As a child of God, you have both a psyche and a soul…
isn’t it time you had therapeutic care that tends to both?
As a child of God, you have both a psyche and a soul… isn’t it time you had therapeutic care that tends to both?
And you probably found this out the hard way, right?
The model we're all required to adhere to leads to a disintegrated experience of therapy that doesn't work as well as it could.
We're set up to think it will work wonders, and instead we end up wondering if it works at all.
Patients blame themselves, or their therapist, and then they blame themselves for trusting the therapist in the first place.
when these outcomes are as frequent and as common as they are,
it’s clear that this model of care is deeply and critically flawed.
when these outcomes are as frequent and as common as they are, it’s clear that this model of care is deeply and critically flawed.
The 45 minute, once-per-week therapy session is a modern invention that makes it easier for insurance companies to make money and over-regulated licensing boards to cash in as well.
And you know exactly how this plays out. It goes something like:
"Wow that sounds really painful. Let's dig into that - wait... sorry - time's up. We'll have to pick it up next week."
Forgetting the
things you wanted
to talk about
Wishing you could reach out to your therapist during the week
Forgetting the important things you discussed in therapy, when life is actually happening
Considering whether it's even worth it to try to make your next appointment
And the whole ordeal feels off. Inhuman.
The 45 minute, once-per-week therapy session is a modern invention that makes it easier for insurance companies to make money and over-regulated licensing boards to cash in as well.
And you know exactly how this plays out. It goes something like:
"Wow that sounds really painful. Let's dig into that - wait... sorry - time's up. We'll have to pick it up next week."
Forgetting the things
you wanted to talk about
Wishing you could reach out to your therapist during the week
Forgetting the important things you discussed in therapy, when life is actually happening
Considering whether it's even worth it to try to make your next appointment
And the whole ordeal feels off. Inhuman.
Or diagnoses that benefit hospitals more than the people they are supposed to serve.
It doesn't feel human because it's not.
Therapy is supposed to be based on relationships…but how natural is a relationship that's built on artificially contrived 45 minute sessions, limited in scope of what you're supposed to talk about?
The standard model of therapy requires you to compartmentalize your problems into neat little buckets that can be tended to by a traditional therapist, once per week.
Not only is this model fractured in its ability to facilitate a natural relationship between you and your therapist, traditional therapy is more Freud than Faith.
No therapy program teaches a model of therapy based on who you actually are — spirituality and all.
The standard model of therapy requires you to compartmentalize your problems into neat little buckets that can be tended to by a traditional therapist, once per week.
Not only is this model fractured in its ability to facilitate a natural relationship between you and your therapist, traditional therapy is all Freud and no Faith.
No therapy program teaches a model of therapy based on who you actually are — spirituality and all.
(and it works better…without having to bend to the inhuman demands of secular therapy.)
(and it works better…without having to bend to the inhuman demands of secular therapy.)
Two years ago, I took a step back to test a new theory on how to help people using the “missing ingredient” of traditional therapy: real relationships.
One year after testing this theory, it became abundantly clear - we’ve found a better way.
Using this new method, our clients have consistently experienced relief faster and easier than ever before.
This is because the frequency and quality of dialogue that occurs in this new model is better than traditional psychotherapy.
Instead of jamming all the important things you want to say and hear from your therapist in a short 45 minute session, once per week, you now get to keep an ongoing dialogue throughout the week to establish a real relationship that creates real change!
This is a completely different model from therapy altogether.
We call it Mentorship.
Two years ago, I took a step back to test a new theory on how to help people using the “missing ingredient” of traditional therapy: real relationships.
One year after testing this theory, it became abundantly clear - we’ve found a better way.
Using this new method, our clients have consistently experienced relief faster and easier than ever before.
This is because the frequency and quality of dialogue that occurs in this new model is better than traditional psychotherapy.
Instead of jamming all the important things you want to say and hear from your therapist in a short 45 minute session, once per week, you now get to keep an ongoing dialogue throughout the week to establish a real relationship that creates real change!
This is a completely different model from therapy altogether.
