written by Therapist and Co-Founder of The Centre for Healing,
Most people seeking healing have already tried - therapy, medication, mindset work, self-help. And yet, something remains. The same patterns resurface, the same wounds reopen, the same invisible ceiling holds them back. What if the missing piece isn't more effort, but a deeper address?
Root-Cause Therapy takes you beneath the surface to where lasting change actually begins, in the body, the nervous system, and the unconscious memories that have silently shaped every decision, relationship, and belief you hold today.
Learn how thousands of clients and practitioners have moved beyond coping, managing, and surviving, into a life of genuine freedom. Not by talking about the past, but by finally healing it at the root.
A client walks in for their fifth session with you.
You've given them the tools and done the work together.
They've had real breakthroughs along the way.
And yet here they are again, sitting in front of you with the same problem in new words.
You know they're doing the work, so you're left wondering why it keeps coming back.
Here's what most training programs never teach you.
Therapy helps people understand their symptoms and cope with them, and while that's useful, it's not the same thing as healing them.
Understanding a pattern is not the same as releasing it from the body.
Talking about a memory is not the same as completing the emotion stuck inside it.
When the unprocessed stays in the body, the symptoms always find their way back.
Not because your client failed you, but because the work was happening one layer above where the pattern actually lives.
This is the gap that Root-Cause Therapy was built to close.
Root-Cause Therapy is a method that works in the body, the nervous system, and the unconscious memories that have silently shaped every decision, relationship, and belief you hold today. It does not manage symptoms. It does not teach you to think differently about your pain. It goes to the root of where the pattern was formed and heals it there.
Developed over a decade and used with thousands of clients across more than thirty countries, RCT has helped people move beyond anxiety, depression, addiction, chronic patterns in relationships, self-sabotage, and the deep sense that something is being held back, when everything else had already been tried.
I don't want this book to end! I love every page. It is so relatable and Melissa makes it so easy to understand. I want to immerse my self in all her knowledge. So bloody good 👌
Melissa Hiemann NLPP. CH.t TLTP RC.t ADV.DIP INTBUS is the Director and Co-Founder of The Centre for Healing, which she founded alongside her partner Ryan Hassan in 2016.
Melissa's path into this work began with her own healing. After spending much of her young adult life navigating undiagnosed anxiety and trauma through self-medication and avoidance, she finally found her way to an alternative therapist and felt something shift in a way nothing else ever had. She knew she had found her purpose, began studying immediately, and opened her own practice in 2014.
From there she spent years weaving together everything that actually worked, drawing from NLP, hypnotherapy, timeline therapy, somatic practice, inner child work, breathwork, and epigenetics, until what emerged became the foundation of Root-Cause Therapy. Melissa is the creator of Root-Cause Therapy, a method that has been used with thousands of clients around the world over the past decade, and continues to be taught to and practised by a growing global community of certified practitioners across more than thirty countries.
In 2016 she and Ryan opened a fully booked alternative mental health and addiction clinic, working with hundreds of clients where conventional approaches had repeatedly fallen short. In 2021 they began training practitioners, and The Centre for Healing has since certified practitioners across more than thirty countries.
Melissa has made it her life's work, alongside raising her son and travelling the world, to help people understand and be set free from the emotional patterns and unconscious beliefs that have been quietly holding them back. Her mission, shared with Ryan, is to change the way the world approaches mental health and addiction, healing at the root rather than managing the surface, one person at a time.
She is also the author of The Natural High: Secrets to Overcoming Instant Gratification and Finding Inner Peace.
It's a book, not a course, so there are no deadlines, no calls, no modules you need to work through. You can pick it up and read for an hour on the weekend, or 10 pages when you get a chance. It's all at your own pace.
Inside the book, you'll get a deep understanding of how the modality works, the science that backs it up, and how to use it in your work with clients in your career or own practice. We recommend taking notes as you go so you can apply what you're learning directly to your clients straightaway.
No prior knowledge needed. As long as you have an empathic heart and a desire to help people, you can start the journey today. This book has been specifically made for entry-level to professional-level practitioners to ensure ease and understanding.
We definitely understand things are tight right now, but what's the cost of not investing in yourself? Lost clients? Stagnant career? Empty practice? Stress of not knowing how to fix that client's block and doubting your own skills?
The RCT Book is just a fraction of the cost of a University course or degree, and the ability to charge between (in our experience) $150 - $450 per session - you will get a return on investment quicker than you think. You will also join a community of practitioners and healers changing lives with confidence.
Yes, Root-Cause Therapy is an internationally accredited modality. Melissa is the creator of Root-Cause Therapy and is certified to teach it. This modality is fully accredited with IOATH (The International Association of Therapists) and ICAHP (International Compliance Assurance for Holistic Practitioners), and we also have it registered as a professional development course with IICT (The International Institute for Complementary Therapists).
Most healing & therapy books only give you the concepts to think about. This book gives you the tools you can apply to real-world sessions. Root-Cause Therapy works to uncover the deeper origin of unprocessed emotions through working in the body, the nervous system, and unconscious memories, so the patterns, behaviours, and symptoms as a result can finally shift.
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