Our Ethics of Care
We are focused on the science of human connection - as an ethic grounded in voice and relationships, in the importance of everyone having a voice, being listened to carefully (in their own right and on their own terms) and heard with respect. An ethics of care directs our attention to the need for responsiveness in relationships (paying attention, listening, responding) and to the costs of losing connection with oneself or with others. Its logic is inductive, contextual, psychological, rather than deductive or mathematical.
Our focus is to carry forward Carol Gilligan, PhD and colleagues work. Carol’s revolutionary research focused on identity and moral development that led her to identify the ethics of care as a “different voice”—a voice that joined self with relationship and reason with emotion.
At Connective Intelligence, our passion and purpose is helping individuals reconnect to themselves and their true purpose.
We accomplish this in a number of ways. We support and nurture people as they re-learn how to access their innate strengths and wisdom. We help people as they focus on and improve their overall experience of emotional health and wellness. We encourage people to take care of and radically accept themselves, take responsibility for their healing, advocate for themselves, and stay deeply connected to humanity, and to the world around us.
Grounded in this philosophy, we’re able to provide life-affirming mental health services as our intention. As a practice, we strive to provide clients and therapists a safe, therapeutic space that puts emotional health and wellness first. We offer an enriching and vibrant community culture that embraces diversity, fresh perspectives, and challenging the status quo.