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Press Release
LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER'S NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE BECOMES A ROADMAP FOR HEALING: Celestial Lessons Bridges 30 Years of Clinical Psychotherapy with Energy Healing and Higher Consciousness
Westchester County, New York LCSW and energy healer Cynthia M. Chase releases her transformative memoir and spiritual guide — now available in print, digital, and audiobook on Audible
New York, NY, February 28, 2026 — What happens when a trained clinical skeptic — a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with decades of experience grounded in evidence-based psychotherapy — has a near-death experience that shatters everything she thought she knew? For Cynthia M. Chase, MSW, LCSW, the answer was a 50-year journey that ultimately transformed her practice, her philosophy, and her life. That journey is now captured in her deeply personal and practically instructional book, Celestial Lessons: A Healer’s Journey to the Light and Back, now available in print, digital, and audiobook editions on Audible.
In 1974, at the age of 27, Chase — then a self-described atheist — had a near-death experience that permanently altered her understanding of consciousness, healing, and what it means to be human. Rather than abandon her clinical training, she spent the following decades weaving that experience into a rich, integrative practice. The result is Reiki Fusion™, her proprietary healing methodology that merges Eastern energy healing traditions with Western psychotherapy, somatic work, shamanic journeying, and hypnotic techniques — a synthesis she has refined over more than ten years of practice in Westchester County, New York.
Chase’s dual identity — as both a licensed mental health professional and an energy healer — is what sets Celestial Lessons apart from other spiritual memoirs. Readers don’t simply receive a personal story; they receive structured, clinically informed practices for accessing expanded states of awareness, releasing emotional trauma, and reconnecting with their authentic selves. The book is designed for both beginners and experienced practitioners, building gradually and meeting readers wherever they are on their path.
“You don’t need fixing. You need remembering,” says Chase, articulating the core philosophy that animates both her practice and her book. “My goal is never to persuade anyone of anything. It’s to give readers the tools to explore their own inner landscape — at their own pace, with their own wisdom as the guide.”
Chase’s message has resonated well beyond the page. A recent speaker at the Global Peace Summit, she continues to bring her Reiki Fusion methodology to workshops, professional trainings, and speaking engagements. Her Reiki Fusion Certification Program, launching in early 2026, offers practitioners three levels of training that integrate traditional Usui Tibetan Reiki with clinical psychotherapy tools, shamanic practice, and somatic approaches.
The book resonates particularly with readers at a crossroads — those questioning their life’s direction, healing from trauma, or longing to expand their spiritual awareness without abandoning critical thought. Chase approaches universal questions — What lies beyond ordinary perception? What does it mean to live consciously? — with the humility of a lifelong learner and the clarity of a seasoned clinician.
Celestial Lessons is available now on Amazon in print and digital editions, and as an audiobook on Audible, narrated by the author and recorded at Vox Studios, New York City.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Cynthia M. Chase, MSW, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with over 30 years of experience and the founder of a transformational healing practice based in Westchester County, New York. A survivor of a 1974 near-death experience, she is the creator of Reiki Fusion™, an integrative healing methodology combining Eastern energy work with Western psychotherapy, somatic practices, shamanic journeying, and hypnotic techniques. Chase is a certified Usui Tibetan Reiki master-teacher, speaker, and author. She has presented at the Global Peace Summit and regularly leads workshops, certification trainings, and speaking engagements on conscious growth and energetic healing.
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