A LETTER FROM STEVE
In my over 30 years as a student and teacher of Buddhist meditation and then as a mental health professional and addiction expert, I have witnessed many treatment protocols and seen what has worked and what hasn’t.
The most successful substance abuse and mental health treatments are trauma-informed, evidence-based, and long-term. I have gone a step further by creating a treatment protocol that is not only trauma-informed but Trauma-Focused – a treatment protocol that includes all of the most successful elements of mental health treatment today.
The MET(T)A Protocol is a unique, evidence-based, full treatment system that embraces the 8-phase protocol of EMDR Therapy and Mindfulness as a comprehensive model of treatment and includes mindful lifestyle protocols with long-term support. At my company StartAgain, we train and accredit treatment centers, group practices and individual clinicians in the MET(T)A Protocol.
My deepest hope is to help end suffering for as many people as possible. I know the MET(T)A Protocol is a piece of that picture, and I am excited to see the MET(T)A Protocol expand across the country and around the world.
May all beings be happy, may all beings be at ease, may all beings know their true natures.
In wellness,
Steve