Integrative psychotherapy is adaptive to the client's needs and mindful of the therapeutic alliance
More and more, psychotherapists and researchers agree that no single psychotherapy technique can be effective and appropriate for all patients, issues, and situations. For this reason, Integrative Psychotherapy differs from the commonly used "one-size-fits-all" model of therapy. Evidence-based research has shown that integrative psychotherapeutic treatments are effective for a variety of psychiatric disorders such as, but not exclusive to, Depression, Social Anxiety Disorders, Generalized Anxiety Disorders, Personality Disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorders, and Trauma.
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Integrative psychotherapy recognizes the shared elements present in all successful psychotherapy, irrespective of the specific theoretical framework or therapeutic methods employed. Common factors are those elements that contribute to positive therapeutic results across various therapeutic approaches. This model strives to adapt to the individual, works in the context of a therapeutic alliance, and focuses on affective, behavioural, cognitive, and physiological functioning and spiritual beliefs. Integrative psychotherapy draws upon many evidence-based models and theories to create a treatment that explicitly addresses clients’ unique experiences and concerns. Irene uses a person-centred and collaborative approach and has a warm and compassionate presence, with a great capacity for deep attunement and relational cues and works in collaboration with the client to ensure each personal need is met.
Individualised treatment
What is Integrative Psychotherapy?
Integrative Psychotherapy works with a wide range of clients, problems, and contexts. focusing on your uniqueness and the therapeutic relationship.
INTEGRATIVE ATTACHMENT THERAPY
What is attachment and attachment disturbances?
Attachment is the emotional bonds that develop in early childhood based on our interactions with caregivers. These early relationships establish patterns of relating to ourselves and others and influence how we develop adult relationships.
Attachment theory is one of psychology and psychotherapy's most well-researched and evidence-based areas, showing a linkage between dysfunctional attachment in childhood and how we feel about ourselves and others in adulthood. Research reports that early attachment formation critically impacts self-experience, emotional regulation, and the capacity for intimacy, creating attachment disturbances. These early attachment difficulties have been linked to various issues later in life, including substance abuse, personality disorders, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and dissociative disorders.
Some indicators of attachment disturbance include:
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Struggling to maintain healthy relationships
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Constantly worrying about pleasing others
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Difficulty trusting others or forming close bonds
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Fear of intimacy
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Being overly emotionally dependent on others
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Difficulty experiencing and/or expressing emotions
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Obsessive thoughts and ruminations about relationships
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An excessive need for approval
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An intense fear of abandonment, rejection, or criticism
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Emotional dysregulation (experiencing too much or too little emotion)
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IAT is a model developed by Dr Dan Brown and colleagues from Harvard Medical School. This treatment, also known as the "three-pillar approach" is specifically designed to address particular attachment disturbances and to heal these issues by utilizing the therapeutic relationship and the power of imagination.
The importance of a therapeutic relationship
The quality of the therapeutic relationship is the highest predictor of client transformation.
The therapeutic relationship is not only the most important factor in a client's change, but it is crucial for effective therapeutic work. It will give the client an opportunity to develop a healthy relationship with an understanding counsellor, and to gain a broader understanding of themselves, other people, relationships, and the world.
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A few of the important factors associated with positive outcomes and therapeutic changes in psychotherapy and to look for in your therapy are the therapist's ability to empower, inspire hope and provide an alternative and more credible view of the self and the world; the ability to provide clients with a corrective emotional experience that helps them to overcome the legacy of traumatic experiences; a safe therapeutic alliance; positive change expectations.Some of the valuable qualities therapists should have are attention and presence, empathy and compassion, authenticity and positive regard.
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Therapists at Numina understand their role as a reflective instrument of change and view the client as an active participant in therapy. They work in collaboration with their clients and tailors their sessions based on patient's preferences and unique qualities.
Psychotherapy cannot change the past, but it can help you change your relationship with the legacy of the past.
How do sessions with our therapists work?
What to expect from our sessions:
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We will have a free consult call where Irene will enquire about your reasons for seeking therapy, and you can get a sense of who we are. We will also make sure that we find the right practitioner able to help you.
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In the first few sessions, your therapist will ask about your desired outcomes, and get a sense of your past and current circumstances, your lifestyle and your relationships so that they can learn more about who you are.
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Once your practitioner has a clear understanding of the issues and outcomes to work towards, they will offer you their therapeutic understanding and together, you will create a treatment plan that works for you.
Numina's approach is tailored to have the best understanding of your situation and desired outcomes. Irene's aim is to always refer to your agency, and establish a treatment plan in collaboration with you.
At Numina we believe in your intrinsic abilities to access your inner resources and generate enduring changes.
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"It is together that we build a trusting therapeutic relationship and through this relationship, help you to gain insights into your experience
and achieve healing and growth." Irene
Therapeutic Models
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Eastern philosophy and practice
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EFT-C
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Existential psychotherapy
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Gender-sensitive and multi-cultural therapy
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Gottman Method
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Integrative Attachment Therapy (the "three-pillars" approach)
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Mentalization-based treatment (MBT)
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Mindfulness
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Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
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Somatic therapies
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Systemic approach
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Trauma-based psychotherapy
