How did I become a therapist in Kinesiology ...
- Charlotte Demarque
- 26 janv.
- 4 min de lecture
Through the years, I have followed the synchronicities.
Everything started with a medical appointment.
I'm 15 years old, very perfectionist student, aiming for only success in everything I start ... and my belly hurts ! I seek medical advice and here we are : diagnosed with an ulcer in the stomach, in an already advanced stage. "Are you stressed ? Well, you'll have to learn to stop". I was not even aware I was stressed and anxious, my body being so disconnected from my head. It led me to question how stress invited itself into my daily life (we were in 2005, stress and burnout were not a spread concept at the time). Even better : I realized that what I thought was "normal" was not, and my body found its way to let me know I needed to adjust.
And I move on
Years go by, I take care of my stomach which become my best friend in signaling when it's overwhelming. I learn to question everything : stress, perfectionism, anxiety, emotions, somatization, ... I start having panic attack and I decide to go to a psychologist and a therapist in kinesiology at the same time : I want to understand what happens in my head and body and why they don't seem to work together. It's also the start of my studies in management in parallel of which I continue reading about wellbeing : massages, reiki, reflexology, ...
In 2012, I graduated but this curiosity about the mental and physical bond is still growing. I looked at a website about training in kinesiology but I didn't feel ready yet so I move on and ...
I started a bachelor in psychology !
I thought "Let's try it out one year, we'll see !". Five years later, I got my bachelor and master degrees. At the beginning, my goal was to go for criminology but I ended up doing an 6 months internship in a psychiatric facility (which changed how I was seeing therapy and care in an awesome way) and I went for a major in cognitive and behavioral therapy. In these 5 years, I took part in a 3 days training called "Flux Diamant" given by Guillaume Kremmel, well known in the Kinesiology world. It was only the beginning of numerous training I'll be taking with him later on.
Nobody understands the link between this training and my studies, and to be honest : me neither ! But I feel, somewhere inside of me, that it will make sense at some point later on.
Again, I look at this kinesiology training website, and again, i don't feel ready.
I don't find job in psychology ... so I go back to management.
But curiosity of mine being what it is : I feel somehow the body has not been talked much about during my psychology studies. It feels almost like disconnected from our mental activities. So I searched for a tool that will link them, investigate how they interact with each other. So I followed a balinese massage training and it blew my mind : every senses is taking into consideration and the teacher is just a sunshine.
It's also there that the essential oils stepped definitely into my life : it's vibing, it's making my mind travel and dream, and it cures the bruises of my soul.
I continued with thai foot massage and scalp and head massage : without even realizing it, I've covered the whole body.
We're now in 2019 and I take a break to look at all of these puzzle pieces : what's gonna link them all ?
Mind with psychology, body with massages and then it came back : this kinesiology path I've looked into so many times before. After some researches, discussions and thoughts, I go back to searching a school and one caught my eye. My cousin Maud (really gifted osteopathe by the way - in case you search for one Maud De Jonghe) helped me to figure things out and September 2019, I began the 1st training thinking as I started my psychology studies : " Let's try one and we'll see ". It will take me 3 years to cover the 600 hours required by the federation and to get my certification.
The puzzle piece.
How it links with psychology and everything I've done so far is amazing !
Kinesiology offered me tools and a new vision : a full dialogue between the person's body - mind - soul.
The family system, which I loved studying so much, the family tree, the transgenerational heritage, the unconscious loyalties ... everything is there and ready to be explored.
It was actually a double work ...
... because, from a personal point of view : every training made me evolve, work on myself, shake my belief system !
I got so many epiphany moments, where everything just falls into place, where every puzzle piece is fitting somewhere, in harmony.
And then ... the people I've met !
Teachers, students, witches-in-their-own-way, ... a lot of true gifted people : it was a great chance and honour.
So that's the story of how I became a therapist in Kinesiology !
Often, I got questions or comments : Do you regret that it took so long ? If you had the chance to do it again, would you choose the same path ?
And everytime it's a big YES ! Because following all of these eclectic puzzle pieces made me feel ready and connected to my intuition that my spot was somewhere.
And then what now ?
I'm not gonna lie, but I always have new trainings in mind.
This curiosity, often described as a nasty flaw, became my best ally to reinvent me, question me and grow.
Please, share with me your story, it could be link to Kinesiology or not, about how you connected puzzle pieces.