Steve Patterson
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Rise With Valkyrie — A Quick Update on Where We Are Now
Read more: Rise With Valkyrie — A Quick Update on Where We Are NowIt’s been a while since I posted a real update, and a lot has changed. When I last wrote, I was releasing the early alpha of the Healing Pathways Companion. That version feels like another lifetime now. The work has grown, I’ve grown, and Valkyrie itself has stepped into a new phase. Healing Pathways is…
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Introducing the Alpha Editions of The Healing Pathways Books on Amazon.com
Read more: Introducing the Alpha Editions of The Healing Pathways Books on Amazon.comThese pages are not the destination; they are mile‑markers on a living road. After two years of manuscript work and three months of small‑group testing, we are releasing alpha print editions of both core texts that shape The Healing Pathways Program. They are available today for practitioners, participants, and friends who wish to accompany the…
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All Valkyrie Posts, Blog, Clinical Therapy, Existential Therapy, Mindfulness&Meditation, Recovery, SpiritualityHealing Pathways Program Origins
Read more: Healing Pathways Program OriginsRediscovering the Roots of Transformational Recovery The Healing Pathways Program’s origins reach back to a time before formal structure, when it was called The Wind and Raven Approach to Sickness—a personal and primal journey that evolved into the transformational recovery model it is today. A Vision Born from Lived Experience In 2016–2017, I launched Wind…
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Healing Pathways vs SMART Recovery vs Seeking Safety
Read more: Healing Pathways vs SMART Recovery vs Seeking SafetySide by Side Dimension Healing Pathways (Alpha) SMART Recovery Seeking Safety Core Ethos Integrative narrative-based transformation Secular self-empowerment via CBT Trauma-informed coping (SUD + PTSD) Main Tools BEING model, SPIRIT Goals, journaling, somatic practices ABCs, REBT tools, urge logs 25+ topic modules, grounding, psychoeducation Tone Psycho-spiritual, story-driven, deep introspection Cognitive, rational, behavior-focused Clinical, educational, skills-based…
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This Is Where the Healing Begins: Introducing The Healing Pathways Program
Read more: This Is Where the Healing Begins: Introducing The Healing Pathways ProgramThe Healing Pathways Program: A New Model for Integrative Recovery The Healing Pathways Program is a twelve-week guided journey through the heart of transformation. It is not a course. It is not a diagnosis. It is not a checklist. It is a living process—one that meets you where you are and walks with you toward…
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A Grounded Guide to Choosing the Right Kind of Therapy
Read more: A Grounded Guide to Choosing the Right Kind of TherapyWhy This Matters Let’s tell the truth—mental health has become a brand. Between TikTok therapists, New Age life coaches, and overworked clinicians buried under the system, it is hard to know who’s got real medicine and who’s just good at marketing. If you are dealing with trauma, anxiety, soul-loss, or the long shadow of grief,…
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