Process Therapy
What is Process Therapy?
Process Therapy is a natural method of bringing those who suffer from addictions to alcohol, drugs, food, gambling, and sex or those who have suffered terrible emotional trauma to a state of wholeness.
The goal of Process Therapy is to bring these individuals to wholeness by combining the mind, body, and spirit in the journey to recovering from addictions and/or life trauma. Traditional psychotherapy seems to have let the whole of suffering humanity down. Process Therapy desires to set things aright. It does so by incorporating the whole person in the healing process. Process Therapy contends that two or more people with the same addictions or emotional trauma, working together, can bring healing to one another.
Stage One of Process Therapy
Proponents of process therapy say that healing is a two stage process. Stage one is the healing “from” the primary addiction, whether it be alcohol, gambling, sex, drugs, or food. Twelve step programs, such as AA, have helped thousands of people overcome active addictions. However, this process can take many years and it is only the half-way point in the journey to complete recovery.
Stage Two of Process Therapy
Stage two is the focus of process therapy. This is the healing “to” fulfillment, wisdom, serenity and emotional, spiritual, and sexual wholeness. There are underlying causes or reasons that a person becomes an addict. These underlying causes have to be addressed so that total addiction recovery can be a reality.
What is the Main Objective of Process Therapy?
The main objective is to bring those who have suffered from addictions and life traumas to an acceptance of themselves. Addicts usually are ashamed of their own feelings and they fear being judged by others. During process therapy, individuals are encouraged to vocalize their feelings and so that they can be dealt with. This is done in a community environment. Dealing with feelings, as they are, helps to facilitate a new freedom in relationships at all levels.
Once a person's true feelings are faced, that person can live unashamed of past traumas and life experiences. This makes it possible to then move on to contributing to the community and family. Those who have recovered from addictions and recover to wholeness are then able to pursue their own life purpose.
Why Is Community Dynamic Important?
Community dynamic is the foundation of process therapy, without which success in complete healing would be doubtful. In traditional therapy there is an underlying sense that the therapist is 'normal' and the patient is 'not normal'. With process therapy, the therapist is someone who has 'been there, done that'. They may be farther along in the journey to wholeness, but patients/clients know that this is someone who can sympathize with them, guide them, and give feedback and support. This support comes not from classroom study, but life experience for the process therapy therapist.
Who Can Benefit From Process Therapy?
Anyone who desires to live a more fulfilled life after recovering from active addictions or from life traumas can benefit from process therapy.
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