About Thesholds Therapy
What comes to mind when you hear the word thresholds? The interesting thing about language is that the same word can mean very different things to different people based on their context and life experience. It can even take on new meaning as your life and context change. Most dictionaries define threshold as either the area that separates two spaces or a limit or edge. When I think of the word thresholds I think of change, movement, transition, and capacity. A common thread in my work with clients is that many times their growth in therapy involves moving from one way of being to another and discovering that their capacity is greater than they realize. Although this looks different for every client, it could mean shedding old expectations of themselves and meeting themselves with newfound compassion. It could mean moving from one season of life to another with grace and understanding. It could mean partners that slowly test the waters of vulnerability with one another or break free of the stifling molds they have created for one another. It could mean becoming more comfortable with uncertainty or more accepting of discomfort as a pathway to growth. It could mean finally realizing that you are worthy of love and connection.
As John O’Donahue says: “the threshold is a place where you move into more critical and challenging and worthy fullness…a threshold is a line which separates two territories of spirit, and very often how we cross is the key thing.”