Tom Steward

Psychotherapy, healing, and writing on the inner life

~ Welcome

Greetings,

Something brought you here. A book, perhaps, or an essay someone forwarded you. A conversation with a friend. Or simply a question you have been carrying for a while now without quite finding the words for it. Whatever it was, I am glad you came.

I am Tom Steward. I have worked in the mental health field for over four decadews, and after all these years I am still surprised by how much there is to learn about the human heart — and by how willing people are, when given a little room, to tell the truth about their own lives.

~ The Work

I am a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and also in British Columbia. My work blends traditional psychotherapy with energy psychology, contemplative practice, and functional medicine — not as a row of techniques laid end to end, but as one attempt to meet a person whole. Body, mind, and spirit are not separate distinctions. They have never behaved as though they were.

Much of what I do comes down to helping people find the structures underneath their lives: the old agreements, the inherited patterns, the loyalties they never consciously chose. These things are quieter than we expect and more durable than we would like. But they can be seen. And once they are seen, they can change.

I see clients in person and via telehealth. If you are wondering whether we would be a good fit, the simplest thing is to call or write, and we will talk it through before you commit to anything.

~ Background

Some of the particulars, for those who like to know:

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, California State University, Bakersfield
• Master’s degree in Social Work, San Diego State University
• Licensed psychotherapist: California (1990), New Mexico (1997), British Columbia (2018)
• Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, Functional Medicine Coaching Academy
• Certified Energy Codes Coach, Morter Institute for Bioenergetics
• HeartMath Certified Clinical Practitioner, HeartMath Institute
• QHHT (Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique) Certified Practitioner
• Professional Intuitive Healer, trained with Anna Sayce

Psychotherapy is offered under license in New Mexico and British Columbia. Coaching, energy healing, and contemplative work are offered separately and are not psychotherapy.

~ My Books

I have written thirteen books. They range from personal stories about my people to writings on spirituality, energy healing, and the inner life, along with a collection of poetry. As an author I try to be honest about the human experience — how it challenges us and how we grow and develop. Please contact me if you would like to purchase any of these books. I will let you know if they are available in physical or digital form.

• Into Solitary Places — One Father’s Journey of Faith Through His Son’s Struggle with Psychotic Mental Illness
• True Mind — How Truth Can Change What You Believe and How You Live
• Holy Pride and Love of Self — The Untimely Death of a Son and the Unanticipated Revelation of Heaven
• Spirit Code — The Healing of Energies in the Body’s Subconscious
• A Present Moment Embrace — The Breath Within the Breath and the Music Between the Notes
• Love’s Unrelenting Course — One Woman’s Secret Life of Bondage to Sexual Trafficking and Abuse, and How She Found a Way Through to Freedom
• Greater Things — Living the Life of Miracles Just Like Christ Said We Would
• The Process — An Engaging Program That Explores Why You Behave the Way You Do and What You Can Do About It
• Living Well — Nutrition and Lifestyle for Psychological Wellness
• When the Field Remembers — Understanding the Inner Structures That Shape Your Life
• The Field Between — Understanding the Hidden Structures That Shape a Committed Relationship
• The Field Within — Internal Family Systems and the Ten Structures of the Inner Life
• The Breath Beneath the Words — A Contemplative Reading of the Beatitudes in the Language Yeshua Spoke

~ Writing

I write something every week on my Substack page. Some of it is teaching, some of it is reflection, and some of it is simply what happens when a song or a passage of scripture strikes a chord. It is free to read, and you are welcome to it.

You may read my writing at: thomassteward.substack.com

~ The Coherence Circle

On Thursday evenings at 5:30 MST, a group of seekers gathers to meditate and to study together. We meet in person at the Unitarian Church in the Meditation Room and by Zoom for those farther afield. We move slowly, a chapter at a time, using selected texts or Substack writings. Newcomers are welcome.

To join us, write to me at tomstewardpa@gmail.com, or log on using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5054120010?pwd=aWoPgmIYXkOMdpPHKvASKlE6BapNAD.1

~ Contact

If you would like to work together, or if you simply have a question, please reach out.

(505) 412-0010

tomstewardpa@gmail.com

Please do not send confidential health information through this form. We will arrange a secure way to talk.

Please do consider taking advantage of what is offered on this page. I look forward to connecting with you.