Whole person care and research-based approaches, what does this mean?

Using a mix of Holistic wellness with specific Western modalities from clinical research such as:

• Bowen Family Systems: Murray Bowen’s family systems theory, holds that individuals are inseparable from their network of relationships. Like other psychoanalysts of his time, Murray Bowen was interested in creating more scientific and objective treatment processes as an alternative to conventional diagnostic frameworks and pathological language. Bowen believed all therapists had experienced challenges within their family of origin and that an awareness of this could help therapists normalize human behavior for people in treatment.

• EMDR:: EMDR is a structured therapy that encourages the patient to briefly focus on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an extensively researched, effective psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from trauma and PTSD symptoms.

• Narrative therapy is a form of counseling that views people as separate from their problems and destructive behaviors. This allows clients to get some distance from their difficulty; this helps them see how it might actually be helping or protecting them more than it is hurting them. With this perspective, individuals feel more empowered to change their thought patterns and behavior and “rewrite” their life story for a future that reflects who they really are, what they are capable of, and what their purpose is, separate from their problems.