SELF THERAPY
Become Your Own Therapist
THERAPY FOR MEN & COUPLES
When therapists “help” their clients—by thinking, feeling, or doing for them—they allow their patient to continue to manipulate their environment. This limits your true potential and capacity to grow.
Self Therapy is a collaborative, patient-driven approach where you learn theories of human development such as transactional analysis. The issue for people is that there is an obstruction to natural self-regulation. The founder of transactional analysis, Eric Berne, MD wrote, “the therapist has only to remove the obstructions for the patient to grow naturally in his own direction. The therapist does not cure anyone, he only treats him to the best of his ability, being careful not to injure and waiting for nature to take its healing course." Finally, “curing the patient” means “getting the patient ready for the cure to happen today”.”
You will quickly learn to identify your personality adaptation(s) such as the responsible Workaholic or the creative Daydreamer as well as an understanding of your personality structure, the psychological “games” you play, meditation, and the life script you are unconsciously following. I will teach you how to apply a toolbox of therapeutic tools to teach yourself. The therapy will help you unblock the natural maturation process; you have a built-in drive to physical and mental health. You will transform from a neurotic patient who manipulates their environment to an actualized person who relies on self-support.
I have developed Self Therapy over the course of two decades of clinical work. Self Therapy is a method focused on the patient’s growth through awareness in the now to realize the potential they are neglecting. You will resolve “unfinished business” from your past to go beyond environmental support to rely on self-support. This assists in the creation of a bilateral treatment contract. You make a therapeutic diagnosis and use your inherent power to change yourself versus a medical diagnosis where the doc changes you.
SELF THERAPY
ANDREW ARCHER, LICSW
Andrew Archer, LICSW founded Minnesota Mental Health Services in 2017. He is a clinical social worker, author, meditation instructor, and national speaker. Andrew is the host of KEYC’s On Mind mental health podcast as well as The Subversive Therapist podcast, which examines Big Tech, mass shootings, Transactional Analysis, Zen, and more! You will find writings by Andrew on Substack.
Andrew utilizes various treatment modalities including Zen therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, transactional analysis, EMDR, and clinical hypnosis. He has also been a professor in various academic settings including the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“Andrew taught me to incorporate mindfulness into my daily life... to control my anxiety and feelings by recognizing them and working through them. I was able to live without any meds from doctors and live naturally, all from being more mindful!”
—34 Year Old Male, Patient
THE SUBVERSIVE THERAPIST
PODCAST
ABOUT US
Minnesota Mental Health Services offers people in the southern Minnesota area personalized counseling experiences. We have flexible hours for appointments in a calm, relaxed environment. This is a innovative, mindfulness-based practice operating outside of the medical model of mental health treatment. We do not work directly with health insurance companies. Nor are we dictated by their methods of operation. We are independent and are a fee-for-service practice. This means we are out-of-network providers (i.e., not credentialed with specific health insurance companies).
Patients pay at the time they come in for an appointment and if the patient would like to submit claims to their health insurance company, we provide them with the documentation to do that on their own. We do not see patients as damaged individuals in need of repair and we are not interested in applying labels to people. We work with people who are suffering and attempt to alleviate the suffering caused by dysfunctional systems (both internal and external systems). Our core beliefs are that people can think, feel, and solve their problems; you know what you need to do in order to heal; you are not dependent upon so-called “experts” or psychotropic medications in order to function.
We offer free 30-minute in-person consultations for all prospective new patients. This gives us an opportunity to hear the reasons you are pursuing services and what you are looking for in terms of services. We will explain what services we provide (e.g., individual, family or couples therapy as well as diagnostic assessment), the methods we use (e.g., transactional analysis, EMDR, hypnosis, etc.) and go over any questions you have.
THERAPY SERVICES
You will communicate directly with Andrew Archer, LICSW who is the owner and fulltime therapist. You will learn a better way to understand yourself through a new “toolbox.” Andrew will teach you therapeutic information and intervention so you can teach yourself. This includes relational models such as Transactional Analysis and the 6-persoanlity adaptations model (e.g., Critic, Workaholic, Daydreamer, etc.) applied interpersonally to foster intimacy in your relationships rather than playing “games.” Andrew will assist and intervene using Gestalt Therapy, EMDR, hypnosis, etc., as it fits for you personally.
Schedule a FREE consultation today to learn more.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ON
“I love the laid-back environment. It doesn't have that medical setting feel to it.”
—Google Review
“Amazing therapists, diverse options for whatever your needs are.”
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“You walk in, take your shoes off and feel at home. A very relaxing vibe.”
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“Caring staff, very professional, but also down to earth.”
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