Triadic Therapy (TT) is neither individual work nor group therapy in the traditional sense. It is based on philosopher Bert Hellinger's insight that when we step into the "field" of another person who is looking at a particular issue, we are moved by a kind of knowing that is new for most of us. And surprisingly we need no special prerequisites to do this. Further we see that the force that we allow to move us is always ultimately benevolent and revealing of new solutions to often very old - sometimes generations old - patterns.

TT is a response to a movement in the world that requires and supports extraordinary new forms of treating a host of symptoms and issues many face. In this complex and challenging era we need therapies that cost less and that move directly and swiftly to the core of our suffering, opening surprisingly new sources of strength, pleasure and resilience.

To enjoy the lives we are given and contribute to life in fulfilling ways we need to move beyond deadening and anxiety-creating stories we consciously or unconsciously tell ourselves. Often we have become numb and unaware of the extent to which those tenacious perspectives interfere with the natural movement of life, intelligence and love in our lives.

TT introduces fresh wisdom and new movement beyond these entanglements in our natural life force. One of the fundamental methods of Essential Psychotherapy, it gratefully draws not only on the family constellation work of Hellinger and his American protégé Suzi Tucker but also on the brilliant insights of traumatologist Dr. Peter Levine.

The Process: TT sessions are one and one-half hours in length. The client either invites two people or participates with two people invited by the facilitator. In every session each of the three participants is given approximately one-half hour in which the other two people in the triad serve as representatives in the client's constellation. There are often significant benefits not only for the client but frequently for the people in their roles as representatives. (See an example of a TT session.)