Training For Therapists

OUR BOOK

As is described in our upcoming book, In a Cradle of Words: Encounters with Mutual Therapy & Limbic Resonance, Christopher discovered this therapy when in the “heat” of a session and in the midst of a failure. Other events then occurred that helped him become more skillful. He became amazed that he could help his clients change behaviors, moods, and relationships at an accelerated speed.

Christopher learned that clients must be in a mutual or equal relationship where they experience the emotional safety necessary to go to core emotions. Once they can go to these deep emotions and can experience the “felt sense” of the therapist being impacted emotionally by their pain (or whatever their core experience is), they transform or heal at a profound level in a profound way.

In the book, Laurel and Christopher take the latest brain research and clinical discoveries, and integrate them into the message in an emotional and interesting manner. Stories and personal experience are the best teachers. We found that most books on attachment theory, connection, and interpersonal neurobiology are dry and limited in their scope of teaching. We assure you this book will not be dry, and the only difficulty will be in putting it down. And yet you will have to put it down in order to digest each highly provocative chapter.

Christopher developed this approach. He and Laurel both worked to perfect and illustrate this therapy. They discovered Laurel had developed the skills and already had the natural ability to be a relational therapist. In our book you will see that she has incredible courage to face such debilitating pain and with Christopher’s help was able to transform her wounded core to a place of solidness and confidence and compassion. And Laurel demonstrates her relational therapeutic skills by assisting Christopher in feeling, facing, and healing painful core emotions as well.

Click here to read an excerpt. (coming soon)

TRAINING INVOLVES

1) Reading and “Experiencing” the Book - This means reading Laurel’s story, noting the therapeutic relevance, and then experiencing your emotional response. You will not only be moved by the personal experience of others, but this will allow you to gain better access to your emotional core. This must happen if you are interested in becoming a relational therapist, since you are your main therapeutic tool.

2) In order to use this therapeutic approach you must be a client first, just as Laurel was as described in the book. You can be in therapy with me either in Seattle, WA, or online. We can use internet technology where we each have a webcam hooked up to computers and we can see and hear each other well enough to do therapy effectively. This is simple to hook-up and all that is required is an updated computer and a $50.00 webcam.

3) Once you are ready to use the therapy with your clients, you will either audio or video record your sessions, and we will go over them together. You can be a novice or a well-seasoned therapist or anything in between.