Thinking
Our thoughts shape how we interpret experiences. In healing, cognitive shifts often involve: Challenging internalized beliefs Gaining insight into patterns Developing new narratives about ourselves and our past
Healing is rarely linear– it moves in a spiral, where we revisit patterns, memories, and wounds at deeper levels of awareness
Individuals revisit core experiences and patterns with increasing awareness, capacity, and integration.
As the individual moves through the spiral, release is experienced in waves and emotional releases creating space for new interpretation.
The body often responds before the mind understands. Somatic healing grounds cognitive and emotional insights in lived, physical experience.
Bottom up processing is rooted in your felt sense of distress, stuck, or unknown experiences in the body (symptoms).
Each pass through the spiral may bring up previously buried emotions. As we process them, emotional reactivity often transforms into emotional clarity.
The spiral of healing is not about “fixing” but about integrating– bringing together fragmented parts of ourselves. As cognition, emotion, body, and relationship align more closely, we experience greater wholeness, presence and agency.
Through this integration, what once felt overwhelming begins to loosen its grip. The past no longer defines the present. Instead of being tethered to old patterns, we become more open, spacious, and responsive. With reprocessed experience comes renewed perspective and the freedom to meet life with curiosity, clarity, and connection.