Watching a great therapist is like viewing an artist at work.

She worked for New Alternatives and County Mental Health as a Transition Coordinator. In addition Robyn assisted families in creating a support network for their adolescent returning home from an inpatient treatment center. Furthermore she was able to help each family receive wrap-around services. The goal  was to prevent their teen from relapsing once back in their home environment. During her time at this facility, Robyn earned the “Employee of the Year” award two years in a row. She began to see the miraculous healing when families overcome generational trauma.

Working with families and individuals since 2002, San Diego Psychotherapist Robyn Firtel soon realized how unconscious parenting was affecting children. In addition she became certified in a parenting class called “Redirecting Children’s Behavior” taught by Susie Walton. She also began to notice her adult clients were having symptoms that were a direct result of unconscious or conscious trauma that had occurred sometime between birth to age 18. 

Psychologists have known that people “get stuck” in developmental stages for years, but Robyn had yet to find a therapy model that was able to heal those deep wounds from childhood that can have a direct negative effect upon relationships. These developmental traumas were much more common in addicts and alcoholics. She trained under Pia Mellody and became certified in Post Induction Therapy which treats the roots of addiction and codependency. Being 22 years in recovery has given her a unique ability to help people recover and treat the root causes.

She began to realize that people who had relationship difficulties had similar roots and symptoms. All had five similar symptoms:

• They had little to no self-esteem, often manifested in the carried shame of their primary caregivers;
• They had severe boundary issues;
• They were unsure of their own reality;
• They were unable to identify their needs and wants;
• They had difficulty with moderation.

Post Induction Therapy is a structured therapy with a beginning, middle, and end unlike conventional therapy which has education on emotional maturity. It has a format to help people have extraordinary relationships built on trust, love, and emotional maturity.. In addition this also has a component of experiential work to heal the person of childhood trauma that is getting in the way of true intimacy and connection. It has transformed many families and individuals.