Integral Therapy with Kai-Lin Yang
Integral therapists look at how clients suffer both psychologically and somatically. Clinical symptoms are important references to them, as they are observable manifestations of the client’s suffering. However, integral therapists are mostly interested in the real issues that are hidden behind the symptoms. As I mentioned above, the hidden “root” issues are the cause of clients’ suffering.
Integral therapists understand that in order to terminate clients’ suffering, they need to find out what the clients’ real issues are. In integral therapy, therapists invite clients to co-investigate their psychological difficulties and to locate the cause of their suffering. Once the real issues emerge, integral therapists assist clients to deal with their issues by enhancing their psychological strength. They use depth therapy such as gestalt therapy and transpersonal therapy to allow clients to experience and develop their inner power. When clients progressively experience their psychological strength, their issues become less threatening and clients develop into stronger psychological beings. They begin to feel more powerful than their issues/problems. Consequently, the symptoms will naturally lessen or diminish in the process of integral therapy. The recurrence of psychological difficulties will be reduced since future similar issues cannot threaten them anymore.
In short, through integral therapy clients gain the opportunity to access their inner potential and to grow towards their ideal self.
How do we want to live in our lives?
Relationship Work / Couple Counselling with Kai-Lin Yang
As humans we naturally want to be with other people. We depend on each other’s help to live better. Being with others allows us to find a sense of belonging that soothes. Communities such as family, friends and social groups serve us this way. We often find ourselves following longing of relating to each romantically and sexually. We call it EROS, or simply “LOVE.”
Relationships are where we learn to cultivate INTIMACY with each other. Our lives become more meaningful because of intimacy. Yes, intimacy is what we want.
In relationship work (couples counselling) we learn to discover how we relate to each other in a dysfunctional way, and how to take personal responsibility to grow out of our individual issues. Exploring what we really want in a relationship will guide us to identify our individual differences and co-create mutual values. The work in relationship / couples counselling is a process of cultivating understanding and intimacy between two people. Our time together becomes a more meaningful journey for us and our partners, instead of a journey through the unfortunate events in our lives.
Mindfulness Group with Kai-Lin Yang
The Mindfulness Group is for people who are ready to rediscover themselves and the world.
The learning begins with exploring what we are and what reality is; and further includes significant concerns in life such as humanity, consciousness, living, passion, values, and relationships.
Through experiential learning and practice, participants gradually discover the power of knowing; and how to further connect with the unknown territory in their consciousness.
On the other hand, the opportunities for individual participants to experience The Integral Work will be open. In The Integral Work, participants will have chance to process their unconscious and to induce further personal growth.
The experiences in the Mindfulness Group include the intellectual learning, the exploration of consciousness, and the cultivation of inner wisdom and spiritual awareness. It is set up to evoke the integration of mind, body, and spirit.
Mindfulness Group is based on Buddhist philosophy, Transpersonal, Gestalt and Hakomi psychology, Integral theory and Integral Life Practice (developed by Ken Wilber),
Please contact Kai-Lin (604-551-6621) to set up a free intake interview.
