Experiential Therapy: Placing the Soul in Action

While traditional talk therapy is a helpful way to bring  unconscious needs, wants, fears and desires into the conscious mind, it is limited in its ability to teach the inner self and the conscious mind to communicate. By utilizing experiential therapy, this challenge is overcome by externalizing a person’s internal and subconscious conflicts and resolving them. “Experientially, clients are able to move out of their heads and into a fuller experience at which time they can experience problems and rehearse solutions in a new way expanding their sense of self and replacing compulsive behaviors with creativity and internal safety. Empirical studies show that experiential methods help clients achieve dramatic results in the areas of psychological symptom reduction.” states Human Connections Counseling’s Mark Felber.

Experiential therapy is unique in the sense that it combines the theories of traditional therapy with action, creating a unparalled and powerful avenue for healing. By re-enacting unresolved emotional experiences which trouble the individual, they are able to release and block what troubles them. “By re-experiencing the emotional climate of the family, anger, shame, hurt, rage, guilt, fear, etc., can finally be expressed, released, and healed, making room for feelings of love, hope, inner peace, and forgiveness.” (Felber).