What is World Building Therapy?
World Building, like talk therapy, is focused on enabling you to express yourself and describe your experiences, promoting wellness and self-growth. However, while talk therapy uses verbal language (words, tone, metaphors, etc...) World Building uses a different language, the language of symbols and three dimensional pictures. World Building helps you access your inner world.
Why would I do this?
World Building provides the opportunity to take a break from words and express/explore in a different way. Here you can create, see what pulls you, and follow your own lead within a safe environment. The symbols add meaning and connect us to ourselves, our memories, and our stories in deep somatic ways, during the process unlocking vitalizing energies held down by the psychological defense repression. Pictures speak a thousand words. The scenes created in the sand are elaborate forms of some truth about one's experience. Truth or in psychological terms "internal congruence" brings with it mental clarity and physical relief.
What clients say about it
"Working in the sand some things became so clear to me, like I got it in my whole being, on a visceral level."
"I always felt like something meaningful would come up and I learned to let go of my anxiety and trust the process."
"Dr. John's steady kind presence made me really feel like I had a companion through the process."
About Dr. John O'Brien
Warmth, positive regard, relational skills, clarity of thought, and experience all make Dr. John someone you can rely on to help you in your therapy journey.