Friday, November 07, 2008
Transformational Therapy™ and Transformational Coaching™ are integrative means of facilitating deep and lasting healing, growth, and change from within the individual. I was blessed with the basic vision, and led to the specific metholodogies to include. It is an evolving, growing paradigm, which falls within the general category of Holistic or Complementary Healing, Self-growth and Personal Empowerment.
The Beginnings of Transformational Therapy and Coaching
The roots of Transformational Therapy™ and Transformational Coaching™ come from Systemic, Structual-Strategic and Modern Psychodynamic Family Therapy and the Human Potential Movement of the 1980 - 90's. The theoretical foundations of Transformational Therapy and Coaching are:
- Holistic: recognizing and encompassing the whole being of the person - spirit, mind and body - reflecting the fundamental, profound and basic Truth, that all beings at their essence are whole, and always have been.
- Spiritual: the foundation of all life. All growth and creation is ultimately spiritual. This is the source of the power to change. All change happens first spiritually.
- Systemic: We are part of a living web of living social systems. These systems include our immediate families, the families we grew up in, our past generations, our social groups, communities, nations and the Family of Humankind. These systems grow and change over time, and even across time and space. As we change, we influence and change our systems, and as the systems we belong to change, we too are influenced. All life is communal, including the very smallest level of the sub-atomic particle at the cellular level.
- Developmental: Growth occurs in an orderly process that moves from one level to the next, across the lifespan. The capacity to grow is inborn and natural, and all beings have the capacity for enlargement and expansion. Development can be detoured or derailed by traumatic experiences. In fact, much of what may be considered 'abnormal' in behavior, emotions or personality, is really a response to traumatic experiences. When the trauma residue and impact is cleared and healed, growth and development can be returned to the natural and normal progression, since growth is an expression of the inherent Intelligence governing all life.
- Post-feminist: The time in which we live is the most auspicious time in the history of the planet! This is the time of restoring the authentic Feminine in balance with the Masculine, which has been in dominance, and out of balance for so many millenia. Both genders complete and complement the other, and neither is sufficient alone.
Now is the time for genuine equality, respect, balance, support, inter-dependence and inclusion for the gifts, strengths, talents and perspective of both Feminine and Masculine in order to bring our planet and our human family into the next phase of our planet's purpose. As women come to experience, know, and claim our true Feminine Identity and Divinity, we will each play our part in the healing and restoration of our marriages, families, and the entire planet.
Going Deeper - Learning More
Transformational Therapy™ is explained further in articles on the Articles page at www.DebraGordyMS.com. These will give you an overview of Energy Psychology, one of the general components of Transformational Therapy™ and Transformational Coaching™, and Rapid Eye Technology, one of the centerpiece healing and creating methods that I use. These articles are entitled:
- Introduction to Energy Psychology ~ Cutting-edge Tools for Lasting Change
- Rapid Eye Technology ~ A Unique, Unparalleled Healing Method Creating Lasting Change
- Releasing the Limiting Effects of Your Earliest Experiences
Warmly,
Debra Gordy
www.DebraGordyMS.com
Author of the forthcoming book Cinderella Wisdom: Five Secrets for Creating Your Dream Marriage in the Real World