Danny Living, MSW

Licensed Social Worker
Teletherapy

My therapeutic practice focuses on trauma therapy, addiction, mindfulness, creative visualization, meditation, and self-acceptance. I have a Master of Social Work from Aurora University, and am a certified Rapid Resolution Therapist.

My Vine Counseling Center practice includes limited weekend appointments for those looking for help with chronic “stuckness” from patterns stemming from trauma which thinking about or talking about hasn’t helped. Read more about the process below. The two-hour sessions are conducted in-person and incorporate the healing tones of the Tibetan singing bowl, which helps relax the body and mind and deepen and solidify insights and shifts during and after the session. Sound has been proven to enhance learning, concentration, and mental and physical health, creating a rich, powerful experience.

Does It feel like there’s a pattern? Sometimes, thinking and talking about your story or stories hasn’t worked to shift the beliefs and conclusions about the self and how the world seems to work. Do you have a sense of being stuck or a belief that “this or things like this keep happening to me?” Have related experiences/patterns reinforced the fears? Is the “sound” of your mind and “vibe” from the thinking and feeling negative, like a complaint or lament? Has talking about it not changed anything?

Stories have themes and themes are the belief templates like, “There’s something wrong with me,” “I’m not good enough,” “I’m a bad person,” “When I trust people, they hurt me,” “I don’t fit in,” “Nobody loves me,” “I’m a failure,” etc., and attached “feeling” signature(s) like, guilt, shame, anger, sadness.

Once the template and emotional signatures are identified and cleared, it impacts related stories and there’s no need to clear each story individually if there’s an underlying pattern, theme, or conclusion about the self that the stories reinforce like, “I’m a failure,” or “people always hurt me” — conclusions that are absolutes or generalizations, but are based on a few experiences.

To help, I use a process called Pattern Reflection Therapy (PRT) which is based on the principles of MRT (Memory Reconsolidation Therapy), but eliminates the pain of retelling stories, the need for holding back stories too painful to tell or “leaving other stories on the table” at the end of the session. PRT addresses patterns—patterns in the past and their “meaning.” PRT uses your intellectual curiosity and imagination to discover patterns, their origins, and eliminate limiting beliefs attached to them and can leave you feeling lighter, calmer, and clearer in as little as one session.

Each day, it is my hope that my work will help others and honor the gifts that my interests, passion, and experience has given me.

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