then they are gone.

The fault is my own. I made my life's purpose about other people. About my work. About helping people & I overgave alot.

The worst thing I did was I expected alot. I expected decency and kindness from people that I gave my time & energy to. But I guess that's too much to ask.

I tried alot. But I can't constantly be there for people that can't even say thank you back or even acknowledge you. I'm not that big of a person. I'm done overgiving.

I know in spiritual community they call obstacles a "mindset block". But not everything is a block. Sometimes the universe is guiding you towards something that's better for you.

Lesson learned the hard way ~ my life's purpose is not about others anymore. From now on, I come first.

My life's purpose is to do what makes me happy & live in passion.
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I want to become a wanderer Without a destination I want to become a wanderer
Without a destination

Become one with the wind
Or even ashes, I don't mind

I want to get lost
Not be found

This is not revenge
Or a cry for attention

The search for myself
Gets too much sometimes

I just want to not exist sometimes

What will it take
For my heart to stop beating?

Even after everything
Why won't my lungs collapse?

Am I made of steel or diamonds,
Or am I numb beyond hope?

This life must be a big joke
I must not be a human

The perpetual state of resilience
Gets too much sometimes

I just want to not exist sometimes

/ sombre corners of my heart / 

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I'm not offering art therapy / life coaching sessi I'm not offering art therapy / life coaching sessions anymore. Atleast not for the next 2 years while I'm doing my master's degree. I need a long break. If I come back, it might be group sessions or something else entirely, I don't know.

I realize now, more than ever, the need to focus on myself and not push things that are only bringing me more chaos than good.

The reason I held on for sometime because I thought people really needed me & this outlet. But it was difficult to accept that I'm not the only one doing this & people that need me might find much better options. I need me first.

I'll be focusing on my art and illustration commissions for sometime & refuel my passions & myself.
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