CURA INSTITUTE - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Director of the Spiritual Emergence Centre Foundation
• Member of the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors

Mahmud Nestman is a member of the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors and the International Association of Counselling Hypnotherapists. His counselling practice is located in Vancouver, B.C. Canada where he welcomes individuals, couples and families. Mahmud has integrated these therapeutic approaches with his spiritual path and priceless lessons learned from his work with clients. This integration and experience has led to the development of a new model of counselling/therapy, known as Trust-Oriented Therapy (TOT). TOT is a model of therapy with trust as its foundation. The therapist trusts in their own inner resources, the inner resources of their clients and the moment-to-moment process of interaction between counsellor and client. The primary intention of TOT is to assist clients to access and trust in their own inner resources. Mahmud is also a Director of the Spiritual Emergence Centre Foundation (SECF), an organization created to support individuals who are experiencing psycho-spiritual intensity/distress in their emerging process of healing, growth and integration. The SECF approach is holistic and compassionate and acknowledges the sacred dimension of life.