These workshops are about psychotherapy.

Psychotherapy involves much more than technique(s).  Successful psychotherapy incorporates a blending of an individual’s commitment to the process and participation at many levels while the therapist serves as a guide directing the process.  In other words, successful psychotherapy is built upon a highly sophisticated exchange of information between individual and therapist.  The most successful psychotherapies (defined as being robust, efficient, effective, and lasting) now also incorporate the underlying physics of how inter and intra communication transpires to maximize results.

If psychotherapy can be defined in part as a caring and attuned collaborative interaction between therapist and individual, then this Awareness Streaming (AS) clinical model of HAT is a good match as it custom-fits the individual and their unique experiences and associations.  In addition, the individual is not made to fit into a technique per se, nor is the therapist required to figure out a solution.  As you will learn from a therapist’s perspective, “There’s no need to figure things out…it will just play out naturally.”

The HAT psychotherapy model is designed to maximize the therapist’s skills in listening, observing, and planning while integrating procedures that enable the opportunity for the individual to be validated, heal, shift, adapt, and move forward in life.

HAT is designed to complement your existing skills and orientation as a psychotherapist or health care professional.  In fact, many components of all the psychotherapy approaches I learned throughout my 40+ years of working as a licensed psychologist come together in this HAT model. For example, elements from the psychoanalytic approaches, Carl Roger’s client-centered and humanistic approaches, Ericksonian hypnosis, cognitive and somatic approaches, EMDR, mindfulness benefits, thought field therapies (e.g.,TFT, EFT and EvTFT), and other approaches along with my 17 years of learning when using HAT. 

The concept of focused thought during an intervention (e.g., Callahan, Shapiro) and the important role of mind-body polarity (our innate electro-physiology) have become contemporary essential features to facilitate successful change in the psychotherapy process.  Identifying and clarifying the most appropriate Treatment Focus to address is an important skill to develop and will be emphasized.  Likewise, the monitoring of respiration and the use of “heart-breaths” is designed to maintain an open mind-body polarity gateway and will be an important focus in these workshops.