Private Work with Joseph

The MythoSelf® Process was initially designed by Joseph Riggio in 1995 when he began delivering training that he called the “Mythogenic Self Process” at that time. Joseph began studying NLP, hypnosis and communication strategies with Master Trainer Roye Fraser of NLP America/Blue Dell Systems in 1987. In the early 1980’s Roye had developed a unique and proprietary process for working with individuals and groups he calls the “Generative Imprint™.” What made this process and model so unique as its exclusive positive orientation to creative possibility – what Roye referred to as the “excitatory bias.” Using this model an individual is able to establish and access a “Ready State” where all of their personal resources become available to them, they organize in relation to possibility, and they experience a pervasive sense of well-being.

After an intensive apprenticeship over the span of approximately seven years, in 1994 Roye certified Joseph as a trainer of the Generative Imprint™ Model and granted him permission to use the model in working with individuals and in presentations to groups. From this beginning Joseph designed the MythoSelf® Process model and begin delivering programs based on it in 1995 with Nancy Ludwig who was also a senior student and apprentice of Roye’s. Initially the MythoSelf® Process training was a presentation of the Generative Imprint™ Model delivered in a unique series of exercises designed by Joseph over a four days offering participants the opportunity to experience this work for themselves facilitated by two of Roye’s senior students. Since then Joseph refined, modified and added to these initial exercises shortening the delivery time of the program from four days to two and half days and at the same time substantially increasing the depth of the experience for the participants. These exercises still remain at the heart of MythoSelf® Process Facilitation and the basic MythoSelf® Process Experience 2 1/2-Day program today.

Working with Joseph:

Joseph typically works with individuals and small groups who are interested in a particularly intensive and effective experience of the MythoSelf® Process work. These individuals are often high-level performers – professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, entertainers, athletes, etc. What these individuals most often want to experience with Joseph revolves around creating even better performances while experiencing greater balance and harmony in their lives – a deepening of the experience of themselves, others and the experience of their life.

Working with Joseph begins either with a private telephone or email conversation to establish the outcome of your work with him. Once you establish what you expect from your session(s) with Joseph if he believes that individual facilitation will be useful to you he will explain the options available to you regarding making arrangements to do this work together with him or possibly with a direct referral from him.

If Joseph agrees to work with you he’ll assign you the task of documenting your expectation of private facilitation in writing via email and you’ll receive a formal agreement and description of private facilitation with Joseph. On occasion Joseph will respond your expectations of private facilitation with him prior to your session, although he will just as often not respond prior to meeting with you, preferring to review your expectations with you in person at the start of your session with him.

What You Can Expect From Your Session(s) with Joseph:

At the very least when you work with Joseph you’ll leave knowing specifically and precisely how to access yourself at your best using the technology of the MythoSelf® Process. You’ll know this regardless of the situation or circumstance you find yourself in, who you are with or not, and wherever and whenever you want to have this experience of being, “Like this …” ... at your best.

If you come because you want to address a specific outcome you agree on with Joseph prior to meeting with him you’ll know how to begin from this unique, powerful and profound way of being to organize yourself to get your outcome – either on your own or with others. You’ll find yourself having access to a highly creative and motivated way of operating – a sense that you can and will make things happen as you wish. You’ll also find that you'll know how and what to be doing in regard to others in terms of getting your outcomes … without compromising either them or yourself in doing so.

Additionally, you’ll find that you have access to a profound sense of yourself in relation to a context that is larger than yourself – a realization of being in a relationship to “that which is Greater Than Self.” Within this context you’ll find that as you consider decisions your “Scope of Decision” has significantly grown in both time and space. In this way you’ll include much more relevant historical information and organize your decision in relation to a future that contains your outcome. You’ll also include in your consideration the impact and consequences of your decision on others―—both those close to you and those much, much further away from you than you probably ever have considered the impact of consequences before.

After working with Joseph you may find that what had in the past proven to be limitations will simply dissolve and dissipate. What will remain in their place will be a pervasive sense of well-being and possibility. You’ll find yourself feeling grounded and stable, able to consider all your possibilities, choosing only those that represent a fit and match for you when you are being, “Like this …” ... at your best. There will be no doubt that you are on your unique path, and your life's purpose and personal adventure will have begun to reveal themselves to you. For many clients this represents the most profound value in working with Joseph privately.

Typical Private Facilitation Arrangements with Joseph:

Individual Sessions and Retainer Agreements:

Private Individual Single Sessions - $1250/Hour: One-to-one individual face-to-face sessions with Joseph typically lasting from one to one and one-half hours each. Joseph will always schedule one and one-half hours for these sessions and you should plan on being available for that full amount of time at Joseph’s discretion depending on the nature of the session and what Joseph deems is advisable to be doing with you. These sessions, as with all of the Private Work that Joseph does are primarily educational in nature seeking to impart to you a sense of yourself at your best and then linking this way of being with task specific activities as you desire and are appropriate for you. Often clients find that they can apply this learning after a single session with Joseph, although Joseph recommends that clients book a minimum of three individual sessions to insure that the learning experience is both as complete and comprehensive as possible for a single issue or application. After the individual session Joseph will ask you to correspond with him regarding the experience you’ve had in the session and the impact of it in your daily life. Depending on his assessment Joseph may or may not then choose to offer you additional input via email to lock in the learning as he deems appropriate.

