Let's define what is "therapy":1) Therapy is a collaborative process that restores integration — linking body, emotion, memory, and meaning — so your system can regulate, choose, and relate with more freedom.2) Therapy is a practice inside a safe environment. We make what feels fragmented come back together — connecting sensations, feelings, thoughts, and stories — so insight becomes stable regulation and everyday action.
3) Integration-focused therapy helps translate profound experiences into daily life. We
- Sense and name what happened,
- Regulate the nervous system,
- Reframe the story and update beliefs,
- Rehearse and embody new choices until they stick.
4) Therapy = Safe Environment + Skilled Methods → Integration → Regulation → Aligned ActionsIn this terms many approaches and practices could be therapeutic: nature walk, confidential conversation, physical activity, 1:1 session with a professional, holistic retreat, etc.
Then we can be clear of who can provide “therapy”:- Licensed mental-health professionals working under a code of ethics and local law can provide medically-based therapy.
- Non-clinically integration support could be provided by integration coaches, mentors; somatic, energy and mindfulness teachers by educating, sharing regulation skills, reflection, and habit change. They do not treat mental disorders unless they also hold a mental-health license.
- Indigenous / Ceremonial Healers provide traditional healing methods, not "licensed therapy" (unless they also hold a clinical license).
My programs and sessions are coaching-education and integration support, grounded on neuroscience and contemplative practices of traditional balancing methods. They are not medical care. For treatment of mental-health conditions, please work with a licensed clinician in your jurisdiction.With regards,
Alice