Integrative Psychotherapy
Excerpted and adapted from the Division of Psychoanalysis (Division 39) of the American Psychological Association Brochure entitled: “The Tapestry of Psychoanalysis: A Textured Human Relationship.”
What is Integrative Psychotherapy?
Integrative Psychotherapy makes use of theory and practice from psychoanalysis and from a variety of trauma-informed treatement modalities, including Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment, Internal Family Systems, and Structural Dissociation Theory. Integrative psychotherapy fosters personal development and liberation from unsatisfying or painful patterns of living. In pursuit of those goals, the individual and the therapist work together in close collaboration. They pay careful attention to the interactions of personal and interpersonal experience, of past and present, of body and mind, of fantasy and reality. It is expected that such an in-depth exploration can set in motion a process of personal transformation.
What kinds of problems can this type of therapy address?
People seek treatment for many reasons. Some want help with specific emotional problems, like depression, anxiety, or stress, or are seeking to come to terms with a painful or traumatic personal history. Others may feel stuck in distressing patterns that prevent them from feeling satisfied, from connecting with others, or from finding meaning in their lives. Many people simply desire a deeper self-understanding or greater creativity in their personal lives.
How are therapy sessions structured?
The therapeutic process depends on the establishment of a safe, confidential, and collaborative therapeutic relationship. The frequency of sessions in a psychoanalytically informed treatment typically ranges from one to five times a week, the minimum frequency being once weekly. Decisions about the duration of treatment, and frequency of sessions, are reached jointly between patient and therapist. Patient and therapist work together to understand the meaning of the patient’s emotional reactions, thoughts, memories, fantasies, dreams, images, and sensations in an effort to alleviate personal suffering and to expand the capacity for work, love, and creativity.
Who is a psychoanalyst?
Graduate psychoanalysts are licensed mental health professionals like psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, or psychiatric nurses who have had extensive postgraduate training in psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic training consists of coursework, a personal analysis, and experience providing psychoanalysis under the supervision of senior analysts.
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Cult Specialized Counseling
I have been providing professional counseling for former members of cultic groups, and friends and family members of those involved in cults, since 1994.
Because of the limited number of mental health professionals specializing in the field of cultic studies, I provide counseling both in person, and if needed because of geographical distance, by telephone and Skype.
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- Private Clinical Supervision – see Contact Page for fee information.
- Group Supervision – If you are interested in a group, please find 2 or 3 other clinicians who would like to be in the group with you and we’ll find a time that works. I prefer to form groups this way rather than to bring together people who don’t already have a collegial relationship.
