At the end of the day, working through these healing cycles will incite clients to evolve to ever-higher levels of integration, functionality, and adaptive capacity.īehind this “no pain / no gain” approach is Martha’s firm belief in the underlying resilience that clients will inevitably discover within themselves once they are prompted to tap into their inborn ability to self-correct in the face of optimal stress – an innate capacity that will enable them ultimately to advance from cursing the darkness (a less-evolved defensive reaction) to lighting a candle (a more-evolved adaptive response).Frequently Asked Questions What is the purpose of this site? Long intrigued by the idea that superimposing an acute injury on top of a chronic one is often exactly what the body needs in order to heal, Martha has come to appreciate that, so too with respect to the mind, the therapeutic provision of “optimal stress” – against the backdrop of an empathically attuned and authentically engaged therapy relationship – is sometimes the magic ingredient needed to overcome the inherent resistance to change so frequently manifested by clients with longstanding emotional injuries and scars.Īnd so it is that Martha encourages therapists to recognize the transformative power of “superimposed” optimally stressful psychotherapeutic interventions specifically designed “to precipitate disruption in order to trigger repair.” Strategically formulated to provide just the right combination of challenge (whenever possible) and support (whenever necessary), these anxiety-provoking but ultimately growth-promoting interventions can be therapeutically utilized again and again to induce ongoing cycles of destabilizing disruption followed by restabilizing repair. Martha’s fourth book – a FREE eBook entitled The Transformative Power of Optimal Stress: From Cursing the Darkness to Lighting a Candle and just released on – is a distillate of what she has learned over the course of her decades of experience as a holistic psychiatrist / psychoanalyst and reflects her attempt to capture the essence of what she believes must happen if true healing is to take place.Īs Martha has evolved, so too her understanding of the healing process has evolved – from one that emphasizes the internal workings of the mind to one that is more holistic and appreciates the complex interdependence of mind and body.
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