Client stories

What former clients say

These statements are from former clients who completed an RRP group with me and offered to share what changed for them. Each person approved the wording and how they are named. Everyone’s healing is different, and these are their own experiences, not a promise of results.

Melissa

4.5 years of RRP therapy, with individual sessions and 6-month and long-term groups, all by Zoom

“What were once very painful memories now feel inert - they’re just part of my history.”

I worked with Christopher for 4.5 years, individually and in six-month and long-term groups. I’m in my 40s, and I’ve tried several different therapists over the years, trying to come to terms with recurring bouts of depression, a pattern of disrespectful romantic partners, a history of religious abuse, and always feeling threatened and hurt when I interacted with my parents. I finally got the help I needed, through Christopher’s expert and compassionate guidance, and through the RRP therapy model he practices.

Working with him, I learned why I have the struggles I do, I worked through the difficult underlying emotions, I placed accountability where it belongs, and I practiced giving myself the support I need rather than seeking it from external sources. What were once very painful memories now feel inert - they’re just part of my history. I feel empowered to create the life I want. I’m no longer at the mercy of mental health swings or chasing validation from capricious love interests; emotional triggers no longer have control over my actions or decisions.

Pop culture tells us to love ourselves, but if you’ve been raised by emotionally immature parents, it can be hard to know what that even means. Christopher can teach you how.

John

6-month RRP group by Zoom

“I can divide my life now into two distinct states: before and after working with Christopher in RRP.”

For decades, I had suffered through various forms of therapy, unable to cope with debilitating depression and addiction. I had been misdiagnosed and prescribed medication that, alongside the therapy, failed to address my core issues—leaving me feeling like an even greater failure. My life unraveled, and I lost nearly everything I had spent my adult life and career achieving.

Then, in my 50s, I discovered Christopher through Patrick Teahan’s YouTube channel. Over six months of group therapy, I gained the knowledge, tools, support, and experiences to break free from decades of harmful adaptations to childhood abuse and neglect. For the first time, I opened up to a supportive group of people, dissolving a lifetime of shame and self-loathing. I learned to become the parent and advocate I always deserved—to be my own healer, and to approach each day with hope and possibility.

If you are struggling with childhood trauma / complex PTSD, I highly recommend connecting with Christopher and exploring his application of RRP. Christopher brings a superior level of intelligence, insight, empathy, and subject matter expertise that I simply couldn’t find anywhere else.

I can divide my life now into two distinct states: before and after working with Christopher in RRP.

Lilly

6-Month and long-term RRP groups and individual sessions by Zoom, 2022 to 2026

“Even through Zoom, he was able to give me a place to return to that was safe.”

I worked with Christopher from 2022-2026, first in a 6-month and then a long-term group, supplemented by individual sessions. During those years, while in my 20s, I was able to make profound changes in my life. I started this work for myself after going through a difficult time in my life, when I realized that I had a really hard time with my own extreme emotions, and that it was hurting all the relationships in my life - partners, friends, family, work, etc.

Through the methods of RRP, and with Christopher’s guidance & help, I was able to learn how to:

be more emotionally honest with myself and with those I care about
establish meaningful boundaries in my life to protect what is important to me
respect and validate myself, and what I think, and what I want
trust my own instincts better and trust myself to handle problems

Even through Zoom, he was able to give me a place to return to that was safe, where I could say what I was feeling without judgement, and how to address those feelings in a way that helped heal me, rather than shame me for having those feelings in the first place.

What I would say to anyone considering doing this work is that if you think you are having a problem but don’t know if it was really that bad, if you are having problems in the present that you believe could be stemming from something in the past, this work will help you immensely.