I draw from various schools of therapy, particularly the somatic relational trauma-informed practices. Spirituality, shamanic energy work and psychedelic-assisted therapies strongly influence and inform my work. During the sessions, I’m interested in exploring with my client what lies underneath the narratives the mind presents, moving into the deeper, more truthful spaces of the heart and body.
Much of my work is intuitively guided and is driven by the emergence of what I call the Field. The Field is a space of all-permeating Unity Consciousness that is the basis of everything that is. It is alive, intelligent and all-knowing and has an unlimited healing potential.
Counseling: Healing Happens in a Relationship
My background is in the consciousness studies, somatic relational therapy, meditation, shamanic ceremony, mysticism and medicine-assisted facilitation.
My work with clients is a journey of exploration and partnership. It’s best approached with an openness and curiosity and, while the work requires a commitment, the process can be playful and fun. As all adventures, it will be unpredictable and surprising and can take you to some deep and dark places. But you won’t be there alone. I’ll be with you, keeping you company and keeping you safe.
Nearly all trauma has happened in relationships. Healing, therefore, can only take place in a relationship. Being seen, supported and understood with kindness, undivided presence and unconditional love is an experience most of us haven’t had consistently in our lives. Nothing is more healing than that.
“I’m not your healer. I’m your ally in your own process of healing and self discovery. Love is the healer. I’m here to help you find it within your own heart so you love yourself unconditionally.”
– Lubosh
I offer sliding scale options tailored to your earning situation:
1 hour Sessions:
Individuals $100 – $150
Couples $150 – $200
Longer sessions available.
Sessions are in person or by Zoom.
Frequently Asked Questions
Disclaimer: I’m not a physician and do not provide medical treatments. If you have serious medical conditions that you need help with, please contact a health care professional.
It's not possible to grow into a conscious, authentic and integrated person without becoming aware of your conditioning. The social hypnosis is deep. The very nature of a hypnotic state is that we don't know we are in it. We need to have a partner in this process of awakening because we don't see our own blind spots.
Men’s Groups: Working with men of all (st)ages
"The death of the Sacred King and Queen means that we live now in a system of industrial domination which is not patriarchy. The system we live in gives no honor to the male mode of feeling, nor to the female mode of feeling" – Robert Bly, Iron John
Dissolving Our Cultural Conditioning
While the inertia of the old male paradigm of the colonial domination is still going strong, we’ve also seen the emergence of the disempowered “nice guy.” It’s clear that neither extreme is desirable or healthy.
I believe that, together, we can help to undo this programming and create a new reality. First, by becoming conscious of our own conditioning and personal shadow and, by doing so, shift the collective and its shadow.
It's not possible to grow into a conscious, authentic and integrated man without becoming aware of your conditioning. The social hypnosis is deep. The very nature of a hypnotic state is that we don't know we are in it. We need to have a partner in this process of awakening because we don't see our own blind spots.
There's no shame about this. This was done to us and you are innocent.
Awakening to your authentic male power is moving from fear, shame, defensiveness, blame and victimhood to sovereignty and to the responsibility for your own level of consciousness. This is the path to freedom. It is a gradual process and requires courage, commitment, humility and patience. Men can support each other on this journey as we are reinventing and upgrading ourselves.
In my group sessions with men, I begin by creating a safe container around a consecrated fire and invite the participants to gently slow down the mind and connect with the heart. We become still, listen to our bodies and wait. In the stillness that follows, the verbal sharing has a different quality. The wisdom guidance emerges spontaneously and organically.
If you’d like to participate in the Portland Men’s Group, contact me.
About Lubosh
Lubosh Cech was born in Prague, Czech Republic. After receiving the Bachelor of Arts degree he completed 3 years of a Ph.D. program in the History and Theory of Fine Arts at the Charles University in Prague. Under the increasing pressure of the communist political regime, he left Prague just one year before graduating and received a political asylum in Italy, eventually relocating to the United States as a refugee. He then spent nearly a decade designing and installing art exhibitions at Harvard University Art Museums in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
During this time, Lubosh was actively painting and, in the process, began receiving images and information he didn’t understand. Mostly in the form of sacred geometry and symbols, these images let him to seeking answers in the writings of Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell and the Vedic philosophy. Joining an ashram (a spiritual community) in Cambridge helped him to explore this intuitive emergence and the ancient spiritual teachings and practices.
For 12 years in the ashram, Lubosh engaged in rigorous spiritual training studying and teaching meditation, yoga and the philosophy and practices of Kashmir Shaivism (non-dual Tantra) under the guidance of many accomplished teachers.
After leaving the ashram in 2002, he gradually expanded his studies to shamanism, philosophy, psychotherapy, plant spirit medicine, mysticism and various embodiment practices aiding the expansion of human consciousness. He trained under and worked with Drs. David Simon and Deepak Chopra, the founders of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing.
Lubosh is currently completing the training in Somatic Relational Trauma-Informed Practices for Medicine-Assisted Facilitation.
In his counseling and medicine sessions, Lubosh explores with his clients the roots of personal and collective traumas, the lessons they can teach us and, ultimately, lead us to the experience of unity with all of Life.
Lubosh lives in Portland, Oregon, United States.
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
– Howard Thurman
Frequently Asked Questions
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Counseling is a journey we undertake together and requires a commitment to yourself and to the process. Some issues can be resolved in a few sessions. Typically, longer time is needed to establish and grow the relational field that, in fact, facilitates the healing. This can take months or years of work. I request that, whenever you wish to stop counseling, we close the process with one last session to consciously conclude the work.
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I’ve been successfully working with men and women and my practice is open to all.
I'm especially qualified in men's work because I understand what it is like to be a man in this culture.
While souls have no gender and all humans share similar challenges in life, men are facing unique ones, particularly in having a greater difficulty in being embodied (perhaps because men don't create life), being in touch with their feelings and intuition and generally having a diminished awareness and skills in navigating the relational field.
It is my desire to help men on their journey, drawing from my own experiences.
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There's no guarantee in life nor in the counseling work. Once you make the decision toward personal healing and transformation, much of the work is already done and the soil is fertile for planting the seeds and for growing your new life. My suggestion is to follow your gut feeling and, if it calls you, give the session a try.
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“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” – Carl Jung, Psychology and Alchemy
