My Approach

All of the emotionally based issues and problems my clients deal with are grounded in and expressions of a state I call core debilitation.  Core debilitation speaks to having the deepest parts of our emotional systems torn up and in need of help.  I’ve found we’ve normalized this state within this culture by unwittingly learning to neglect some of the primary needs of our emotional systems.  Over years, this neglect weakens and degrades our emotional wholeness while we also learn different ways to suppress and ignore the consequences of this neglect as best we can.  When suppress and ignore eventually falls short, negative emotions, such as anxiety, panic, shame, grief, hopelessness, rage, worthlessness, etc. appear and persist.  This is the first type of struggle I work with.  This negative emotion also drives us to struggle with different relationships—with people, food, money, etc.—causing conflict and distance within them.  This is the second type of struggle I work with.

To bring real change to emotional issues and problems that are driven by a debilitated core, you need to be able to heal at a core level.  By sharing the songs of Life with clients, their core level healing process receives the boosts it needs to have energy to move forward with the healing process.  My clients then learn to use our sessions, my manuals, and the time between sessions to learn how to do their part to work for (not against) the needs of this healing process.  The more emotional wellbeing this healing process generates, the better and stronger you feel and the more able you are to bring connection and fluidity—instead of distance and conflict—to the relationships you’re engaging with in your life.  This healing process progresses in 3 phases, and we work our way into and through them until you either achieve your goals, or until you’ve decided that you’ve gone far enough with your work.

Initially, my unconventional approach can seem strange because it will be, to some extent, unfamiliar.  What’s nice about it is that you’ll get the chance to engage with and test out all the different parts of it so you can find your own truths about it.  In the end, I care about what works because that’s what gives my clients a chance to heal and overcome their struggles.  If you’re willing to honor your misgivings about something new and different while you give my approach a try, I think you’ll find the results will start speaking for themselves in a matter of months, if not weeks.

Testimonials

'Working with Doug has been the most profoundly transformative experience of my life. Before I became Doug’s client it seemed life was just happening to me. I felt stuck and overwhelmed by dark feelings…and I had absolutely no idea how to feel better. I was constantly in reaction mode, seeking out highs to medicate the awful feeling I had inside. We began our work 3 years ago and since then my life has dramatically improved in every way. The combination of Doug’s insight and his strong connection to the healing power of Creation assisted me in creating tangible, sustainable shifts in my life I never anticipated.’ SS
‘When I first started working with Doug, my wounded experience was so deeply embedded, that to ask me to identify it as anything 'other' felt impossible. I couldn't access the core, and could barely perceive of its existence. Through the work with Doug, I was able to find an inroad to this core wound and make a place for it to exist so I could start to connect to it and create change. Peeling back the layers was a slow and intense process, but one in which I was never without the tools necessary to succeed. Having arrived on the other side of this challenge, I greet each new day with an intense gratitude for having gone through this process. Creating a relationship with my core wounds in order to allow for healing changed my life, provided me with a freedom I couldn't have imagined possible, and gave me access to personal depths that continue to teach me even years after finishing the work with Doug.’—JT