The Dimension Approach

It's the end of the first season of the Dimension Approach Podcast; thank you so much for listening! We recap some of the topics we've covered over the last 8 months or so, and we hope you enjoy it. If you have any questions/comments about the podcast or recommendations for future discussions, please email: [email protected]

In the penultimate episode of Season 1 of the podcast, Lance shifts focus towards how practitioners can begin to incorporate the Dimension Approach into other modalities of treatment. As it's a relational approach, there's something to be said for the client side as well. Questions about the podcast? Email: [email protected]

Lance describes the Containment aspect of the Dimension Approach in more detail. It's a vital part of parenting and personal development. A lot of the conversation centers on the role of the parent in a child's development and the similar role of the therapist or healer in interacting with a client. Different parts of ourselves need different things at different times in their development. Photo by rfirman via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photo/lonely-explosion-1191657

Lance explains parts of the self described in structural psychology - ego, superego, and id. We also get into the idea of cathexis - investing id energies, libidinal energies, in an object. What we do with those energies in our object relations is fundamental to how we operate. (Part 2 of 2) Photo by Marcel Hol via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photo/enlightenment-1580467

We all focus our attention in one way or another, moving from one object to the next. The goal with object relating is to begin to be aware of what you're attending to (object to object, context to context). Because without that awareness, our idea of self can shift in ways entirely dependent on the objects and contexts around us. (Part 1 of 2) Photo by Marcel Hol via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photo/enlightenment-1580467

The truth of consciousness is that no reality on earth is going to destroy it. If you're looking from conscious mind, you are not vulnerable or in danger. That's an incredibly important grounding for self work. Lance discusses what that grounding makes possible through the dimension approach of witnessing, holding, and mirroring. (Part 2 of 2) Photo by Fabian Nick via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photo/enlightenment-1580467

We continue discussing the differences between ego awareness and conscious awareness. Describing consciousness with terms from the ego realm remains a challenge, but Lance discusses the vibratory difference between the experiences. Conscious awareness brings new meaning to the same experiences, revealing a new depth of experience and the layers/levels of experience that are inherently present. (Part 1 of 2) Photo by Fabian Nick via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photo/enlightenment-1580467

Lance uses acting as a metaphor for understanding our unconscious desires, motivations, and intents - how we can consciously become aware of parts of ourselves. Our unconscious motives drive us and influence our understanding of reality. But in our society today there's a trend towards understanding reality as a social construct which bypasses personal responsibility. (Part 2 of 2) Photo by Michael Kaufmann via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photographer/el_pulento-32315

Performance Work, the final pillar of the Dimension Approach, is the goal of performance enhancement in life, work, sports, and creative endeavors. Performance is determined by many of the various aspects of the dimension approach, and the goal is to stop getting stuck in certain states that impede our ability to perform. (Part 1 of 2) Photo by Michael Kaufmann via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photographer/el_pulento-32315

It's the final episode on imaginal work, and we start with a continued discussion of the direct experience of and as consciousness. Imaginal and consciousness experiences can feel destabilizing, because they challenge our 3D understanding of the world and our selves. Lance breaks down the differences between imaginal and conscious experiences in a helpful way. (Part 3 of 3) Photo by Felipe G via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photographer/el_pulento-32315