Our approach is grounded in what we call “The 3 R’s”
Reveal
The starting point of therapy is a process of discovery—we look at all of the injurious ways you can be shaped by relationships with others (parents, siblings, other caretakers, peer groups, etc.) resulting in an arrest in the development of a true, authentic self. We provide an understanding of what lies out of your awareness, keeping you unfulfilled and stagnant.
Our treatment goals during this phase:
To identify the original self-defensive mechanisms that were developed to protect one from painful affect
To make unconscious feelings and thoughts conscious
To identify and make one aware of maladaptive mechanisms of self-negation and self- Sabotage
To identify and pinpoint the origins of anxiety
To articulate unformulated thoughts and feelings
To make explicit, implicit relational maps
To clarify internal representations of self and other
Release
We work with you to develop strategies to release the dynamics of internalized, deadening, stagnating and thwarting processes. This emboldens the conversations you need to have with yourself in order to reset your repetitive relational roles.
Our treatment goals during this phase:
To heal wounds from the past
To replace shame with self-acceptance
To transform internal negative scripts
To stop voices of self-negation and self-sabotage
To restore the sense of fragmentation caused by trauma
To gain/regain your experience of self-agency
Re-Engage
Ultimately, we help to identify critical tools required to grow as a thriving and vibrant human being. This helps you to address important relationships, life goals and aspirations. Our mutual work will help you to inhabit your own self-realized, authentic narrative, enabling you to live comfortably, make more authentic choices, and live with integrity. The goal is to develop a healthy template for new relationships.
Our treatment goals during this phase:
To embody your authentic self and to feel whole
To uncover your unformulated thoughts and feelings
To discover and express your own narrative
To construct corrective relational experiences
To develop a healthy and engaging relational map
To infuse your relationships with vitality
To build new representations of yourself and of others