Therapeutic progress

Are you having challenges in your relationship?

Do you often feel empty and tired?

Do you have chronic body pain?

Do you experience anxiety or depression?

Do you drink to help you relax?

Do you often get angry with those closest to you?

Is it difficult to avoid stress at work?

Do you feel like a victim of your surroundings?

Have you experienced bullying or felt excluded?

Do you remember little from your childhood?

 

What if I said that what you are extra vigilant about, what you fortify yourself against, what you attack, what you reserve against, what you crave and desire, and what chances you take and don't take, are deeply influenced by the most challenging experiences of your life, which you don't necessarily remember or are aware of?

As adults, we usually have the mental capacity to handle a lot, but as children, not so much. As infants, even less. The quick definition of psychotrauma is an experience that was overwhelming and exceeded your mental and emotional capacity to handle. A defense of survival strategies was formed to protect you from experiencing it again. These strategies that once served their purpose become problems and obstacles as time changes your life.

 

IOPT (Identity Oriented Psychotrauma Theory) is based on identity development, multigenerational psychotraumatology, and trauma and attachment theories. In therapy, we use theory and method to help you get in touch with what is repressed or hidden behind false narratives. What is triggered in given situations and activates your body.

You have your unique healing process, but if I were to standardize it, it would be described as follows:

• Something has made you realize that there are certain aspects of your life that you want/need to do something about and you are brave enough to seek help.

• In therapy, events and aspects of yourself are revealed that you can see in a new light. Let go of your life illusions and false narratives. Recognize your truth.

• Furthermore, you are led to emotional contact with parts of yourself that have been banished and hidden away in your own psyche. You are now able to take on what has become too much.

• Meeting your whole self like this is healing, makes you whole. Difficult emotions fade away. The body functions better. Your sleep becomes calmer. You become aware of which people in your life are good for you and which are not. Where you used to act impulsively, you can now make conscious choices. You get different feelings and thoughts about yourself. You gain access to resources within yourself and the capacity to relate to and master reality as it is. You become more authentically you.

• What do you do with your new you? It can be challenging not to fully recognize yourself, even if the changes are exclusively positive. Who are you now? What do you do with your newfound freedom? In the therapeutic process, you will gain insight into relevant theory that provides a solid foundation in the integration process and that constitutes useful keys for the life you want to live.