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Receiving training in behavior therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, and psychoanalytic therapy and learning from 20 years of helping individuals, has resulted in the development of MCM.
MCM tenants:
1. Inherently, we follow the laws of human nature, acquire skills through learning, and strive towards happiness. Sometimes, we have difficult experiences that are not effectively managed resulting in unresolved problems which interfere with our natural tendencies. For example, experiencing harsh criticism while growing up may interfere with an individual's natural playfulness and result in self dislike.
2. Over time, self dislike negatively affects many of MCM's 15 life areas. For example, years of self dislike may result in having bad relationships, using alcohol, losing appreciation for fun, and staying in an unfulfilling job (i.e., a negative impact on self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, addictions, leisure and vocational life areas). Ultimately, these negatively affected life areas cause anxiety or depression in an individual and counseling is sought.
3. Initial therapy tasks include understanding the individual's problems (e.g., depression) and the stressors experienced (e.g., bad relationships, alcohol use, etc.) as well as establishing a good working relationship. Beyond that, it is important to identify possible difficult life experiences (e.g., harsh criticism) which contributed to the unresolved problem (reduced playfulness and self dislike) and its negative effect across all 15 life areas of MCM.
4. Together, the individual and therapist prioritize therapy goals (e.g., reduce depression, eliminate alcohol use). Equally important tasks include emotionally re-examining life's difficult experience (harsh criticism) and addressing unresolved problems (i.e., less playfulness/self dislike) which result in an emotional freedom to improve and enrich all other life areas (appreciation for fun, not settling with unsatisfactory job). Emotional freedom (not positive thinking as commonly considered) mediates emotional decision-making which guides our behavior.
5. Therapy outcomes usually include reduction in distress (e.g., depression) and stressors. MCM ensures that the individual has emotionally re-examined difficult experience (harsh criticism), addressed unresolved problems (less playfulness/dislike) and reversed the negative effect across life areas (bad relationships, unsatisfactory job, etc.). Finally, individuals emerge from therapy with the understanding, motivation, and confidence to continue to enrich all of the 15 life areas, in order to experience a fulfilling, passionate life and maximize one's inherent potential.
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