DEPTH ENQUIRY
Welcome to Coastal Counselling and Psychotherapy! We provide a dynamic and empathetic approach to therapy focused on achieving lasting life changes for our clients. One of our specialties is the modality of Depth Enquiry. This is an innovative approach to therapy that focuses on exploring the underlying causes of our clients’ emotions and behaviors rather than simply treating the symptoms.
Depth Enquiry is a therapeutic method that helps individuals delve deep into their unconscious and bring to light the hidden causes of their psychological distress. This modality is especially effective in treating deeper, more persistent, and complex issues. It is a psychotherapy process to help access deeply-rooted thoughts, feelings, and beliefs that are otherwise difficult to confront directly. By doing so, we help our clients identify, transform, and overcome limiting beliefs/patterns, thereby achieving profound and long-lasting change.
Depth Enquiry is a powerful therapeutic approach to resolving trauma and underlying shame, helping to reprocess and integrate traumatic memories and release stuck negative beliefs you may hold about yourself. It unblocks resistant traumas and negative beliefs using a gentle and supportive process involving Bilateral sound.
Depth Enquiry builds on EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) principles and is further informed by the theories and approaches of Bessel van der Kolk, Pat Ogden and Peter Levine. Unlike EMDR, Depth Enquiry uses bi-lateral sound as part of its processing tool so clients are able to be more relaxed with their eyes closed during the process.
Traumatic experiences tend to be incompletely processed by our brain, which is why when we remember an event, or experience something that reminds us of the event, our bodies and emotions can react as if the event is happening again. Simply put, we can get triggered which often results in a bigger emotion being experienced than is appropriate for the situation.
Negative beliefs about ourselves are often formed in childhood, and usually accompany a distressing situation. Beliefs like, “I’m not good enough”, “I’m too much”, and “I’m unlovable” are examples of these. We may understand rationally and on a cognitive level that these beliefs are not true, but they can carry a lot of emotional weight and when we are at our most vulnerable feel very much like the truth.
Depth Enquiry helps to reprocess traumatic experiences so that they become stored in a different part of our memory, which means that we can recall experiences and encounter reminders without feeling triggered. It also helps to shift negative core beliefs that we hold about ourselves and in turn they are naturally replaced by more helpful core beliefs. These positive beliefs come up within the process generally after a few sessions.
After completing a course of work, people often can’t recall being triggered by the original image and belief, noticing the absence of the trigger only when prompted.
Depth Enquiry can also be a useful way to work through phobias and anxiety or other uncomfortable emotions that need to be processed and worked through.
The impact of this work can be very freeing and often life changing.
The benefits of Depth Enquiry include improved self-awareness, self-compassion, emotional balance, and a sense of empowerment. By taking the time to look beyond the surface and explore what lies beneath, we help our clients achieve a greater understanding of themselves, which leads to meaningful and transformative results.
At Coastal Counselling and Psychotherapy, we are committed to providing a safe, non-judgemental, and compassionate environment in which to explore what’s important to you. Our team of skilled and experienced therapists are here to support you to achieve a deeper sense of fulfillment, purpose, and well-being.
Experience the transformation that comes through Depth Enquiry with us, and get started on your journey towards healing and growth today.