Techniques and therapies

This therapy is based on a holistic conception of the individual. It tries to integrate the different aspects of the human being. In this way, this therapy focuses on the personal aspect, the capacity for self-inquiry, differentiating between the ego and our true self and how the ego influences us, integrating the polarities existing in the person, creating a consciousness of unity, understanding that mind and body are one and the emphasis on the fact that we are individuals, basically, with positive intentions who are destined to self-realisation.

This therapy is based on the premise that every human act always has a purpose, regardless of whether the subject is conscious or unconscious of what they are doing and why they are doing it. This therapy is based on two fundamental principles: most of our actions are unconscious, we have no control over them, but they respond to a psychic activity that acts with knowledge of cause, it knows what it is doing, even if it makes no sense to us. In other words, the unconsciousness of our actions responds to orders and programmes established in our psyche and directs us. The second principle is that a person's experience is individual. It considers that people do not respond in the same way to the same event, and that the same person does not respond in the same way over time to an identical event previously experienced. In short, it is a therapy that aims to make the unconscious conscious, to remove from the unconscious the traumas, cognitive distortions, all that is repressed and the shadows that unconsciously direct our thoughts, emotions, and actions.

This type of therapy is the result of the fusion of cognitive therapy, whose central nucleus is thought, and behavioural therapy, which studies behaviour. The union of these two psychological currents has a solid scientific basis and uses techniques such as cognitive restructuring (CR) to identify and confront the irrational thoughts and beliefs that disturb us and interfere with the proper functioning of our mental health and daily life, often due to cognitive distortions or errors in the interpretation of what we experience. Cognitive restructuring uses the strategy of Socratic questioning to deprogram irrational thoughts. Another approach used by cognitive-behavioural therapy is the rational emotive behavioural therapy with its A, B, C model, which works with the perception of an event, its interpretation and the belief generated by this, and the emotions generated in the person.

This therapy delves into what lies behind personal dysfunctions, disorders and illnesses that originate in human interactions, especially in family systems. It means that many personal disorders and ailments stem from the interactions, behaviours, and communication within families. Family loyalties, the polarisation in which family members position themselves, can unbalance the functioning of the family unit. Although at first glance it seems that the family problem is caused by one member of the clan, in reality, it is a part of the family or even all the members who are part of the conflict. As Carl Gustav Jung pointed out, there is not only a collective unconscious, but also a family unconscious and an individual unconscious. All the unbalanced mental baggage within a generation is passed on to the next generation in order to be integrated, balanced and transcended, so that it is not only a question of family therapy, but also of transgenerational therapy. Diseases and disorders such as the spectrum of eating disorders (ED), addictions and personality disorders often arise from dysfunctional family systems.

This therapy emphasises that it is the "present" situation, "the present here and now" from which we can change the perceptions and idealisations we made in the past, but which need not be true to how they occurred. These erroneous perceptions can cause blockages in our present life because of how we believe we perceive the past. In other words, experiences, painful and traumatic events to which we gave an interpretation that remained engraved in our unconscious and continues to direct our present life in a hypnotic way. This therapy aims to transcend these perceptions and beliefs towards a more descriptive form of what happened in the present. The aim of this psychotherapy is to make people take responsibility for their thoughts and emotions in order to transform reality and lead them towards a more creative life, with more psychological resources to lead them towards self-realisation and personal growth. Its maximum achievement is that the person accepts him/herself as he/she is, without changing him/her, making him/her aware of his/her blockages and not repressing them, but getting to know him/herself better and understanding that in the present we find the tools to treat the incapacitating blockages and understand that people and the environment that surrounds us are one, environment and person mutually influence each other.