Practice Framework - Chele Yntema

Functional Fundamentals – Fundamental Nature of Self & Other Experiencing in the World

Posted on April 7, 2023March 8, 2025 by Chele Yntema

MIND BODY CONNECTION & the Functional Fundamentals of Humanity Without a theory of human beings there can be no theory of psychotherapy. Lapworth & Sills, 2010 Fundamental Nature of Self & Other Experiencing in the World Whilst I share my fundamental belief in the Divine herein, I do not subscribe...Read More

Functional Fundamentals – Fundamental Constitution of Self

Posted on April 6, 2023January 23, 2025 by Chele Yntema

MIND BODY CONNECTION & the Functional Fundamentals of Humanity Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul. Oscar Wilde Fundamental Constitution of Self It is important to ground psychotherapies on a knowledge of affective processes and thereby to understand how...Read More

Functional Fundamentals – Defining Wellbeing & Suffering

Posted on April 5, 2023June 22, 2025 by Chele Yntema

MIND BODY CONNECTION & the Functional Fundamentals of Humanity The attempt to escape from pain, is what creates more pain. Gabor Mate Defining Wellbeing and Suffering When we appreciate the fundamental nature of human experience and the fundamental constitution of Self as it relates to Other(s) and the World we...Read More

Co-regulation is the intentional and resonant modulation of the spatiotemporally-affected flow within and between two beings

Framework Fundamentals – Co-Regulated Connection

Posted on April 4, 2023March 8, 2025 by Chele Yntema

MIND BODY CONNECTION & the Therapeutic Fundamentals of Practice When we are held in safety by another’s non-judgmental receptivity, we naturally open to more awareness of sensation, feelings, and the thoughts that arise from and accompanying them. The stability of our joined windows of tolerance makes what was intolerable and...Read More

Framework Fundamentals – Compassionate Collaboration

Posted on April 3, 2023January 22, 2025 by Chele Yntema

MIND BODY CONNECTION & the Therapeutic Fundamentals of Practice Outcome is enhanced when the therapist uses modalities and defines goals consistent with the life experiences and cultural values of the client. No single approach is equally effective across all populations and life situations Collins & Arthur, 2010 Compassionate Collaboration Compassionate...Read More

Framework Fundamentals – Contextual Coherence

Posted on April 2, 2023January 22, 2025 by Chele Yntema

MIND BODY CONNECTION & the Therapeutic Fundamentals of Practice When a person is in a more coherent state there is a shift in the relative autonomic balance toward increased parasympathetic activity (vagal tone), increased heart-brain synchronization and entrainment between diverse physiological systems. In this mode, the body’s systems function with...Read More