Map of the mind

Two Rings (Subjects)
Merging & Interacting

Core belief:
Sacredness of Thou; Divine beauty & wounds within the other

Stance

• Reliance on Holy Spirit
• Openness to receive
• Humility, widsom of not-knowing
• Curiosity, Awe & Exploration
• Co-traveler, passenger, nagivator

2nd core belief: Healing power of genuine Relationships

Practice

• Honesty & Authenticity
• Full presence & Following
• Observing & Registering without judging
• Courage & Risk taking
• Rapture & Repair

3rd layer: Object Relations Lens: How we were formed; Past & Present; Unconscious

Attention to:

• Early attachment
• Developmental history, Trauma
• Defense/Coping
• Projection, transference, counter-transference
• Cultural influences
• Dream as a gate to unconsious

Intersubjective space

Deep Listening

• What's happening in me (mind, affect, body) when listening to my client?
• How is this about my client (Ct)?
• How is this happening between us?
• Listen to myself talking to Ct; Listen to Ct listening to me
• Ct's unconsious meeting my unconsious

Here & NOw

• What relational patters (roles) are we repeating from the past?
• What are we co-creating here?
• How can I offer my experience to Ct?
• Spontaneous tryout and follow Ct
• Can I tolerate and work through the dissonance?

Outcome

• Make sense of own life story; Tell a fuller, cohesive and redemptive story
• Movement from rigidity to fluidity
• Bring unconscious to conscious
• Develop compassion for self & others
• Tolerate and appreicate wider range of emotions & self-states
• Experience a new way of relating