We are an educational and research institute committed to creating opportunities for people to rediscover hope, reclaim their lives, and expand possibilities once thought impossible.
Research
Advancing knowledge through collaborative inquiry and scholarship.
Education
Training leaders in Collaborative-Dialogical Practice and Process Ethics
Supervision
Cultivating reflective practice and professional growth
Clinical Care
Humanizing care that honors dignity, voice, and possibility
International Faculty
Bringing together diverse perspectives from around the world
About the Institute
For more than four decades, Now I See A Person Institute has advanced a compassionate, collaborative approach to mental health care that honors each person’s story over diagnostic labels. Founded by Dr. Susan Swim, PhD, LMFT, the Institute provides clinical care, professional training, supervision, research, and advocacy centered on human connection, dignity, and recovery. We believe healing emerges through meaningful relationships—not coercion or over-medicalization—and are committed to creating communities where individuals, families, and professionals can discover new possibilities for growth, resilience, and lasting change.
Conferences & Events
Join us for inspiring conferences and special events featuring physicians, psychologists, master clinicians, recovery consultants, and coaches. Through engaging conversations and real-world experiences, our speakers explore how compassionate, human-centered care can foster healing, resilience, and lasting transformation.
What We Do
Therapy Services
Our therapy services support children, teens, adults, couples, and families through trauma, emotional distress, relationship challenges, and other difficult life experiences. We meet each person with curiosity, compassion, and respect, creating a collaborative environment where healing can emerge without judgment or limiting labels.
Professional Education
Expand your knowledge through our recognized training programs, professional certifications, conferences, workshops, and flexible online learning experiences. Designed for mental health professionals around the world, our programs combine research, collaboration, and practical application to support meaningful, person-centered care. CEU credits are available for many of our courses.
When care becomes compliance, possibility narrows.
When care centers on belief, rather than categories,
understanding rather than pathology,
and transformation rather than coercion,
what remains is a human being whose life is no longer defined by chronicity, but by endless possibilities
Support Healing. Transform Lives.
Now I See A Person Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding access to compassionate, human-centered mental health care. Your generosity helps us provide education, research, training, and life-changing services that empower individuals, families, and communities. Every donation helps create more opportunities for healing, hope, and lasting change.