Dear New Client,

My work grew from questions like these: What would the world be like if we each had access to and acted on our own inner truths? How different might our lives feel if we learned from the basic rhythms of our selves and our environments – if we learned how to live more completely? What if we, in the words of Gandhi, dare to be the change we want to see in the world? How might our lives change if we dared to love as deeply as possible? What if we saw past whatever limitations exist in our lives – or that we believe exist in the world – to a larger vision, and we lived that vision? (Read More)

Distinguishing Qualities

of My Work:

Expertise:

I have my Ph.D. in psychology, which provides me with a depth of insight into why individuals act or respond the way that they do and how that behavior might be changed.

My cross-disciplined knowledge of psychological theories and techniques as well as healing theories and techniques gives me a deep understanding of which methods are most useful to an individual’s growth at a particular stage of development or with a particular character type.

In addition to having my Ph.D in psychology, I have studied personal development from an early age --including making significant changes in my own life including healing through my own depression, anxiety, and trauma. I have worked intensively with and within groups which give me a comprehensive understanding of group dynamics and leadership issues –especially as they relate to a woman’s work and development.

Approach:

I offer an integrative approach, called Innerwork, designed to work with the individual character and personal styles of processing that each client possesses in order to uncover and release old patterns, increase awareness, and effect personal change.

Innerwork - Self Awareness through Integrative Psychotherapy

Innerwork is an integrative psychotherapeutic approach to personal growth. It is based on the theory that deep change cannot be effected by talk therapy alone. Innerwork is holistic; it incorporates therapeutic modalities that emphasize awareness of the body, mind, spirit, and emotions promoting understanding and deep personal change.

As needed, Innerwork draws on:

  • Somatic Approaches
  • Expressive Arts
  • Sub-personality Techniques
  • Spiritual Counseling
  • Holistic Success Coaching
Psychodynamic Talk Therapy: This talk therapy helps each client recognize the maladaptive functioning that developed early in his or her life and develop strategies for changing these ingrained and, often, unconscious beliefs. Each of my sessions contains psychodynamic talk therapy to some degree as it provides a comprehensive model for personality change.

Somatic Approaches, such as Core Energetics, are body-oriented therapies used to integrate a client's mental, emotional, spiritual and physical aspects. I offer sessions of somatic approaches to clients who are naturally inclined to process issues kinesthetically or are seeking a deep level of healing. Somatic approaches provide clients with a profound understanding of their emotions and ingrained patterns.

Expressive Arts utilize creative forms such as drawing, movement, and sounding to help clients process intense emotions or work through deeply embedded issues. I offer Expressive Arts techniques when clients are having difficulty connecting to their feelings or are feeling overwhelmed. This facilitates clarity and releases blocked emotions.

Sub-personality Techniques use the imagination to help clients come to a deeper understanding of who they are and help them navigate the complexity of how they think and feel. Sub-personality techniques are often used to help clients change behavior, to regain access to parts of themselves, and to work with feelings such as fear, anger, grief, or shame.

Spiritual Counseling aims to empower a person to further her or his growth through recognizing and becoming a part of the greater experience of life. It provides clients with support and techniques to more completely experience his or her spiritual nature. I offer spiritual techniques in a non-dogmatic way to clients who wish to develop this part of their life, regardless of their spiritual orientation.

Holistic Success Coaching is future focused and results based. Coaching techniques can be applied to any area of a person's life. I offer coaching sessions to clients who need assistance with planning, problem solving, or immediate life changes.

My background:

Kate Siner Francis, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist, writer, and educator who has been practicing integrative psychot herapy and holistic success coaching in the Providence area since 2005 through her private practice — now called The Therapy Collaborative. She earned her Ph.D. in Psychology and a certification in Expressive Arts from San Francisco’s Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center in 2008 — under the mentorship of Eugene Taylor, Ph.D. — after nearly 15 years of self-learning and practice of alternative approaches to growth and development. These methods include massage, energy work, shamanic techniques, EMDR techniques, and hypnosis. Dr. Siner has worked in addictions treatment and hospice care as well as received advanced training in domestic violence, grief, and trauma. For the past three years, she has been director and co-facilitator of Priestess Path — a women’s empowerment program founded by Alisa Starkweather — and studying Core Energetics under Karyne Wilner, Psy.D. More recently she has founded Larger Visions, a non-profit dedicated to educating emergent women leaders dedicated to social change and providing safe-house programming to victims of gender-based violence.

For more about her background, Download Her CV Here.

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My Clients Are

•Individuals who feel like there is more to them than they are living, or who desire a more joyful and passionate life.
•Idealists who seek more fulfillment from their daily lives or more success creating their ideals.
•Leaders who look for innovative methods, a deeper understanding of group dynamics, or a partner in their envisioning proce ss.
•Artists who desire to be more creative, deepen their understanding of their creative process, or be more successful.
•Entrepreneurs who are starting up a value-driven or passion-driven business.
•Visionaries who see potential everywhere but are not sure how to make it happen.

Integrity: I make an effort to be sure that every aspect of my practice emphasizes respect for the unique individual with whom I am working.

Vision: I am able to see, draw out, and give form to clients’ dreams and visions. I find the “sparks” in a person or a project where great stores of energy can be found and released. I listen for the yearning, the drive, and the essence. I become the client’s ally and work with her or him to bring this essential nature more fully into the world.

Organization: I have developed organizational skills that allow me to aid projects and individuals in most efficiently making their visions reality while simultaneously holding and caring for the more subtle – yet still essential – parts of the process.

Creativity: 17 years of engaging in and analyzing the creative process.

Wisdom: My life has been dedicated to understanding and learning from my own personal experience. I balance my subjective knowledge and intuition with objective information about psychological patterns and systems to help clients understand their problems and support them in making helpful changes

Intuition: During my sessions, I draw heavily on my intuitive skills, which provide depth to my sessions and created the potential for high-level growth.

Integration: Drawing from a variety of evidence based treatments and alternative modalities, I use an integrative approach in my sessions to maximize each individuals potential for personal growth and fulfillment.