Our Resiliency Model

You Deserve to Feel Whole

When you were born, you were already whole. Due to the structures and philosophies of control and power in the systems we live in, from large systemic structures we don't see (e.g. capitalism, racism, sexism) down to our communities (church, cultural identity, healthcare system) and family, to our intimate relationships, we all have been shamed from being our authentic selves. To feel safe and belonging, you have developed a plethora of defensive mechanisms and compromises, but they're no longer working as you continue to move further away from your integral self. To get back to yourself, we have to slowly recognize how things truly are, what we can change change such as expectations, boundaries, communication styles, and how to let go of patterns, behaviors, thoughts, that do not represent your integral self and live in peace. 

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Integrative medicine isn't just psychiatry, it's understanding how your psyche has tried to protect you all this time and how your body wants to heal: your individual medicine (your story), our ancestral medicine, playfulness. This is "wholing" so you understand why you are here on this little globe within the vastness of this this celestial landscape. 

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Guiding Principles:

• We do the best we can under the conditions we are given.

• Often the conditions we find ourselves in are extremely stressful, and this significantly affects our experience in the world.

• Under extreme stress, we often do things we would not normally do. These behaviors may seem irrational, but when seen in the larger context, they are understandable and reasonable.

• Mental health symptoms are often a message to us, which if understood and learned from, have the potential to liberate us from our suffering.

• Many of our greatest skills and internal resources (resiliency skills), we may not even be aware of yet.

• Through various practices we can learn dive into the depths of our own psyche to unearth some of these extraordinary gifts.