AN OUTLINE OF THE FIVE DIMENSIONS OF MEANINGFUL CHANGE

Introduction 1.1: Why Meaningful Change Is So Difficult

Introduction 1.2: The Power of Psychotherapy Is the Practice of Noticing

Dimension 1: MIND

1. MIND MATTERS quotations
2. What drew me to Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT) as a coherent concept integrating thoughts and feelings (Peter Fonagy, Anthony Bateman, Jon Allen)
3. Adaptation of MBT to be more inclusive and helpful in developing systems of care:  Adaptive Mentalization-Based Integrative Treatment (AMBIT) (Dickon Bevington, Peter Fuggle, Liz Cracknell, Peter Fonagy)
4. My continuing experience and application of MBT and AMBIT
5. Practical case examples
6. Self-directed exercises

Dimension 2: BODY

1. Overview of Somatic Experiencing (SE) (Peter Levine)
2. Adaptation of SE to be more inclusive (Resmaa Menakem, author of My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathways to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies)
3. My own experience and application of
4. Practical case examples
5. Self-directed exercises

Dimension 3: SOUL

1. Overview of the integration of spirituality and psychotherapy) (Froma Walsh, Viktor Frankl, and many others)
2. Other inclusive perspectives on the integration of spirituality and psychotherapy (Parker Palmer, Thich Nhat Hanh, Nancy Boyd-Franklin, and many others)
3. My own experience and application of integrating spirituality and psychotherapy
4. Practical case examples
5. Self-directed exercises

Dimension 4: SYSTEM

1. Overview of the Bowen Family Systems approach (Murray Bowen)
2. Adaptation of Bowen Family Systems towards more inclusivity (Monica McGoldrick, Celia Falicov, Nancy Boyd-Franklin, and many others)
3. My own experience and application of integrating Bowen theory and practice into my life (e.g., family diagram (genogram))
4. Practical case examples
5. Self-directed exercises

Dimension 5: STORY

1. Overview of Narrative Therapy (Michael White and David Epston)
2. Adaptation of Narrative Therapy to include stories from all human traditions (sacred scriptures and other sacred stories from around the world)
3. My own experience integrating stories into therapy
4. Practical case examples
5. Self-directed exercises

Conclusion:  Given enough TIME, SPACE, and SUPPORT, an organic, life-giving STORY emerges in every dimension. This results in increased vitality, deeper meaningfulness, and authentic, embodied actions that foster mutual flourishing. [more to come, given enough SPACE AND TIME]