- Do you feel depressed?
- Do you cry for no apparent reason?
- Do you feel dispirited?
- Do you feel angry?
- Do you have disturbing dreams?
- Do you feel life has no meaning?
- Do you feel you have no right to be alive?
- Are you afraid to love or be loved?
- Are you afraid of commitment?
- Do you have difficulty relating to children?
- Do you have uncontrollable feelings of rage?
- Do you feel neglected?
- Do you feel abandoned?
- Do you feel rejected?
- Do you feel tragedies are repeated in your life?
- Do you feel discouraged?
All the above (& many other) difficulties may be attributed to:
- Child Abuse & Neglect
- Pregnancy Loss Syndrome
- Pregnancy Loss Survivor Syndrome
Many men & women have been deeply damaged by these issues. Hope Alive group counselling has facilitated the healing of large numbers of adults & their families. The therapy comprises 30 weekly units, plus three follow-up sessions. The phases of treatment are as follows:
- Commitment
- Realising Mistreatment
- Changing Anger & Withdrawal
- Dealing with Guilt
- Removing False Faces
- Passing through Despair
- Grieving my Losses
- Reconciliation
- Reconsidering Relationships
- Rehabilitation & Rejoicing
- Future & beyond
- Follow-Up
Download Outline of Therapeutic Phases (PDF)
The course is led by two counsellors, with four to seven counsellees. It provides in-depth insight & teaches many new skills for knowing & growing. Hope Alive is specifically designed to help heal those deeply damaged by childhood mistreatment & pregnancy loss. It includes:
- Dealing with resistances to knowing & growing
- Gaining insight from re-enactment of unresolved conflicts
- Learning new behaviours
Participants in group counselling are expected to pay a modest fee. This is for their benefit & also to generate some financial support for the International Hope Alive Counsellors Association (IHACA), which was founded in 2003 by Professor Philip Ney & Dr Marie Peeters-Ney. However, the pre-treatment evaluation, which takes about 2 hours, is free of charge.