We call it Mentorship.
We’ve created a model that facilitates healing relationships that treat you as a whole individual.
You are Mind and Spirit.
Psyche and Soul.
We’ve created a model that facilitates healing relationships that treat you as a whole individual.
You are Mind and Spirit. Psyche and Soul.
It’s time to trade broken care for an integrated approach to spiritual and secular wellness with…
Integrated Daily
Dialogic Mentorship
(IDDM)™
Truly Catholic accompaniment to deeply transform your
struggles into triumphs through daily mentorship.
Truly Catholic accompaniment to deeply transform your struggles into triumphs through daily mentorship.
Family Life
Navigate challenging experiences in marriage, parenting, and other relationships
Vocational
Discover what’s holding you back, how to discern, and how your current state fits into God’s plans for you
Mental Health
Work on areas of anxiety, depression, trauma, and other life difficulties in full view of the whole person
Addictions
Stop troublesome behaviors and find freedom in your life no matter how unsuccessful you’ve been
Family Life
Navigate challenging experiences in marriage, parenting, and other relationships
Vocational
Discover what’s holding you back, how to discern, and how your current state fits into God’s plans for you
Mental Health
Work on areas of anxiety, depression, trauma, and other life difficulties in full view of the whole person
Addictions
Stop troublesome behaviors and find freedom in your life no matter how unsuccessful you’ve been
Consider this program the best way to integrate Catholicism with the psychological sciences, to turn your hard-earned time and energy into a life-changing experience.
Consider this program the best way to integrate Catholicism with the psychological sciences, to turn your hard-earned time and energy into a life-changing experience.
Discover a deeper relationship with God as you clear the blocks that get in His way from reaching your heart, and become the person He created you to be, happier and holier.
The trusted expertise you’ve come to expect from CatholicPsych Institute therapists is now available in a totally new model featuring the new breakthrough process
Integrated Daily Dialogic Mentorship™
in·te·gra·ted /ˈintəɡrāted/
The trusted expertise you’ve come to expect from CatholicPsych Institute therapists are now providing healing in a totally new model featuring the new breakthrough process
Integration is how we see the person (a unity of bio-psycho-social-spiritual dimensions), and it is how we provide accompaniment (bringing together our work with your life).
dia•log•ic /ˈdīəˌˈläjik/
From the Greek words dia and logos. Dia mean 'through'; logos translates to 'word' or 'meaning'. In essence, a dialogue is a flow of meaning.
To take it one step further, dialogue is a conversation in which people encounter meaning together in relationship.
Here’s How IDDM Will Support All of You
Better Than Secular Therapy
Access
There are 10,080 minutes in a week. The old model gives clients only 45 of them to think of and say everything they want to say AND hear what they need to hear! Mentorship gives you the freedom to use any of those 10,080 minutes to communicate with your mentor, and not feel the pressure of "time is up."
Talk to someone
on YOUR time
REsults
We'll help you get results faster and easier than any other modality, because we help you in a way that's natural to how your mind and heart work, instead of trying to force this work into the tiny space of 45 minutes so that you can go back to "real life" for the rest of the week and not implement what you're learning.
Get the help (and results)
you need NOW
Anthropology
The secular model of psychotherapy barely allows for reference to God, let alone understanding Him as Creator. We see you as a child of God, and know that the only way to help you heal and grow is to connect you with His presence. There might be a lot to work through in that area, but we are uniquely equipped to go there with you.
Grow in
your faith
Life
Integration
Compartmentalizing psychotherapy can lead to a separation of the therapy from your "real life." In this model, your real life is where the change happens. When something occurs, you can tell your mentor about it right away.
Find happiness and holiness in your actual life
Dialogic
Continuity
Gone are the days of waiting a week to pick up where you left off with your therapist. We're ready to work with you at your pace. That's how normal people communicate. As Mentors, we can give you that access. From day to day, your dialogue with your mentor is ongoing.
Keep the conversation going…at your own pace
Keep
It ALL
You'll have access to everything your mentor says to you, recorded to do with as you wish. You can download the messages, or keep them in the app to listen to over and over again and keep them as long as they are helpful for you.
