Soul Mentor

Archetypal Soul-Oriented Counseling & Astrology

Online suport for life transitions and the search for meaning

Archetypal counseling and astrology supporting life transitions, meaning, and a sense of purpose. Sessions offered online via Zoom.

Do you feel called toward deeper meaning—yet sense that something essential may be missing in conventional therapy or coaching?

I offer archetypal, soul-oriented counseling for people navigating life transitions, spiritual questioning, creative blocks, and the deeper search for meaning. I also offer in-depth astrological work, either as stand-alone chart readings or woven into ongoing counseling work. Rather than centering on diagnosis or symptom reduction, this work supports engagement with the deeper dis-ease of the soul—the inner summons toward coherence, participation, and a growing sense of purpose.

All sessions are offered online via Zoom, allowing us to work together wherever you are.

What Is Soul-Oriented Counseling?

Soul-oriented counseling is a depth-centered, archetypal approach that focuses on meaning, identity, and the inner life of the soul rather than diagnosing or treating psychological illness. It begins from the assumption that many struggles arise not from pathology, but from a deeper call toward growth, reflection, and purpose.

This work understands personal experience as shaped not only by biography and psychology, but by archetypal patterns—universal themes and images that move through individual lives in unique ways. Together, we listen for the patterns, longings, tensions, and questions that give a life its distinctive shape.

Soul-oriented counseling is especially helpful when familiar approaches no longer feel sufficient—when insight alone doesn’t resolve a sense of restlessness, loss of meaning, or inner conflict. Rather than fixing problems, the aim is to cultivate understanding and conscious relationship with the unfolding story of one’s life.  It is most appropriate for individuals who are psychologically stable and seeking deeper self-understanding, spiritual insight, and a more meaningful relationship to their lives.

Soul-Oriented Counseling as Archetypal Myth & Story

My approach to this work encourages clients to experience their lives as unfolding stories—not merely as collections of biographical facts, but as meaningful narratives shaped by inheritance, choice, loss, imagination, and becoming.

We often begin by exploring stories of lineage—parents, grandparents, and ancestors—to understand how patterns of belief, survival, longing, and value are carried forward across generations. From there, we turn toward your own life story, listening not only to what happened, but to how those events have been told, interpreted, and lived.

Personal stories are approached archetypally—not only as individual experiences, but as expressions of larger human patterns: initiation and exile, loss and return, resistance and calling, descent and renewal. In this work, the task is not to correct the past, but to re-vision it.

In many ways, the process resembles moving from an ego-based autobiography toward memoir. Autobiography seeks accuracy and coherence of facts; memoir reflects on experience to discover significance. Through storytelling and reflection, life experiences can be re-seen as part of a larger pattern—allowing coherence, dignity, and a deeper sense of purpose to emerge over time.

How This Differs from Traditional Therapy

Traditional psychotherapy often focuses on diagnosing symptoms, resolving problems, and helping individuals function more effectively within their lives. That work can be deeply valuable, and many people who come to me have already benefited from therapy or continue to do so elsewhere.

Soul-oriented counseling takes a different point of departure. Rather than asking primarily, “What is wrong?” it asks, “What is trying to emerge?” The focus shifts from symptom reduction to meaning-making, from correction to interpretation, and from biography as a fixed record of events to life as an evolving story.

This work is not intended to replace clinical, psychiatric, or medical care. It is best suited for those whose struggles point toward growth, integration, and deeper understanding rather than acute psychological distress.

Astrology as a Map of the Soul’s Journey

In my work, we often begin by exploring the birth chart together. The birth chart is approached as an archetypal map of the soul’s journey—the seed from which a person’s life story grows, and a symbolic expression of the soul’s evolutionary intentions for this lifetime.

Astrological symbols are understood archetypally rather than literally. They do not dictate outcomes or override free will, but illuminate recurring themes, tensions, gifts, and callings seeking expression over time. In dialogue, the chart provides a language for understanding how inner life and outer events interact meaningfully.

Used in this way, astrology supports the work of personal myth by offering images that help situate lived experience within a larger context—supporting reflection, choice, and participation in one’s unfolding life.

Mindfulness as an Ally in the Storytelling Process

I also encourage clients to have—or begin—a simple mindfulness practice alongside our work together. Mindfulness serves as a steady ally in the storytelling process, helping create the inner spaciousness needed to reflect on experience without becoming overwhelmed or overly identified with familiar narratives.

Mindfulness here is not about achieving a special state or mastering a technique. It supports the capacity to observe thoughts, emotions, and memories with curiosity and gentleness, allowing stories to be told and retold without judgment.

Through this reflective presence, clients often discover new meanings and perspectives, supporting the re-visioning of life experience as memoir rather than fixed autobiography.

Working Together Online via Zoom

All sessions are offered online via Zoom, making this work accessible regardless of location. Online sessions support depth, continuity, and reflective conversation, and many clients find they offer a sense of safety and ease conducive to this kind of work.

Practical Details and Next Steps

I offer free one-hour informational sessions for those considering counseling work with me. Counseling is available on a sliding-scale hourly rate. Astrological readings are offered separately or alongside counseling and include a free, money-back satisfaction guarantee.

If you feel drawn toward deeper meaning and a growing sense of purpose, this work offers a thoughtful and grounded path forward.

 

Contact Richard: soulmentor@soulmyths.com