Adriene Nicastro, M.S.
Healer, Psycho-spiritual therapist, Ordained Minister, Teacher, and Award Winning Author
Motivated by a desire to help individuals overcome trauma, I began my work in 1991 at Hahnemann University through a graduate program in Group Psychotherapy and Group Process.
After 11 years working with a wide range of children and adults that were faced with extremely challenging circumstances, I began to realize the limitations of the techniques I spent so much time learning and sharpening. Frustrated and disenchanted with the mental health system, I thought my dream died, but between diapers and pacifiers, I began reading more literature outside the typical fringes of Western psychology and dove into spiritual and metaphysical teachings.
Life challenges bring many opportunities and mine brought me more fully on my spiritual path. While these challenges were terrifying and painful, they have become amazing gifts and, in their midst, I was called to do treatment in more profound and deeply impactful ways. The original love I had to truly help another see their own divinity never diminished. Instead, I found the tools that were always present for each of us, but out of my awareness.
Many changes in 2008 brought me to Sacred Garden Fellowship (SGF) under the tutelage of Rev. Penny Donovan and Don Gilbert, MSW. Through each group I learned many levels of healing the self and others, growing personally and spiritually through channeled Master and inspirational teachers. I also learned to develop intuitive skills and integrated this new knowledge with long-held psycho-therapeutic skills to provide a holistic, mind- body-Spirit approach. In 2018, I finally became a Certified Spiritual Energy Healer and an Ordained Minister of Spiritual Energy Healing.
I believe that the work I that I do is a privilege and a gift. Providing the tools and guidance to help individuals and groups transform difficulties through psycho-spiritual work is inspirational and highly rewarding. Personal growth, embracing responsibility, finding peace, and living more wholeheartedly is what I endeavor to extend to others.