Access your personalized resources for self-reflection
We’ve done our best to ensure you have ALL the spiritual & daily tools available to you.
Here’s How IDDM Will Support All of You
Better Than Secular Therapy
Access
There are 10,080 minutes in a week. The old model gives clients only 45 of them to think of and say everything they want to say AND hear what they need to hear! Mentorship gives you the freedom to use any of those 10,080 minutes to communicate with your mentor, and not feel the pressure of "time is up."
Talk to someone
on YOUR time
REsults
We'll help you get results faster and easier than any other modality, because we help you in a way that's natural to how your mind and heart work, instead of trying to force this work into the tiny space of 45 minutes so that you can go back to "real life" for the rest of the week and not implement what you're learning.
Get the help (and results)
you need NOW
Anthropology
The secular model of psychotherapy barely allows for reference to God, let alone understanding Him as Creator. We see you as a child of God, and know that the only way to help you heal and grow is to connect you with His presence. There might be a lot to work through in that area, but we are uniquely equipped to go there with you.
Grow in your faith
Life
Integration
Compartmentalizing psychotherapy can lead to a separation of the therapy from your "real life." In this model, your real life is where the change happens. When something occurs, you can tell your mentor about it right away.
Find happiness and holiness in your actual life
Dialogic
Continuity
Gone are the days of waiting a week to pick up where you left off with your therapist. We're ready to work with you at your pace. That's how normal people communicate. As Mentors, we can give you that access. From day to day, your dialogue with your mentor is ongoing.
Keep the conversation going…at your own pace
Keep
It ALL
You'll have access to everything your mentor says to you, recorded to do with as you wish. You can download the messages, or keep them in the app to listen to over and over again and keep them as long as they are helpful for you.
Access your personalized resources for self-reflection
We’ve done our best to ensure you have ALL the spiritual & daily tools available to you.
Full Access To
Integrated Life
Enjoy all of Dr. Greg's curriculum and content, as well as other specialists who provide resources for our members. Instead of cherry-picking and offering bits and pieces of things that can be "coded" and "reimbursed" by big-business insurance companies, we're here to give you everything we can. With a full suite of resources at your fingertips, and a Mentor to help you along the way, you'll have everything you need.
Full Access To
Integrated Life
Enjoy all of Dr. Greg's curriculum and content, as well as other specialists who provide resources for our members. Instead of cherry-picking and offering bits and pieces of things that can be "coded" and "reimbursed" by big-business insurance companies, we're here to give you everything we can. With a full suite of resources at your fingertips, and a Mentor to help you along the way, you'll have everything you need.
Supportive
Groups
Working through difficulties with others who are going through the same thing can provide empathetic context for even better results. We have layers of community built into the Integrated Life app so that you can get all the help you need. If there's a group of people working through what you are, we'll let you know and invite you in.
Exclusive VIP
Onboarding Process
We give you free access to our proprietary deep dive intake questionnaire process, which is an integral part of our full assessment process often costing upwards of $5,000. We want you to get off to the best start possible so we will help you figure out exactly what to work on in this exclusive assessment experience.
Supportive
Groups
Working through difficulties with others who are going through the same thing can provide empathetic context for even better results. We have layers of community built into the Integrated Life app so that you can get all the help you need. If there's a group of people working through what you are, we'll let you know and invite you in.
Exclusive VIP
Onboarding Process
We give you free access to our proprietary deep dive intake questionnaire process, which is an integral part of our full assessment process often costing upwards of $5,000. We want you to get off to the best start possible so we will help you figure out exactly what to work on in this exclusive assessment experience.
Mentorship Model Promise
Integrated Daily Dialogic Mentorship is a model of accompaniment, and that means we bear your burdens with you - including the perceived risk of trying something new.
