(623) 326-4681Post-Induction
What is post-induction therapy?
Post-Induction Therapy (also known as Pia Melody’s model or the Meadow’s Model) helps people to both better understand themselves as they are today, as well as helping to let go of old feelings that have held them back.
In this work, we learn to recognize where we habitually go to extremes in the core issues of self-esteem, boundaries, reality, and self-care. We also work on letting go of the reactivity and overwhelming emotions that trigger us to go into these extremes.
Recognize Old Feelings Impacting Current Feelings
Rose came to therapy because she was struggling with severe anxiety and depression. She’d had a very good childhood. Her parents were supportive, married, still alive, and doing well. She had good relationships with her siblings, plenty of friends, and was active in her community.
Rose was married and successful in her job. But as of late her moods were affecting her marriage and her work. She found herself isolating from the people and things that she loved. The more she tried to force herself to be okay, the worse things seemed to get.
In therapy, Rose began to recognize that whenever she wasn’t taking care of someone else, she felt guilty and worthless. She also recognized that as she and her husband’s marriage matured, she felt that he needed her less and less. She believed that he would eventually recognize this and then leave her. She knew that there was no evidence of this as her husband appeared invested in their relationship in every way. But it still felt like things were falling apart.
As Rose’s therapy continued, she began to recognize events in her childhood where she also felt guilty and worthless. She began to recognize that she would do things for others to make them happy; when they were happy, it helped her to feel better for short periods. However, these periods of relief had grown shorter and less satisfying as the years went on. Her anxiety and depression grew more intense and longer lasting between periods of relief.
Road to Recovery
Rose started to find other ways to recognize her self-worth. She began to practice boundaries with others and to take better care of herself. She still had periods where she was anxious or sad; but they weren’t as intense, and she knew they’d pass. She also started to feel happier and began to appreciate all the good things in her life again. She grew to be more comfortable in her marriage and to trust that she could work through what life threw at her.
Rose benefited from both understanding more about what she was doing in the moment, and the impact of those behaviors on her relationships with herself and others. She also was able to release a lot of feelings she held from her childhood that were continuing to haunt her adult relationships.
The Focus of the Work
When doing PIT work, we will be focusing on having a better, healthier, more realistic relationship with yourself and with others. We will combine this work with Somatic Experiencing and EMDR as appropriate for your needs.
Utilizing PIT work will help you to improve your self-esteem, boundaries, awareness of what is, improving the way you treat yourself, and learning to live in moderation. It helps people to accept themselves as they are, to accept others as they are, allowing them to have greater peace in their lives.