Finding Home: My Journey as an Integrative Psychotherapist

Abstract

Our early experiences have a strong influence on who we become as therapists and how we develop a personal philosophy about the meaning of our work. In this keynote, the author discusses how a history of “lost” childhood homes, and the absence of a secure base, impacted her personal and professional growth and the creation of a world view about the necessity of a sense of “home” in order for deep healing and integration to occur. The importance of helping clients find “home” within themselves, and in their world, is also explored.

This article is an adaptation of a keynote originally written and delivered in 2019.