Identity-orientated psychotherapy (IOPT method) is an experience-orientated psychotherapeutic method. Through the IOPT process, the person looks into a mirror, through resonance in others.  It shows who you really are, what motivates you, what holds you back, why you prefer to look away or many other strategies that we use every day.

The Interactive Self-Resonance is based on modern and recognised trauma and attachment theories. The method has its roots in the trauma processing method of the psychotherapist Dr Franz Ruppert (IoPT, Identity-Oriented Psychotrauma Theory and Therapy).

Through this method, the person discovers behavioural patterns that may have already developed in the womb or in the first years of life. And, of course, also later in life. The person discovers which strategies they developed and why these were appropriate ‘back then’ for the circumstances they found themselves in, but which now hinder them more than help them to move forward.

During an IOPT process, the person encounters their behaviours, feelings, unexpressed emotions, possible coping strategies and reasons for not recognising a possible trauma. This enables them to understand themselves better, allow repressed feelings to be recognised and free themselves from old patterns and beliefs. In this way, you get more in touch with the present, with healthier strategies, with your true identity, in order to lead a more fulfilling life in the here and now.

The aim of a self-encounter through IOPT is for the person to take control of themselves and their life. Therefore, their desire for change, their research question or intention is always the starting point of any self-encounter. The key concepts here are recognising the inner reality, recognising wounds and their impact on the outer reality, healing these wounds and compassion for the person themselves and for any others involved.

The model shows the inner divisions that arise when shocking events occur. Splits that lead to emotional disconnection, depersonalisation, dissociation and other ways of coping with such an event. This method of self-encounter also shows what people can do to recover from and integrate The Fragments and thus get more in touch with the healthier part that we all naturally carry and have within us. The method of self-encounter helps you to classify your reactions, behaviours and feelings, to understand yourself and others and to open up to new possibilities. Understanding yourself, feeling yourself and controlling yourself to achieve true autonomy and better self-regulation.

The method helps us to be responsible for ourselves so that we can lead the life we want to lead.