The type of therapy you get is as important as which therapist you choose. You need someone you trust and you need methods that actually provide solutions.
That is why I developed WHaT Therapy (short for Whole Human Theory Therapy or Whole Human Therapy.)
It is an approach that developed from over 20 years of methods research, brain-science study and application, and personality typology assessment. IT WORKS no matter who you are or how you’re made.
WHaT Therapy is:
- humanistic, (prizes people as infinitely valuable)
- individual, (acknowledges complex individual differences)
- truly holistic, (not just connecting mind/body)
- dynamic, (results-focused and flexible) and
- relational (both in method and application).
Much more than talk therapy, Whole Human Therapy works with how YOU are made, gets to the core, and sends you out with new skills and tools chosen specifically for you. Change can happen rapidly… meaning, yes, things can shift for you in the first session.
The objective of WHaT Therapy is to get you the relief you want NOW, provide memorable concepts that make your growth possible, measurable, and real, while equipping you with lasting skills for life’s challenges now and well into your future.
Good relationship (including the relationship to self) equates to good life. The end-goal of WHaT Therapy is for clients to leave equipped for healthy relationships in every realm.
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Whole Human Therapy or WHaT Therapy includes these basic tenets:
1. Everyone has a personality that favors living most strongly from an identification with one of these three zones:
- Brain (thoughts and logic)
- Heart (feelings and emotions )
- or Body (instincts and impulses)
Knowing what is one’s first, second, and third strength reveals tendencies in movement, processing, and core issues. This makes it possible for client and therapist to choose the most effective skills.
2. Every human has a higher consciousness that can think about thoughts, have feelings about feelings, reflect on actions and even override instincts and impulses. WHaT Therapy calls this the Gentle Benevolent Observer (or GBO) and this part of a person, like every other part, can grow with proper exercise. In fact, growth in this area is key to therapeutic progress. This part of a person, not the persona or just one’s natural tendency, is, in fact, the real person. Somthe functional adult, the higher self. WHaT Therapy intentionally targets growth in this area.
3. Acceptance of one’s humanity is key to lasting well-being. Growth in the GBO does not make the personality go away, it does not kill the ego, does not merely balance or integrate thoughts, feelings, and emotions. It does not remove character defects, but accepts them as part of what makes us human and adopts a way to live to one’s highest potential despite, and sometimes because of them. This acceptance is central to lasting well-being.
Where did this come from? (Show me the roots!)
At it’s foundation, WHaT Therapy is a person-centered method and humanistic in nature. All such theories originated with Carl Rogers and his development of Person-Centered Therapy starting in the 1940s. Also known as Rogerian Therapy or Humanistic Therapy, his Core Conditions of Congruence (or genuineness), Empathy, and Unconditional Positive Regard set the stage for WHaT Therapy. Rogers believed these Core Conditions were sufficient to meet the needs of clients. WHaT Therapy adds methods to those Core Conditions.
In addition, the element of personality and movement comes largely from the Myers Briggs and the Enneagram Personality Typologies as well as other lesser-known systems. Primarily, the treatment methods focus on helping individuals use personality strengths to move toward greater health in concrete, measurable ways. Clients don’t have to become students of the theories or disciples of a belief system in order to benefit from the methods.
Methods:
Many of the techniques and methods used in WHaT Therapy (TM) are original, distilling complex information into simple, memorable, and effective tools. They include The Love Equation (TM), The Human Parts Chart (TM) in all its versions, The Nuclear Meltdown (TM), The Usual Subtext (TM), Clean, Non-Blaming Communication (TM), the Existential Process (TM), and Nine Words (TM) to name some.
Others tools integrated into WHaT Therapy originated in Developmental and Relational Trauma Therapy, EMDR, Post-Induction Therapy, HOCI (Healing out Core Issues), Reality Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and Emotion Focused Individual Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Relational Life Therapy, (Terry Real), Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Gestalt, Experiential Therapy, Existential Therapy, and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).
Why was Whole Human Therapy developed?
Based on the premise that going to the core of an issue is more effective than treating thoughts, feelings, or behavior, Whole Human Therapy helps clients from the inside out after assessing individual personality, movement, and strengths.
Basic values and insights:
- All humans are intrinsically valuable and being human (not perfect) is the point.
- When we experience being seen accurately, understood (some of us need to be understood deeply) and accepted unconditionally, this resonates as LOVE no matter how we are made or what kind of relationship provides this. And it must happen in the therapist’s relationship toward the client.
- It’s up to the therapist to see accurately, understand, accept AND then provide the path toward healing that matches how the client is made.
- Most “mindfulness-based” therapies include the mind/body connection but this is not enough…not even for brain-first people. Neglecting the separate realm for the heart leaves everyone weaker. And while feelings can register in the body and be managed with thoughts, acknowledging this whole other zone legitimizes people who are heart-first and makes expansive growth, connection, and truly fulfilling relationship possible for all types.
- Heart-centered people present a unique challenge to common therapy approaches;many have previously been labeled super sensitive, too emotional, “unregulated” or any number of other negative, even pathology-biased diagnoses. Even therapists and therapy in general ask them to “be more logical” or to get out of their “emotional brain” or limbic system. That’s not respectful enough.
- Many body-centered people need therapy to be results and movement-oriented. They are not a natural match for therapy and often don’t choose it unless a relationship is threatened or something catastrophic happens. When they show up, they deserve methods that match.
WHAT makes Whole Human Therapy different?
- Most therapy approaches choose to change behavior, address thoughts, OR manage feelings but this approach is not enough. Real growth happens when growth happens at the core level.
- Sometimes calling something “holistic therapy” keeps people away from an approach that can really help. WHaT Therapy is deliberately not woo woo, it is not zealotry, and, while it respects the complexity of humans, it’s not complex. It offers simple, practical, and effective solutions to dynamic problems.
- Traditional therapy is not for everyone. WHaT Therapy works with the way people are made, not against it. It doesn’t ask people to fit into standard “treatment.” It’s also not ethereal, but concrete, experiential, and measurable. It does not require study of theory, discipleship, or adherence to belief in a system. It is neuro-science, evidence, and skills-based. It gets results.
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