Compassionate Inquiry
Recognize the unconscious dynamics that run your life
Compassionate Inquiry is a psychotherapeutic approach developed by Dr Gabor Maté that reveals the patterns and behaviours within us that shape how we interact with the world. Anyone with an open mind can get curious. Through Compassionate Inquiry, you can recognise the unconscious dynamics that run your life and how to liberate yourself from them through awareness and compassion.
The purpose of Compassionate Inquiry is to drill down to the core stories people tell themselves – to get them to see what story they are telling themselves unconsciously; what those beliefs are, where they came from; and to guide them to the possibility of letting go of those stories, or letting go of the hold those stories have on them.
If you’re curious about Compassionate Inquiry, below is a great interview between Tim Ferriss and Gabor Mate about the practice.
Using Compassionate Inquiry, both the individual and therapist unveil the level of consciousness, mental climate, hidden assumptions, implicit memories and body states that form the real message that words both express and conceal. Through Compassionate Inquiry, the client can recognise the unconscious dynamics that run their lives and how to liberate themselves from them.
What you will Learn
- How to cultivate presence, being with what is
- To bring attention to body signals in yourself
- To enhance your perception of what is not being revealed overtly
- To access emotional states through body awareness
- To express what has remained unexpressed
- How to keep engaged in the present moment experience
- How to understand unconscious beliefs that contribute to personal suffering in self and others
Are you open to another way of understanding your life? This truth will set you free.
I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we work, the Bundjalung people; primarily, the Midjumbil and Durumbil clans, and pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging.