Claudia Helt

A Licensed Professional Counselor for over 36 years, Claudia holds a Master’s degree in Psychology. Before entering private practice, she gained valuable training and experience working at a major university and with several agencies. She worked primarily with women who came from abusive backgrounds. Claudia particularly enjoyed assisting individuals in reclaiming the powerful Self that existed within. Her approach as a psychotherapist was gentle, but challenging, allowing the client to be her/his own leader. She continued this approach as she expanded her skills into the field of energy work.

During that expansion period, the idea for creating The Center was sparked by a comment from a Dear Friend. “I love visiting your home,” she said, ” because it is always in transition.” This remark referred to the continuous shifting of Claudia's artwork in her home, which also served as a studio and gallery. Her artistic curiosity led to the exploration of many different media including oil and acrylic abstract painting, woodturning, paper making, and more. As her creative embers came ablaze, another passion was ignited via her relationship with art, opening a doorway to spiritual curiosity. The seeking process that naturally follows such events led her to a new way of life.

Many pathways were explored, which eventually resulted in the relocation of her therapy practice to her home. She became a Reiki Master, a contemplative, and an ardent seeker of the “More” that exists within all. Her home then became a sanctuary that complemented her professional and spiritual work. It became a Center for assisting people who were experiencing transitions. And thus began the ongoing, never-ending transition of The Center for Peaceful Transitions.

In the late 1990s, Claudia was overwhelmed with an inner awareness that she was “here for a reason.” The intensity of this new awareness led her to seek answers regarding her then-present circumstances, future possibilities, and the path she was to follow to discover her reason for being. Claudia ultimately learned this urgent need to move onward was what many refer to as a “calling.” At the time, she had no idea that “this calling” would culminate in a decision to close her life’s work as a psychotherapist and leave friends and family to pursue a way of living that she had never anticipated.

While on sabbatical from her work, the inward journey led Claudia to another opportunity for creative expression through Divine Connection. From this wondrous, yet ordinary, development of connection, she began and continues to receive messages to this day. These powerful communiques are presented throughout all the books published by Claudia. After twenty years of participating in these conjoint efforts, Claudia remains as mystified by the results as does the reader. She listens, she records what is heard, and eventually, she reads the book for the first time. Claudia speaks lightly about these experiences, and always culminates her thoughts by acknowledging the privilege that she feels in being part of the process. On occasion, various friends will urge her “to do this or to do that” regarding a particular project, but she just shakes her head and replies, “I’m not in charge!”

This is simply her reality, her truth. Claudia has devoted her life to bringing messages forward and she is totally committed to continuing this work for as long as she is able. She has gratefully accepted her role as an assistant while also being acutely aware that Another is the Source of these expansive materials.

More information about Claudia and The Center can be found on The Center for Peaceful Transitions website. www.centerforpeacefultransitions.com