Healing the Self

Behind the presenting systems or behavioral patterns that bring a person to treatment, there often lays a deeper, longstanding problem of fractured self-esteem, or a persistent negatively-distorted self image. One reason that the presenting symptoms have been so hard to treat effectively is that the damaged sense of self has not been treated. The person’s “self” or “spirit” may be protesting that he or she has been too cramped by lifelong restrictions that came out of childhood, which have been uncritically “accepted” without review as an adult. A therapeutic experience can help one approach the challenges of life with new capacities, which often are much needed and valued.

“Healing the Self” tackles these issues head-on through a series of therapeutic exercises that are designed to be interactive, experiential, and educative. We hope to bring forward the person’s relationship to his or her sense of self and connections to the larger realm of spiritual renewal. We will address personal, existential questions involving such problem areas as unhealthy self-concepts (narcissism), persistent yearnings, unresolved grief, emptiness, loneliness, rage, and depression. We will explore some of the psychotherapeutic aspects of “right action”, mindful attention, empathy, compassion, recognition, forgiveness, and hope. This is not a religious group by any means. Instead, various cultural and psychotherapeutic traditions will be used to look at these concepts from a variety of angles.

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If you prefer, feel free to give us a call at 410-938-3891, or send an email to lturner@sheppardpratt.org