Use this model for 14 days and if you aren't convinced that having a mentor available to you through daily accompaniment to dialogue with according to your own schedule as important things happen to you…
OR to share deep insights as they strike you and have this mentorship recorded for you to inspire you at any time…
— If that isn’t worth it to you after 14 days, we'll give you a full refund. You won't find that kind of promise with any other therapist practicing psychotherapy.
(No fine print here, but of course you have to actually use the model for 2 weeks first in order to be eligible for a refund.)
Your life is important and the impact you have in this world matters. We’re here to help you see that for yourself.
Integrated Daily Dialogic Mentorship
(IDDM)™
Truly Catholic accompaniment to deeply transform your
struggles into triumphs through daily mentorship.
Integrated Daily Dialogic Mentorship
(IDDM)™
Truly Catholic accompaniment to deeply transform your struggles into triumphs through daily mentorship.
It’s Hard To Find a Good Catholic Therapist
…But Is That All You Really Need?
If we're being honest, most "Catholic" therapy looks essentially the same as secular therapy.
At the end of the day, most Catholic therapists simply add a label of Faith to traditional therapy. And you can’t blame them - they’re doing the best they can!
In many ways their hands have been tied as all therapy professionals have had to work within the rules of secular therapy.
And that's because the licensing boards and managed care industry require the secular model of dysfunctional client-therapist relationships that just don’t work as well as they could!
Even the holiest of “Catholic” therapists are stuck in this cycle of broken care.
That’s why we both know that finding a “Catholic” therapist isn’t enough.
The model needs
to be Catholic,
not just the therapist
The model needs to be Catholic,
not just the therapist
FAQ
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.
Practically speaking, we'll set you up with a mentor 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.
There's something in this insurance-driven medical model that turns out to be the most important core principle of health. In a nutshell: 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.
Our monthly fee is broken down by the experience of your Mentor. You'll get the same resources in all of our packages, but the difference in the investment you make is based on the experience of your consultant.
In the long run, you'll spend less money by working through your difficulties faster.
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 $997/month.
*Mentor Apprentices are directly under the supervision of the Training Team.
Yes! We are developing a training and credentialing program.
If you are a student or professional in mental health, click here to sign up for more info
Training Directors are our consultants responsible for training the rest of the team. These are generally our doctoral level Psychologists but not necessarily. They have training in spiritual direction, can integrate more easily the wide spectrum of mental health issues with spiritual issues, and generally have more experience.
Mentor Apprentices are 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.
Once a Mentor Apprentice satisfies a sufficient level of training and shows excellence in the accompaniment of those who come to us for help, they become Master Mentors.
This is different from coaching because our mentors are trained therapists. The person matters more than the modality. However the service we are offering is considered "Mentorship" because it falls outside the scope of what most states define as "psychotherapy."
We are combining 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. For some reason the regulated sphere of "psychotherapy" has not progressed in the same 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.
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.
FAQ
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.
Practically speaking, we'll set you up with a mentor 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.
There's something in this insurance-driven medical model that turns out to be the most important core principle of health. In a nutshell: 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.
Our monthly fee is broken down by the experience of your Mentor. You'll get the same resources in all of our packages, but the difference in the investment you make is based on the experience of your consultant.
In the long run, you'll spend less money by working through your difficulties faster.
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 $997/month.
*Mentor Apprentices are directly under the supervision of the Training Team.
Yes! We are developing a training and credentialing program.
If you are a student or professional in mental health, click here to sign up for more info
Training Directors are our consultants responsible for training the rest of the team. These are generally our doctoral level Psychologists but not necessarily. They have training in spiritual direction, can integrate more easily the wide spectrum of mental health issues with spiritual issues, and generally have more experience.
Mentor Apprentices are 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.
Once a Mentor Apprentice satisfies a sufficient level of training and shows excellence in the accompaniment of those who come to us for help, they become Master Mentors.
This is different from coaching because our Mentors are trained therapists. The person matters more than the modality. However the service we are offering is considered "Mentorship" because it falls outside the scope of what most states define as "psychotherapy."
We are combining 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. For some reason the regulated sphere of "psychotherapy" has not progressed in the same 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.
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.
Integrated Daily Dialogic Mentorship