Comprehensive Inner Compass Program

Find Guidance and Direction through Self-Awareness

Inner Compass Complex Trauma Program

Complex trauma is the repeated exposure to traumatic experiences such as emotional, physical or sexual abuse in childhood or adulthood. When this interpersonal victimization occurs it can affect how someone trusts others and themselves. Feelings of self-doubt sometimes hamper self-esteem. The exposure to emotions that need to be kept silent can sometimes lead to difficulty trusting oneself in terms of judgment and the ability to be attuned to emotional needs. The difficulty regulating emotions coupled with trust issues can hamper one’s ability to de-escalate conflicts. Building relationships with a secure attachment is sometimes difficult for those who have experienced complex trauma.

The Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC) Framework is used to address trauma, attachment and emotional regulation. Mentalization based therapy uses self-reflection to help gain insight regarding one’s feelings, desires and emotional needs which are often neglected when experiencing complex trauma. Building a secure attachment with a therapist and group members can help heal the pain from the past and find hope in forming epistemic trust with others. Regulation Focused Psychotherapy (RFP) is used to help understand the underlying reasons for the behavior as emotional dysregulation is addressed.

Inner compass parent - child Program

The Parent-Child relationship is complex and gets tested during the pre-adolescent, adolescent and young adulthood. Navigating your way through parenting while coping with frequent conflicts can be challenging. Learn tools to help you find your way so you can help guide your child to find theirs too.

Mentalization Based Therapy is used to provide psychoeducational seminars and group therapy for parents and their children. Working on understanding your child’s subjective experience helps increase reflective parenting which can help your child feel more understood. Improving understanding helps improve communication and can reduce the frequency of conflicts.

Therapy:

Individual Therapy

Group Therapy:

  • Group Therapy for Stress Management & Mindfulness for Adults

  • Emotional Regulation & Resilience Group for Complex Trauma Survivors

  • Group Therapy for Regulating Emotions for Pre-Adolescents and Adolescents

  • Reflective Parenting Group Therapy for parents (including focus on the special needs of foster parents adoptive parents)

Psychoeducation:

  • Parent & Adolescent seminars

  • Complex Trauma seminars