Dr. Harris is a holistic psychiatrist, psychotherapist and performance coach working with individuals, couples, families, teams and organizations. The wide scope of his practice ranges from tears to fears, backaches to heartaches, nervous systems to family systems and hitting goals to hitting balls. In his interconnected roles he can meet you wherever you seek to feel better and/or be more effective.
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Philosophy & Perspective
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We wear clothes that look good, feel good on our skin, and keep our body temperature comfortable.
We are attracted to people who smile.
We figure out a way to put food on the table and a roof over our head.
We are born with the drive towards pleasure/comfort and away from pain/discomfort.
This drive keeps us from harm and is the biological foundation of survival, otherwise known as adaptation and effective living.
When feeling shame, our head moves downward, eyes look away and posture tends to slump.
We are attracted to people who smile.
We figure out a way to put food on the table and a roof over our head.
We are born with the drive towards pleasure/comfort and away from pain/discomfort.
This drive keeps us from harm and is the biological foundation of survival, otherwise known as adaptation and effective living.
When feeling shame, our head moves downward, eyes look away and posture tends to slump.
Traditional Psychiatric-Psychotherapeutic Methods
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Talking is the main method in traditional psychotherapy practice.
Simply revealing your self to another person can be enormously relieving.
The approach encourages and allows you to talk about anything and everything.
All topics are in bounds.
The potential exists for experiencing the listener as attentive, understanding and tuned into you.
This positive experience often leads to greater calm, comfort, vibrancy and hopefulness.
The dialogue aspect in psychotherapy is used to collaboratively explore your self as well as problem solve dilemmas and situations in your current life.
Simply revealing your self to another person can be enormously relieving.
The approach encourages and allows you to talk about anything and everything.
All topics are in bounds.
The potential exists for experiencing the listener as attentive, understanding and tuned into you.
This positive experience often leads to greater calm, comfort, vibrancy and hopefulness.
The dialogue aspect in psychotherapy is used to collaboratively explore your self as well as problem solve dilemmas and situations in your current life.
Skill-Centered Psychotherapy
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This "therapy" is designed for those seeking to develop a performance skill requiring all of you, mind-body-soul.
Attention to the key aspects of the activity will naturally lead to you - your strengths, limitations, your "way" of thinking, feeling, moving, and relating.
The "psychotherapy" that is done is more informal and takes a backseat to attention to the activity.
Focus on the skill technique is more or less limited to the elements common to all performance engaging the whole of you.
Examples of common "technical" elements are balance, proportion, rhythm, timing, fluidity and assertiveness.
Attention to the key aspects of the activity will naturally lead to you - your strengths, limitations, your "way" of thinking, feeling, moving, and relating.
The "psychotherapy" that is done is more informal and takes a backseat to attention to the activity.
Focus on the skill technique is more or less limited to the elements common to all performance engaging the whole of you.
Examples of common "technical" elements are balance, proportion, rhythm, timing, fluidity and assertiveness.
Golf Coaching
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A multi-dimensional approach focusing on the "whole" of you - how you feel, think, move and relate as in "relating" to the club and yourself.
In fluidly shifting between these four interrelated aspects of you, the artificial and counterproductive distinction between the physical and mental game is eliminated.
Working with you and your swing is done without focus on right-wrong and correct-incorrect mechanical-technical details.
The game-changing centerpiece of this coaching perspective is: Pleasure leads - effectiveness follows.
In fluidly shifting between these four interrelated aspects of you, the artificial and counterproductive distinction between the physical and mental game is eliminated.
Working with you and your swing is done without focus on right-wrong and correct-incorrect mechanical-technical details.
The game-changing centerpiece of this coaching perspective is: Pleasure leads - effectiveness follows.
Natural Resources
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You learned to walk, talk, run, and connect with people without formal education.
Much of your physiologic "self" functions and is regulated without your conscious input.
In that regard, your mindbody is incredibly competent.
You possess innate know-how, resilience and self-healing capacities.
You can be your own effective consultant if you can tune in to yourself.
Doing so requires paying attention to messages you constantly receive.
Symptoms are potentially valuable information and feedback rather than just scourges to be immediately extinguished.
Much of your physiologic "self" functions and is regulated without your conscious input.
In that regard, your mindbody is incredibly competent.
You possess innate know-how, resilience and self-healing capacities.
You can be your own effective consultant if you can tune in to yourself.
Doing so requires paying attention to messages you constantly receive.
Symptoms are potentially valuable information and feedback rather than just scourges to be immediately extinguished.
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