Larry Cappel. M.A. MFT Psychotherapy and Consulting
P.O. 491
Louisville,
CO 80027
303-523-6123
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How Psychotherapy Works
Psychotherapy helps people heal and grow on three
levels, the body, the mind and the spirit or soul. Effective
psychotherapy is holistic. It includes all aspects of the client's
life: family, friends, personal growth, and relationships; working
to bring the whole person into balance. This requires working with
body, mind and spirit.
Healing and growth for the body is
both emotional and physical healing. Emotions are body-based. You
feel your emotions in your body, you express them through your
body and communicate feelings to others through your body. When
traumatic life events causes suppression of emotions your ability
to life a joyous, compassionate life is compromised. Somatic or
Body-centered psychotherapy technics help reconnect disowned
feelings and and you begin to regain the fluid, lively quality of
a joyful life. It is common to have improvements in in physical
health as well.
Healing and growth for the mind is
accomplished through talking about life experiences, identifying
self-defeating thought patterns and learning to understand painful
life-events in positive life-affirming ways. This part of the work
includes being more skillful in relationships such as setting more
appropriate boundaries with loved ones and communicating more
effectively with the people in your life.
Healing for the
soul or the spirit is going to depend on your belief system about
having a soul or a spiritual identity. Soul work is the work of
getting in touch with spontaneous creativity, also called the
muse. You begin experiencing greater creativity and gains
confidence necessary to trust in and express your creative
intuition. This integration manifests differently in every person
but is visible as increased creativity, joy, spontaneity,
healthier relations, and an over-all improved satisfaction with
life.