An overview of three different couples therapy modalities:
In working with couples, I use a blend of three leading couples’ therapies. Depending on the couple and their presenting challenges, I use a mixture of components from Drs. Gottman and their research-based psychoeducational training, Dr. Hendrix and Dr. Hunt’s Imago relational dialogues, and Dr. Sue Johnson’s attachment-based emotionally-focused method.
Trauma blocks us. It gets frozen inside of us and limits our ability to move forward fully into the authentic beings we yearn to be.
Therefore, in order to heal, we have to find ways to move past the trauma.
Rituals can provide concrete ways to give closure to specific trauma in our lives. You can use your imagination to create scenarios that allow you to touch the emotion of the past, move through it, and then go beyond it.
When you imagine going to therapy, you probably think about sitting in an office talking about your problems.
However, that is just one form of therapy. Modern therapists incorporate techniques that don’t fit this model if those methods will help their clients. For example, some therapists provide walking therapy.
