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Jon M. Holmes, M.Div., M.A., LMFT  ·  Fair Oaks, California  ·  Virtual throughout California
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Begin with the kind of clarity you need.

You do not need to understand the whole framework to begin. These paths are private educational tools and readings, not psychotherapy or crisis care.

A future private reflection pathThe Self-Guided Journey is coming soon while it is carefully refined. Individualized support and free resources are available now.Name the patternBegin with the assessment if you want a clearer sense of what may be shaping the struggle.Find languageUse the Inner Emotion Map when you know something is present but cannot yet put it into words.Read more deeplyExplore the Wound Series when you want to understand the story beneath a recurring pattern.
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Read, reflect, and bring what is useful into your own story.

Mindset and integration

Decisive Mindset Assets

Seven Trading-Floor Rules Reframed as Clinical Mindset Tools

Tom Sosnoff's seven career-defining rules, translated into clinical parallels, client exercises, and session scripts. A one-page reference for the integration phase of the work.

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Assessment and self-inquiry

Wound Identification Worksheet

A guided self-inquiry tool for identifying your neuro-archetypal wound pattern

A printable one-page worksheet with all seven neuro-archetypal wounds and five structured reflection questions. Use it before a first session, between sessions, or as a standalone self-inquiry exercise.

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The couragepath

A Reading for the Difficult Moment

A brief text for when the weight is heaviest

A short reading for the man who is in the middle of something hard and needs a few words that meet him there. It is meant to accompany, not to fix.

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When a guide brings a larger question closer

If you are ready to begin the work itself, a brief 15-minute consultation is the first step.

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Guides, reference sheets, and readings for men doing the work of Life Telling Processing. Each piece is designed to be used alongside the therapeutic process, not as a substitute for it.

If what you have read here resonates, I invite you to reach out. We will start with a brief 15-minute conversation.

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