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Northern Illinois Counseling Associates, P.C. (NICA) has formulated
a foundational algorithm by which, theoretically, and through which, methodologically, all psychological services are predicated:
First, growth occurs through the successful resolution of conflict,
whether between others or within oneself. In the absence of
conflict and its successful resolution, growth does not fully
occur. However, where conditions are ripe for the successful
resolution of conflict, growth is possible.
Second, growth occurs over “psychological time”. Since time is a
hypothetical construct, it can be defined in linear, curvilinear and
many other innovative ways to serve the varying adaptive resources
relative to the stresses and presses of life’s adjustive demands.
Third, our model predicts that any “progress” will invariably lead
to “regress” in service of what is necessary that must be done for
consolidation to result. It is less relevant to seek progression or
regression because “if you fail to heed the lessons from history,
you are doomed to repeat it”.
Moreover, in order to integrate adaptive competencies, one must
partake of a dialectical loop by which the “movement” goes forward
and backward into the "moment of the present”. Hence, “movement” is
essential as the "inertia of movement” informs and reforms the
outcome of any process until the resultant dynamism becomes
transformed or deformed.
Finally, the NICA call to action is “forever and ever and always and
always forward and backward into the present”. In brief, you learn
how to navigate and then to integrate work, love and play into your
life.
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