Private Intensive Individual Sessions - beginning at $4000.00 USD/half- day session: Individual sessions with Joseph are very intense and comprehensive. Clients almost always come to these sessions with a specific immediate outcome in mind, as well as a desire to generalize the state of being at their best, both on their own and with others. Private, face-to-face sessions with Joseph last 2-4 hours, and can be booked as an extended series over as much as two to three days consecutively (at his discretion Joseph will sometimes reduce the fee for an extended series of sessions). Joseph schedules and blocks time for you exclusively based on the arrangements you make with him. Joseph then takes as much time working with you as necessary for you to get your outcome(s) over the time you have booked with him. You should always plan your time accordingly and allow yourself access for the full amount of the time you book with Joseph. Even if you do not actually use the full amount of the time you book to meet with Joseph, Joseph will usually spend a significant amount of the total time you've booked working with you. After your face-to-face meeting(s) with Joseph you’ll review your session with him via email immediately upon returning home, then you’ll review and refine your session with him by email/telephone as Joseph decides is appropriate.

Private Individual Retainer Agreements - $3500.00/month USD: One to twelve month agreements with Joseph working in relation to the specific outcomes you have within a defined context such as advancing your career, growing your business, addressing specific relationship issues, developing specific performance skills … or any other specific concerns you bring to your work with him. While working with Joseph within a retainer agreement tends to be less intensive initially you will have access to him over a longer period of time and be able to relate the work you do with him to the events related to getting your outcomes as they arise. All Private Individual Retainer Agreements are based on monthly individual face- to-face or telephone sessions with Joseph, which typically last between one to two hours each. During the month you'll have access to Joseph for up to two fifteen minute telephone coaching calls at your discretion. You many initiate these coaching calls by reaching out to Joseph and he will return your call within 24 hours, although if you indicate that the issue is urgent he will do his best to return your call as quickly as possible. In addition you’ll virtually unlimited access to Joseph via email as necessary. NOTE: If you require additional face-to-face or telephone time during the month with Joseph he will make this available on a priority basis around his schedule at $400/hour in one hour minimum increments/contact.

Small Group Private Work - $1850/Session USD: Small group private sessions for individual personal enhancement are run by Joseph from time to time in various locations internationally. These sessions are limited to 10 people and occur over a full day. During the day Joseph works with both the group-at- large and also with each individual personally. The entire day is spent together as a group with Joseph and there are no private sessions apart from those that occur within the group over the course of the day. The experience is very intensive as Joseph uses the entire group to assist in facilitating the work he does with every individual, making examples apparent and facilitating intergroup dynamics as an aspect of the learning experience. Individuals who have attended these special days with Joseph say this is one of the most powerful, profound and personally rewarding ways to experience working with him. The entire day is taped and an audio recording of the day is given to everyone participating in the day as well – everyone who attends a Small Group Private Work day with Joseph must agree to making the taped material public as a condition of joining this program.

Fees for Individual Sessions, Retainer Agreements and Small Group Private Work:

Private Individual Single Sessions - Joseph charges by the hour booking for Private Individual Single Sessions at the rate of $1250/hour. When more than three hours of private work with Joseph are booked for and paid for at the same time a 10% discount will be applied to the total fee charged.

Private Intensive Individual Sessions - Joseph charges $4000.00 USD/half-day (four hour) session. For anyone booking multiple or extended series of Private Intensive Individual Sessions reductions in the per session fee may be available as Joseph's discretion.

Private Individual Retainer Agreements - Joseph charges $3500.00 USD/month for a minimum of three months. For anyone who arranges longer term retainer agreements reductions in the monthly retainer amount are available at Joseph's discretion.

Small Group Private Work - The fee for the day is $1850.00 USD and includes the entire day of Small Group Private Work with Joseph including snacks and beverages throughout the day, as well as a copy of the audio recording of the work done during the day. Travel to the location, overnight rooms and meals are the responsibility of each individual participant. NOTE: As a condition of participating in Small Group Private Work all participants agree to release the audio recording for distribution by Joseph as noted in the description above.

A complete description of private individual MythoSelf ® Facilitation is available at:

Private MythoSelf ® Facilitation

[NOTE: Joseph remains aware that these fees for working directly with him are at the high end of the scale for private work and we will be happy to make referrals to a Licensed MythoSelf® Trainer or Facilitator who has trained directly with Joseph and who may charge significantly lower fees. You may call and request a referral without obligation. Sometimes you can speak with Joseph directly before contacting a referral if you have a specific reason to do so. Please feel free to call or write our offices directly for more information.]