“Think outside the box, collapse the box, take a f$#@ing sharp knife to it” -Banksy

Looking for spiritually ♾️ aligned depth therapy?

Ready to immerse your mind-body-spirit in direct contact with Divine Presence?

You’re in the right place.

WELCOME TO THERAPY OUTSIDE THE BOX!

@therapyoutsidethebox

FRanklin, TN (Greater NAshville). some services available virtually on a consultation basis.

Hello! I’m Chris Hancock, LCSW, ACMHP

NYU Grad / Licensed Clinical Social Worker-TN #4504 / Holistic-Integrative-Transpersonal Psychotherapist / Consultant / Clinical Supervisor / Early Adopter of Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy / Certified Ask & Receive Practitioner / ACISTE Certified Mental Health Provider / Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care Provider / Spiritual Emergence Network Provider / Psychedelic Support Network Provider / Association for Spiritual Integrity Member / International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) Approved Licensed Mental Health Provider / Emergent Phenomenon Research Consortium Member / Holistic Collective of TN Member / Kriya Yoga Initiate (Paramahamsa Prajñānānanda) / Claircognizant-Clairsentient / Interdimensional Instrument of Divine Will / Copilot to Mother Mary / Health & Medical Choice Advocate / Husband & Adoptive Parent x2 ❤️

26 Years serving souls across the lifespan

(Ages 25 and up, some exceptions)

Through a variety of holistic, energetic and transpersonal/transdimensional depth approaches rooted in connection+decades of experience, I help awakening souls discover all parts of Self, heal & release what doesn’t serve, transform breakdowns into breakthroughs, and embody greater wholeness, purpose, vitality, authenticity and awakened empowerment.

ARE YOU…

• Confused about why things aren’t aligning for you despite traditional counseling, and/or your own best intentions, behavior changes, affirmations, prayers or spiritual practices?

• Seeing yourself as unlovable, unworthy, inadequate, too much or not enough, too ‘weird’ or ‘different?’

• Disconnected from your Self, your truth, your purpose, or like something’s missing or blocking you​?

• Afraid you’ll never find your ‘tribe,’ get to do what lights you up, or progress on your Hero’s Journey?

• Anxious about a life situation, major transition, or deep in the ‘liminal’ spaces and feeling lost?

• Hopeless or scared about the rise of Technocracy, A.I., the Digital Surveilance/Biomedical Security State and the post-2020/post-truth Brave New Orwellian 🤡 World?

• Losing your religion, deconstructing from oppressive dogma, recovering from a high-control religious environment, cult ideology, or spiritual abuse?

• Experiencing a true ‘dark night of the soul’,’ spiritual or psychic crisis, loss or acceleration of faith? Feeling forsaken or abandoned by God/Source/Creator, or reeling from a mystical/near-death experience or other non-ordinary/anomalous, potentially transformative experience?

• Questioning ‘consensus reality,’ becoming ‘red-pilled,’ unsure if you’re going mad or awakening (awake not woke), connecting to higher intuitive faculties, piercing the veil, or in a rabbit hole and need a rope?

• Exploring psychedelics/entheogenic plant medicine and need discernment, prep work or integration assistance? Unsure if your psychedelic quest is fully grounded, aligned and in integrity?

• A rebel with a cause, a spiritual seeker, gnosis explorer, mystery school student, lightworker, medium, empath, healer or aspiring one feeling too porous (unboundaried), ungrounded, blocked, drained, or easily triggered? Realizing unhealed pain from the past is preventing you from showing up authentically, finding & using your voice, and bringing your gift forward to the world?

• A new or aspiring holistically-minded therapist, coach or other human service professional seeking deep inner work, direct spiritual connection, and/or mentorship? An experienced one burnt out on conventional methods or the tyranny of the biomedicalpharmaceutical industrial complex, being called to a new way forward but don’t know how, or fear how you’ll be viewed?

First, know this:

You’re not ‘broken’ or ‘abnormal’

👉 The system is broken, not you.

There’s an infinitely whole, undamaged essence within everyone. An eternal ‘Divine Spark.’ (“The Kingdom of God is Within You”). No matter what you’ve experienced, your essential wholeness—your time-transcendent spiritual core—remains intact. Like when the storm ends and clouds part, the sun is always there, undisturbed. That sun is WHO YOU ARE. But to gain and sustain access to this larger SELF IN YOU, vulnerable ‘parts’ of us may need compassionate witnessing and healing of the burdens they’ve carried for us (shame, grief, anxiety, ancestral pain, etc). Just as protective parts need recognition and relief from the extreme roles they’ve played to keep us safe. All parts of us are well-intentioned, hard working, sacred fractals of the whole of who we are, awaiting the healing power of our eternal presence, and re-integration with the Larger Self. Oh, and abnormal? By what measure? Who decides? Normality is illusion! Code for cultural conformity and self-betrayal. I can only help you embrace who you truly are, your purpose for being here, and what both your soul wants to bring into this world through you.

