Lifespan Integration

Lifespan Integration is a therapeutic technique that promotes rapid healing in adults who have experienced abuse and neglect during their childhood. It relies on our innate ability to heal ourselves. By using a psychological technique called an ‘affect bridge’ to find memories which are connected to the current problem, a therapist guides the client to re-visit these past memories, bringing into the past whatever is needed to resolve the memory. After the memory is resolved, the therapist leads the client through time to the present using a time line of images from the client's life. This time line of combined memories and images proves to the client's body-mind system that time has passed and that life is different now, allowing them to move past the trauma and heal.