Our mission and philosophy

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Our mission

We are dedicated to educate survivors, therapists, researchers, and the community at large, regarding how Dissociation works for all trauma survivors.  Our primary focus is to teach trauma survivors how their dissociated brain works, their role and relationship to their Mini-mes(parts), and how to un-trigger and calm their dissociative state of mind. It is important for the therapist to understand what their clients are learning. So we offer consulting and training to each individual therapist in an effort to foster a sense of cohesive and holistic healing.

Our philosophy

 Both Therapists and Survivors alike must understand the internal shift and blend that occurs inside the traumatized brain.   Without a full understanding of this type of dissociative process, treatment is very likely to fail.  The dissociative brain merges two distinct worlds into one, "Blending" the past, and the present together.  This dissociative process is called "the Dissociative Blending Effect" (DBE).  It is critical to treatment, to teach the survivor their role in a Dissociative Dance with their Mini-mes.  When under stress, survivors call up Mini-mes to deal with emotions and to problem-solve, instead of dealing directly with the situation.  They live life via proxy, using their Mini-mes in their present day circumstances.  In other words, they have developed a unconscious process that they must reverse and live life directly, instead of allowing Mini-mes to come up and help. 

(An explanation of the Dissociative Blending Effect will be discussed further in the website)

Survivors suffer from a myriad of Difficulties such as:

• To commit
• To make or keep decisions
• Trusting others
• Memory problems
• Poor recall 
• Depression
• Loss of commitment
• Indecisiveness
• Doctors or Therapist appointments
• What they did during the day
• Apprehension
• Lack of concentration
• Comprehension issues
• Following directions
• Mini-urgencies to act
• A quick change of mind

Physical Issues

• Anxiety
• Dizziness  
• Lightheadedness
• Out of body sensations
• Current environment doesn't seem real
• Detachment from body
• Vision changes
• Body memories
• Headaches
• Stiff neck 
• Blurry Vision
• Fainting sensations
• Strange or unusual smells or odors
• Hot and cold sensations
• Sweating
• Pressure behind the eyes
• Pressure at the base of the skull
• Shooting pains in the head
• Hearing internal voices
• Stomach aches
• Diarrhea
• Cold hands and feet