What Is Mentorship? Understanding CatholicPsych's IDDM Model

What Is Mentorship? Understanding CatholicPsych's IDDM Model

So many people today feel overwhelmed, confused, stuck, or spiritually dry, and do not know where to turn. They may have tried therapy, self-help, spiritual direction, or reading endless books, but still feel lost inside themselves.

This is exactly where mentorship comes in.

Today I want to explain clearly and simply:

• What mentorship is

• What mentorship is not

• How Integrated Daily Dialogic Mentorship (IDDM) works

• How Dr. Greg Bottaro developed it from Catholic anthropology

• How it differs from traditional psychotherapy

• Why daily accompaniment changes people in a way nothing else does

This article is meant to be clear, accessible, and grounded in the truth of who we are as human persons created for relationship.

1. What Mentorship Is

Mentorship is a daily journey of interior transformation rooted in psychology, spirituality, and a Catholic understanding of the human person.

As I describe on my website:

"Mentorship is a consistent, dependable journey of accompaniment that integrates the whole person, body, mind, and spirit, through Catholic anthropology, emotional clarity, and deep personal formation."

It is a relationship where we walk together every day, through your actual lived experience, not just the parts you can recall in a weekly appointment.

Mentorship focuses on:

• Interior freedom

• Peace and clarity

• Uncovering patterns and parts

• Naming wounds without shame

• Forming the heart to love and be loved

• Deepening intimacy with God

Mentorship is not about symptom management.
It is about bringing your whole self into alignment with truth so you can live your vocation with freedom, clarity, and peace.

2. What Mentorship Is Not

Mentorship is not psychotherapy.

More specifically:

• It is not therapy, not diagnosis, and not clinical treatment

• It is not for emergency, medical, or legal situations

• It is not a weekly, time-limited appointment

• It is not covered by insurance

• It is not coaching or spiritual direction

In mentorship, we are working at the level of:

• Formation, not treatment

• Interior freedom, not symptom reduction

• Identity and relationship, not diagnosis or pathology

3. The Modality: Why Daily Accompaniment Matters

Traditional psychotherapy operates within a specific frame:

• One appointment

• Once a week

• 45 to 50 minutes

• No contact in between

This limits depth and creates space to hide behind polished narratives.

Mentorship is designed differently.

As my website explains:

"Mentorship happens through a structured rhythm of daily voice messages (Monday through Friday) using secure, private Voxer communication. You share your real-time interior experience, and your mentor responds with reflection, insight, and guidance once each day."

Why does this work so powerfully?

• You bring what is happening right now, not a week later

• There is no room to avoid or hide

• Patterns surface quickly

• You stay consistent and motivated

• Your mentor meets you inside the moment your parts get activated

• The relationship develops a natural rhythm and stability

Therapy is episodic.
Mentorship is continuous.

4. The Model: What IDDM Actually Is

IDDM stands for Integrated Daily Dialogic Mentorship.

Developed by Dr. Greg Bottaro, it integrates:

• Catholic anthropology

• Saint John Paul II's vision of the human person

• Parts theory (IFS-inspired and corrected through a Catholic worldview)

• Attachment psychology

• Philosophical insight into the human heart

• Daily dialogic communication

• Interior formation

From my website:

"This whole-person approach is rooted in a Catholic understanding of the human person. It integrates bio-psycho-social-spiritual formation so you can grow in peace, clarity, and the capacity to love well."

Mentorship is able to do what therapy cannot because it is not limited by secular mental health constraints.

Mentorship allows open, integrated work with:

• God

• Grace

• Virtue

• The moral life

• Spiritual warfare

• Family of origin wounds

• Identity in Christ

• Discernment and vocation

• Shame, fear, forgiveness

• Prayer and spiritual growth

Therapy cannot freely address these.
Mentorship can.

5. Why Mentorship Works: The Psychology Behind It

The daily dialogic format creates:

Slowing down

Clients reflect deeply, speak intentionally, listen back. Patterns emerge clearly.

Projection and self-awareness

Silence between messages becomes a mirror that reveals parts and defenses.

Voice-based nuance

Tone, pauses, and emotional shifts are easier to hear when visual cues are removed.

Real-time access

Help arrives when you actually need it, not days later.

Corrective emotional experience

Daily accompaniment provides steady relational presence that heals shame, fear, loneliness, and instability.

From my website:

"Mentorship gives you a consistent, personal, relational experience that helps surface the patterns, fears, and hurts that keep you stuck, and gives you a compassionate, grounded guide to walk with you toward healing and clarity."

6. Mentorship vs Psychotherapy

Traditional Psychotherapy

• Weekly session

• Diagnosis-focused

• Insurance-based

• Symptom reduction

• Secular ethics

• Past-oriented recall

• No daily support

CatholicPsych IDDM Mentorship

• Daily accompaniment

• No diagnosis

• Private-pay, formation focused

• Interior freedom and peace

• Catholic worldview

• Real-time parts work

• Spiritual and emotional formation

Both have value, but they aim at very different goals.

7. FAQ

Do mentors need a license?
No. Mentorship is not therapy. Mentors are formed in CatholicPsych methodology and Catholic anthropology.

Is mentorship therapy "lite"?
No. It is a different modality with a different purpose.

Can I do mentorship and therapy together?
Yes. Many people do.

Does mentorship help with symptoms like anxiety?
Often yes, but as a result of deeper interior healing.

How much access do clients have?
Clients can send messages anytime. Mentors respond once daily Monday through Friday.

8. So How Does Mentorship Actually Change You?

This is the heart of mentorship:

Healing happens in relationships, and relationships need rhythm.

When you are consistently accompanied through:

• fear

• shame

• confusion

• loneliness

• overwhelm

• old patterns

• family wounds

...something begins to shift.

Slowly, steadily, compassionately, you grow in:

• Self-awareness

• Emotional regulation

• Interior peace

• Courage

• Clarity

• Identity

• Virtue

• The capacity to love and be loved

Mentorship helps you become the person God created you to be.

If This Speaks To You

If something in this article speaks to your heart, the desire for clarity, emotional steadiness, or a deeper relationship with God, I would love to walk with you.
Mentorship is a gentle, steady rhythm of accompaniment, and you do not have to navigate these things alone.

You can book a consultation call, and we will discern together whether mentorship is the right fit for you in this season.

Book a free consultation call here: KristinBeckChmiel.com