Growth looks different for everyone

At Frog Point, we strive to embody our true sense of what it means to “meet our clients where they’re at.” Life is ever-changing and we are ever-adapting to meet the demands of our day-to-day experiences. It follows that the process of therapy should be as dynamic as we want our clients to be. Sometimes, clients need wide open space to process difficult internal experiences verbally with a skilled listener. Other times,, we need a mirror held back up to us in order to see parts of ourselves that we’ve been avoiding. Sometimes,  we need a coach and sometimes we need a fellow human to relate to; sometimes we don’t know what we need and our therapist is there to see us in our suffering in ways no one else can. We believe that it’s our client’s responsibility to do the work, but it’s our job to be an expert in the process of therapy. 

While no singular theory of human development holds the key to unlocking the mysteries of growth across the lifespan, culture–psychological, spiritual, regional, and familial culture–is the one constant that explains the most variation in how people experience their inner and outer world. Our primary focus as FPT therapists is on understanding your ontology (what you know) and your epistemology (how you know what you know) to get inside your world with you–to see it from your vantage point and help you sort through the knots, heal parts that are in pain, push past thresholds, take risks, discover new landscapes within yourself and ultimately evolve into a fuller version of who you are. We scan your inner and outer world for “frog points” of change and help you work towards those turning points in your development. The expert ability to help you find these frog points is what we believe qualifies as “good therapy” and is our standard of practice at FPT. 

You already hold what you need to become

In times of desperation there can sometimes be a desire to “burn it all down” and start over from scratch. We believe that it is transformation—not obliteration—that can be a bridge into the next upshift in our development. Pain, sorrow, avoidance, discomfort, anger, and despair are wise teachers. In order to get unstuck, the only way out is through these uncomfortable feelings. Going around them traps us in a hamster wheel that only leads to unending cycles of more pain, sorrow, and despair. Development is a process of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. The essence of growth is the transformation of old parts into new ones–we need everything that we are today in order to grow into what we will become tomorrow.

Therapy rooted in humanity, not hierarchy

Frog Point Therapy endeavors to be leaders of change in mental health treatment by evolving old postures of the stereotypical, sterile therapeutic relationship of the early 20th century and instead, adopting deeply human posture with our clients. Relationships are sacred in that they allow us to both see ourselves and be seen. In order to truly connect and cultivate transformation, an authentic, intimate, and clear therapeutic relationship is the ‘sine qua non’ of successful therapy. 

But good therapy isn’t just about liking your therapist because you can relate to them–it also means your therapist holding difficult boundaries, confronting, being radically honest, and saying or doing hard things with our clients. It means artfully and expertly weaving in and out of the many different–and unique–roles that a great therapist needs to play in order to facilitate change. FPT seeks to lead the charge in changing the traditional one-sided relationship between client and therapist and proliferate a culture shift in the industry of mental health–to become full versions of our therapist selves as we help our client become full versions of their highest selves. Because the most meaningful therapeutic experiences leave both parties–client and therapist–indelibly transformed and deeply humanized.