Change The Pattern Beneath The Pattern
You can know exactly what you want to change...and still find yourself reacting the same old way.
That’s because not every pattern is happening at the level of conscious thought.
Process Healing/MAP Method™ works with the deeper emotions, memories, body reactions, and automatic patterns that can keep you stuck...often without requiring you to relive painful experiences or figure out exactly where the pattern began.
What Is Process Healing/MAP Method™?
Work With The Pattern That Is Happening Now
MAP was developed by clinicians Colette and Val Streicher and  builds on the work of retired clinical psychologist Garry Flint, Ph.D. Â
Instead of spending the entire session trying to figure out why you do what you do, we begin with what is happening right now. Maybe it’s fear, a body sensation, belief, relationship pattern, a reaction you keep having, or simply the feeling that something is keeping you stuck.
That gives us the thread to follow. From there, Process Healing/MAP Method™ helps us work with the deeper emotions, memories, beliefs, and responses connected to that pattern.
You don’t have to know where it started for us to begin.
The Science:
Your Brain Can Learn Something New
Research shows that when some old memories or learned emotional responses become active again, they can become open to change before they are stored again.
This process is called memory reconsolidation.
Interestingly, your brain expects the old thing to happen…but this time, something different happens. Researchers call this prediction error, and studies suggest it can play an important role in whether old learned fear becomes open to updating. Â
In everyday language:
The trigger shows up.
The old pattern starts.
But this time, you have a different experience.
That new experience can help old learning begin to change.
Science does not prove every part of MAP. It does give us a useful way to understand how old emotional learning can become changeable.
Want the deeper science and a fuller explanation?
Read: Process Healing/MAP Method™:  The Science, Spirit & Deeper Patterns Behind The MethodÂ
What A Session Is Like
Gentle. Collaborative. You Stay In Control.
A Process Healing session is usually much simpler than people expect.
- You are awake and aware. This is not hypnosis.
- You don’t have to tell every detail of your story. We work with what is active now.
- You don’t have to force painful memories to come up. Sometimes memories appear; sometimes they don’t.
- You remain in control. You can ask questions, slow down, pause, or stop at any time.
This process teaches working in manageable amounts and allowing time for the system to settle rather than overwhelming the person. Â
The goal is not to make you suffer your way through the past, but to help the old pattern stop controlling the present.
What Change Looks Like
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The Same Trigger. A Different You.
One of my favorite signs that healing has happened is surprisingly simple:You stop reacting the old way.
Someone criticizes you…and you don’t collapse or immediately defend yourself.
Someone is disappointed in you…and you don’t automatically believe you did something wrong.
You say "no"…and you don’t spend the next three days feeling guilty.
You make a decision…and you don’t spend a week second-guessing it.
Sometimes people don’t even realize how much they’ve changed until I ask: “What would you have done in this same situation six months ago?”
And suddenly: “Wow. I would never have handled this that way before.”Â
THAT's what I'm talkin' about!
You don't just know why the pattern exists...you are less controlled by it.