Did you know a national study found that 63% of patients in psychotherapy report disappointing results from their treatment, and over 80% reported recurring symptoms or difficulty after their therapy was stopped for 6 months?

Christ revealed to us that we're made for relationship. Our model takes the psychological expertise that science has to offer, and unleashes its true potential within a Christian context of accompaniment. Our model is grounded on a fully Catholic blueprint of the Human Person. In fact, we teach this model in our CPMAP Certification Program. (This is our certification in Catholic Accompaniment called the CatholicPsych Model of Applied Personalism.)

Practically speaking, we'll set you up with a mentor trained in this model that will help you work in your particular area of need. You'll fill out an in-depth questionnaire and then talk further to create an individualized plan. You'll set up a private communication channel using an App called Voxer, which allows you to leave personal voice messages back and forth - with daily responses from your consultant (M-F). We work with you on a daily basis. We bring the work of God in your life front and center, and allow psychological expertise to support the work, but we don't lean on our understanding alone.

Have you ever felt like the medical system is detached from the real lives of the people it's supposed to serve?It's time to let you in on a scary secret. It actually is. There's not something wrong with you. You aren't just "uneducated" to "how it really works." The whole medical system is set up to run on a financial model dictated by insurance companies.

We have all been trained to think that this is the only way it can work. It's not. The most fundamental point of our identity is relationship. We are made out of relationship (in the image of the Trinity) and we are made for relationship (to return to the Trinity). We are taught who we are in relationship, we are formed in relationship, we are wounded in relationship, and we are healed in relationship. Relationship happens by way of communication. We've discovered that since we are communicating every day, there is a lot more time and intention that goes into each moment of communication, and there are more frequent moments dispersed throughout the week. Your mentor is joining you in your life and you are speaking deeply and intentionally about it together throughout the week.This is an intensely personal and effective model for a therapeutic relationship.

These are all comments I regularly used to hear in therapy:

"There's so much to say, where do I even start?"

"I forgot what I wanted to tell you - it was something really important, but now I forgot it."

"I wish you could have been there..."

"How did we spend 30 minutes talking about this? That's not even what I need to talk about."

These are the kinds of sentiments you'll have when you try to fit a relationship into 45 minutes a week. It's not supposed to be like that. With our model, you'll have daily 24/7 access to your mentor, who will work through issues with you one small bite at a time. This allows you to reach out anytime you have a thought, idea, or experience to share. You'll get responses within 24 hours, and still have some space to process - just not a whole week! Instead of waiting a week until your next interaction, you can go back and forth many times in that same space of time.

Plus- you'll have all the responses recorded and stored. Gone are the days of forgetting that really important point your therapist made that you'll never be able to get back.

The old once-per-week model of psychotherapy required a good month or two to even build rapport, the first step of the therapeutic process. Sure, you should have a good feeling from the first conversation, but when you only meet for 45 minutes once per week, building any legitimate working relationship can take months.

When you can talk back and forth each day, you'll be off to a great start in a matter of weeks. In fact, we are so sure you'll love this new model, that if you use it for two weeks and don't think it's a good fit, we'll refund your first payment!Instead of spending three months to figure out if it will work for you, you'll know in two weeks if this is a good fit.

Moving forward, you decide for just one month at a time. Payments are processed at the beginning of your month, and then you get to work without worrying about missing appointments, fitting in your schedule, or putting your busy life on hold. This model works with your actual human life.

The old model might seem more attractive with a weekly fee, but ends up costing much much more when you are spinning your wheels for months on end without knowing if you should hang in there or pull the plug.

We charge by the month because we believe it's a more accurate reflection of the work you are doing. Our monthly fee differs based on the experience of your Mentor. You'll get the same resources with all of our mentors, but the difference in the investment you make is based on the experience of your mentor. In the long run, you'll spend less money by working through your difficulties faster, more efficiently tackling difficult issues with professional support day-by-day instead of once per week.

To work with one of our Training Directors is $2497/month.

To work with one of our Master Mentors is $1497/month.

To work with one of our Mentor Apprentices is $497/month.

*Mentor Apprentices are directly under the supervision of the Training Team.

Training Directors are our expert mentors responsible for training our up and coming team. They are trained in supervision, can integrate more easily the wide spectrum of mental health issues with spiritual issues, and generally have more experience.

A Master Mentor is one who has successfully completed our training and certification.

Mentor Apprentices/Student Mentors are our CPMAP Certification students under the training and supervision of a Training Director. If you work with an apprentice, his or her Training Director will also be involved with your work behind the scenes.

Yes! We have developed a training and credentialing program to share our model with the world. If you are a student or professional in mental health, or work in any other capacity bearing the mental and emotional burdens of others, click here for more info

While there are similarities within our model of mentorship to some elements of different coaching programs, IDDM was created by a Clinical Psychologist who was also trained in spiritual direction as a Franciscan Friar. Our model expertly weaves together psycho-spiritual considerations for every developmental experience felt by our clients. What we offer falls outside the scope of what states define as "psychotherapy" and beyond what any program of spiritual direction teaches.

We offer the best of both worlds, and offer our help to people in a format that benefits from the developments made within the world of coaching.

You get the expertise of training in the psychological sciences with the broader sphere of how people work together and gain help from one another in today's world. The regulated sphere of "psychotherapy" has been slow to adapt to ways that other spheres of help have, such as executive coaching. We have integrated the benefits of the technology that coaches or other consultants use with the expertise of psychotherapeutic training. Now you can have both.

The parameters are fairly simple and straightforward. You have unlimited access to send a message whenever you want to talk with your mentor, and your mentor will respond within 24 hours, M-F.

In general, we ask that the total amount of message time in between mentor responses is limited to 15 minutes. This will give you and your mentor the best opportunity to attend to each other's messages.