Willow Harth

Willow Harth, BA, MA, MS University of Wisconsin, is a former fourth grade teacher and radio show host and has been a partner at Omega Psychology Center in Madison, Wisconsin since 1990.

Harth calls what she does Inward Bound: a thrilling, disillusioning, loving and creative adventure into oneself and back into the world. The real journey of discovery is not about new lands, but new eyes. "I try (not always successfully) to approach the delicate work of relating to another person depth-to-depth with excitement and humility. The excitement comes from being with someone on a quest for wholeness and wellbeing. The humility arises because, although I am steeped in psychotherapeutic tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and the science of emotional intelligence to Buddhist meditation and the tarot, I hesitate to straightjacket anyone in "one size fits all" answers. My intention is to allow healing modalities to arise spontaneously as we explore inner and outer worlds together. The presence I hope permeates the air we breathe is that of the contemporary Jewish mystic, Martin Buber. "Everyone waits shyly and expectantly for the 'YES' from another. For it is from one person to another that the heavenly bread of self-being is passed."

Pictured: Willow Harth and her partner, Allyn Roberts, near the shores of Lake Superior in 2004.