cutting the ties that bind
Heal Your Inner Child and Restore Connection to Your Authentic Source Wisdom.
Are you Ready for more freedom?
Cutting the Ties That Bind is a profound healing process developed by psychotherapist Phyllis Krystal (1914-2016) in the late 1950s. The process helps clients to release unconscious negative patterns formed in childhood—especially those rooted in relationships with parents or early caregivers—and reconnect with one’s own source wisdom.
Importantly, “cutting the ties” does not mean severing contact or rejecting a caregiver.
Rather, it is an energetic untying and healing of psychological knots—or emotional stagnation formed through dependency, fear, obligation, or unmet needs. This process helps disentangle your sense of self from early survival patterns, allowing you to relate from clarity and inner authority rather than reactivity.
In many circumstances, this inner work can even support the healing of the relationship itself,
making space for a new way of relating—one that is freer, more authentic, and no longer governed by the same triggers that once kept you stuck. Whether or not outer relationships change, the inner shift restores choice, dignity, and emotional freedom.
The method is simple, symbolic, and deeply effective.
It works on the level where patterns were formed: the subconscious, the emotional body, and the energetic imprint of your early relationships.
Cutting the Ties That Bind helps you to:
Recognize how early conditioning shaped your emotional landscape
Release limiting beliefs and inherited fears
Repair the inner-child’s unmet needs
Reclaim personal power
Develop a sense of wholeness that isn’t defined by anyone else
This work liberates both your past and your future.
dream work tells us how the process is working:
As you CTTTB, the subconscious mind knows that you are going through a deep psychological process and will respond by bringing up unconscious energy, programming, or survival mechanisms that are ready to heal.
The dream world will pinpoint exactly what is surfacing.
Dream interpretation helps us to dig for hidden treasure! Through dreams, we can glean the subconscious mind and pinpoint exactly which negative energies are ready to evolve, dissolve, or heal.
*Remembering dreams is not necessary, but even one dream can be an enriching and enlightening supplement
An exciting bonus:
As you heal through the negative programming, you will be able to receive more of your energy. In this process, the dreams will show more of your spiritual gifts coming online. When this happens in the dreamworld—it’s a huge breakthrough!
Week to week
How long is the process?
The Cutting the Ties process typically unfolds over 8–10 weeks.
What does the schedule look like?
Week 1:
We begin with a guided regression to identify which parent or early caregiver you’ll be working with and to clarify the core emotional and karmic patterns connected to that relationship.
Week 2-7+:
The following weeks involve weekly sessions that integrate dream interpretation and counseling to track where you are in the healing process and support whatever material arises. Dreams often guide the work, but if no dreams surface, the process continues just as effectively through conscious exploration of emerging patterns and emotions.
Final Week:
The final session includes a guided meditation and closing ceremony to release any remaining energetic ties and to honor and integrate the healing that has taken place.