You don’t have a mental ‘disorder’

👉 Suffering is real.

Mental and emotional distress, depression, anxiety, extreme psychological states/psychotic episodes, trauma-induced destabilization/nervous system dysregulation, limiting ancestral/generational epigenetic (inherited) patterns, attachment wounds, relational dysfunction, as well as mystical experiences, non-ordinary realities, altered states of consciousness—all real. But are these illnesses? Disorders? Pathologies? Conceptualizations like these come from the biomedicalpharmaceutical disease model. One founded upon an archaic ‘chemical imbalance’ theory which has been disproven. Unlike research/science-based medical diagnosis, psychiatric labels are subjective, unreliable, divisive, trauma un-informed, and devised through a conflict of interest-laden voting process, not empirical science. (Voting isn’t science). They’re largely are based on the unvetted assumptions, ideological biases, personal beliefs and opinions of a small homogenous task force lacking oversight [100% of whom have financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry. Source: PubMed]. Fortunately, there are more accurate, non-pathologizing, comprehensive ways of understanding the painful effects of overwhelming life experiences. Only through such compassionate and uncorrupted lenses can true healing occur. Within spaces of mind-body-spirit awareness, safety, trust-based connection and acceptance, beyond the false constructs of disempowering labels perpetuated by corrupted lettered institutions and a culturally-generated stigma of mental illness.

There’s nothing to ‘fix,’ ‘cure,’ or ‘get rid of’

👉 ‘The cure for pain is in the pain’

People can’t be reduced to symptoms, behavior, thought patterns, genetics, neurotransmitter deficiencies, or trauma. Mental health and well-being exists on a continuum reflecting our overall functioning within multiple domains of culture-bound experience. Yes, culture. The very concept of psychological illness is a product of socially constructed culture and consensus. Culture (i.e. consensus reality) dictates how we ‘should’ feel, think & act by programming us to believe that human experience is objective. In reality, it’s anything but! And while there’s an appropriate time and use for crisis-based intervention with medication and/or other acute interventions (and often viable, safer, more effective alternatives), suffering is not something to be bypassed, rationalized, suppressed, pathologized, or tranquilized. It’s a growth process (albeit a sometimes unwieldy one) to be honored, embraced, healed, integrated, alchemically transformed into wisdom and life force. In the presence of safety, trust and genuine caring, we move into secure attachment. And with openness to true spiritual connection, therein lies the power and potential to transcend wounding, awaken, and reconnect us to our Self, our Soul, the Divine, and one another. Ultimately, all healing is spiritual healing.

what you are is a unique, complex and evolving multidimensional soul. a wellspring of RESILIENCE, RESOURCEFULNESS, creativity, love, and EMBODIED AWARENESS. god CONSCIOUSNESS in action!

The question is:

What’s in the way?

(‘What’s in the way is the way’)

whether you want to:

-Access the infinite, undamaged healing essence within and heal wounded parts of you with love & compassion

-Help your body release the need to symbolically, symptomatically and somatically express emotional pain

-Construct and maintain healthy boundaries (‘strong back’) without sacrificing compassion (‘soft front’)

-Make peace with your past and start living in the ‘future-present’

-Transmute inherited, familial and/or cultural learned helplessness/victim consciousness patterns

-Transform suffering into wisdom and passion-driven, purposeful action/service/work

-Recover from betrayal, breakup or divorce and/or become the healthy partner you desire to attract

-Move from codependence/insecure attachment to healthy interdependence/secure attachment

-Become a more conscious and connected ‘Self-Led’ parent, stepparent or co-parent

-Transcend outdated beliefs around love/lovability, self-worth, money, etc

-Dissolve creative and other subconscious blocks at their energetic roots

-Awaken intuition, deepen embodiment, and expand your consciousness

-Shift from a scarcity-based/survival mode to an abundance-based/thriving consciousness

-Deconstruct and heal from oppressive/abusive religious or cult ideology and discover a more expansive worldview, dogma-free theology without borders / authentic spirituality without walls

-Access and integrate fragmented memories, somatic or other indicators of high strangeness, ‘experiencer’ / anomalous trauma

-Regain stability after an involuntary/destabilizing extreme non-ordinary state of consciousness (NOSC) episode

-Prepare for and integrate a psychedelic/sacred plant medicine or microsdosing journey from an Transpersonal-IFS-informed perspective

-Navigate a non-ordinary/mystical experience, spiritual awakening or other transformative experience

-Identify and heal generational wounds and ancestral/legacy (cultural) burdens

-Experience Divinely-assisted compassionate unburdening from thought forms/’wetiko,’ parasitic foreign energies/energetic entities/(aka ‘unattached burdens’) in the mind-body-spirit system where confirmed to be present

-Identify and transform tendencies toward spiritual escapism/bypassing in any of its myriad forms

- **Invoke the ‘I AM Presence,’ Supreme Beings, Holy//Christed Ones, Ascended Masters, Archangels, guides, guardian angels, and ‘healed and well’ ancestors into your therapeutic-healing journey

- **Safely experience facilitated After Death Contact (ADC) with healed and well crossed-over loved ones, ancestors

- **Engage a co-facilitated genuine mystical experience led by one or more emissaries of The Divine realm within The Christos/Sophia-Marian spectrum of pure light, love, and God consciousness

[**Mystical experiences, i.e. ‘Spiritual Presence Experiences’ (T. Luhrmann), or ‘Spiritually Transformative Experiences’ (Y. Kason) cannot be manufactured, guaranteed, or manifested at will. Nor do they conform in obedience to our conscious or unconscious expectations, requirements, or attachments to particular outcomes. Yet upon invitation, usually in the context of Transpersonal IFS, or Multidimensional Divine Light Transmission® (MDLT), various benevolent, loving inhabitants of the subtle/higher angelic/multidimensional realms, spirit guides, guardians and ancestors happily lend energy, hold space, and at times directly participate, sometimes offering direct messages and working miraculous magic in the inner imaginal-yet-realms. All in service of healing, wholeness, gnosis, awakening and consciousness expansion. But such occurrences can only be invited, in absence of fear, with trust, faith, reverence, surrender, awe, respect, detachment from outcome and openness to what’s in the ‘highest and best good.’]

It’s all possible!

But not in isolation. No one heals in a vacuum. And to unlock your highest potential—to heal, to grow, create and sustain anything true, body-mind-spirit must be aligned, and all parts working in harmony with your Larger Self.

It would be my honor to assist *YOU with this!

*IMPORTANT: I want you to find the right help at the right time. Because mine is a niche practice, and only getting nichier, and there’s sometimes a waitlist, please note: 1) If your primary struggle is significant attention deficit, sensory processing/self-identified HSP, social anxiety, phobic/obsessive compulsivity (OCD spectrum) or a highly/chronically dysregulated nervous system (stuck in fight/fight/freeze/fawn/faint, little to no sense of safety in your body, to experience emotions, or generally unsafe with others), I would first suggest looking into EMDR, the Polyvagal Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), Somatic Experiencing, Janina Fisher’s TIFT protocol, Dr. Frank Corrigan’s Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR), and/or other nervous system-regulating/brain&body-based, trauma healing interventions. For severe attentional and HSP/sensory integration struggles, functional medicine root cause/metabolic testing may be wise. 2) If you identify as being on the moderate to high end of the spectrum (autism exacerbation), significantly neurodivergent, or gender dysphoric/considering transitioning, please seek someone with specific interest, knowledge and training in these areas. 3) If you’re embroiled in high conflict relationship/divorce battle/custody crisis, dramatic infidelity, domestic violence or other toxic relational dynamics, please seek one of the multitude of therapists out there who specialize in these challenges. 4) If you’re using methamphetamine-based stimulants (Adderall in particular), benzos or opiates, two or more mood stabilizers or anti-psychotics, or have unmanaged chronic pain, uncontrolled high blood pressure, dependency on alcohol, street drugs, gaming, or porn/compulsive hyper-sexuality, I get it. However, the compromised vibrational and psychological states these substances/conditions/process addictions/habits create or exacerbate would prevent us from accessing the basic sense of embodiment and mind/consciousness my offerings require. That said, if you’re committed to achieving freedom from substances, process addictions and/or psych drugs with the help of an integrative, functional or other holistic health provider and engaging harm reduction/recovery support, I may be open to assisting.

“Brilliant, innovative, compassionate, professional and devoted to his craft, Chris is one of the greats in the Nashville area. Highly recommend him without reservation.”

-Bedford M. Combs, LMFT, Heartstream Journeys, Franklin, TN

“I have been in and out or counseling for the last 12 years to resolve complex trauma from my childhood and without a doubt, Chris has been the most helpful and effective therapist of the several I have worked with. Chris’ skilled use of Internal Family Systems (IFS) techniques has helped me release the pain of traumas I thought I would carry the rest of my life. This has not only impacted my emotional health, but my physical health as well. I’ve lived with chronic illness and the work we have done has significantly helped reduce my pain and anxiety! Now when I go through a painful flare, I’m able to remain calm instead of being wracked with anxiety and panic attacks, which in the past would heighten the pain. Working with Chris has hands down been the best investment I’ve ever made in myself. I am not exaggerating when I say that our work together has genuinely changed the course of my life. If you’re considering working with him, get his waitlist becuse it’s worth the wait.”

M.R., Nashville, TN

“Chris has changed my life. I’ve had other therapists over the years, but none have helped me work through trauma the way he has. His approach is thoughtful and insightful, and he creates a safe environment to go deep, uncover and work through everything. In just handful of sessions Chris has impacted my life and helped me unblock in ways I never thought possible!”

J.B., Franklin, TN

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If you’ve tried conventional therapy, or just know you need something different, get in touch to see if we’re aligned to work together.

615.430.2778

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