The Living Story Company
The Lighthouse
Landfall
Copperheart
Driftwood
My Robot Friend
In VRThe Awareness Continuum Framework.
The framework under every tool the company makes. Nine phases on the client’s path, in four groups, with awareness, insight, intention, purpose & passion rising underneath. The therapist’s work in seven phases. And six steps for how information travels, in the open.
“The whole thing is we’re starting to identify the issues that are making us separate from ourself and what separated us from our self. Getting on that wrong path creates anxiety, depression, substance abuse or whatever. And so this model is trying to get you back to that self.”— Lance Nabers, LPC. His title for the whole arc: The Real You.
The nine, the four, their rises and the five weeks are read from the Lighthouse’s own record at ff207938 on 2026-11-04, the same record every app reads.
Three structures. Three questions.
“XAI Therapy is a therapist-led clinical model that uses explainable artificial intelligence to illuminate between-session behavior, strengthen therapeutic insight, and improve outcomes — without replacing human judgment.”— his definition of the method, from the board.
Where is the client?
The client’s path, walked in the worlds, kept in the Library and in the client’s own record.
The nine →What is the therapist doing?
The clinical service, run in the Lighthouse and on every clinician-facing page.
The seven →How does information travel, and who decides?
The glass box, under every tool and every suggestion an AI makes.
The six →“The seven phases are the therapist’s work; the nine are the client’s path; each of the seven meets the nine where the work happens.”
Nine phases, in four.
Each phase has two names, both his: what a therapist says, and what a person reads on their phone. Under each phase, his own words for it.
Establish a baseline of truth, find the real problem, and chart the direction.
“identifying the problem, assessing the self, what are the strengths … What’s in my control? What’s not in my control?”
“if we know where we’re going, we’ll know how to get there.”
The daily routines: what works, what doesn’t, and watching the inner state.
“the routines, the behaviors that will lead to the completion of these goals … connecting to the self … trial and error, seeing what works.”
“We’re not looking at you the outcome, we’re looking at what are you doing behaviorally wise?”
Remove what poisons the work, build the support, and drive it for real.
Identify and reduce or remove toxins: relationships, jobs, food, procrastination.
“now this you’re starting to lead the way … more self reporting, more self analysis.”
From repairing to living: care over time, meaning, and the work turning outward.
“Creating a compelling future … There has to be something leading us.”
“daily, every day we’re trying to laugh, cry. Do something difficult, think critically.”
“when you start connecting to the world, you solidify the behaviors and cognitions that you’ve developed.”
The deep work comes from the therapist, assigned whenever there is the strength for it: “This is the place where you do get into trauma or get into things because you’ve built a lot of strength to get here.”
What a person walks, and what a therapist sees.
A person meets two vocabularies and no more: the five weeks of their world, and the nine in the pad’s words. The group names and the clinical names are the therapist’s.
| The week a person walks | His nine, as the person reads them | The group (the therapist’s) | What rises |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 · Why nowKnow the whole picture, and why. | 1 · Who are you and why are you here2 · Where are you going | Foundation & Identity | Awareness |
| Week 2 · Notice lifeBring it back as data. Never a verdict. | 3 · What are you doing?4 · The Self Assessment | Mechanics & Deconstruction | Insight |
| Week 3 · Replace and reframeDecide now, not in the moment. | 5 · Rebuilding, Rewiring, Reframing | Construction & Execution | Intention |
| Week 4 · Active practiceAdding is more important than taking away. | 6 · What are your Process, Systems, and Loops | Construction & Execution | Intention |
| Week 5 · Make it yoursThe practices that worked are yours now. Keep them. | 7 · What is your Intentional Purpose8 · What is your definition of life9 · How to stay connected to the Self and others | Actualization & Connection | Purpose & Passion |
Learn · Do · Reward · Plan.
Each part lit only by what happened, and every act a dated row in one of the eight parts of a life. Under Plan: refine · repeat.
Day 13, and every week’s close.
Days 7, 14, 21, 28 and 35 read the week back, and the therapist reads the same rows.
Make it yours.
“the 5th is just integration and engaging in practices that maintain the lifestyle design that worked.”
What rises underneath all nine.
“Awareness is increasing, and then insight. Intentionality is increasing. Now there’s purpose and passion.”
- Increasing: self-alignment, behavior activation, insight, awareness.
- Actively engaging in: behaviors, cognitive restructuring.
- Self assessment: responsibility, accountability, acceptance.
- Increasing capacity for: joy, passion, purpose.
- Integration of behaviors that promote long-term care and connectivity to the Self.
- Connecting to the people and world around, with the True Self, and an increasing ability to be resilient and see problems as opportunity.
Seven phases, and where each meets the nine.
| The seven (the therapist) | Meets the nine at | What the nine adds |
|---|---|---|
| 1 · Onboarding & informed transparency | 1 | Exact fit, and the transparency pledge a therapist initials at purchase. |
| 2 · Therapeutic rapport | 1, and every phase after | The relationship runs through every phase, to the last. |
| 3 · Assessment, continuous | 1 and 4 | The intake baseline, kept apart from the self-assessment a person can do once they see their own pattern. |
| 4 · Behavioral model learning | 3 and 6 | Watch first, then model the system that runs it. |
| 5 · Task completion | 5 | The fullest phase. |
| 6 · Skill building & generalization | 6 | His own name for it: driving the car for the first time. |
| 7 · Integration & ownership | 7, 8 and 9 | Finishing is three acts: practise it, find what it means, give it away. |
How information travels: six steps.
- The story invites. A living world draws the person toward the tool they need, one at a time.
- The tool does real clinical work. CBT, EMDR, self-efficacy, grounding and more, each an instrument that captures structured data.
- The data is glass. Ratings, distortions, reframes and patterns over time, all legible because the framework is built in.
- AI works in the open. It organizes, prompts and drafts, citing the exact evidence behind each. The clinician decides.
- The clinician decides. Every insight is reviewed by a human who can explain it, override it and own it.
- The client keeps their story. “Your entries are yours and stay on your phone; what your therapist receives is what you choose, tool by tool; the note your therapist signs is the practice’s record.”
You can see how it works.
The data means something clinically.
Evidence, a named framework, and a human who decides.
Six rules, built into every screen.
A phase is where you are, not a gate.
Every phase is open from the first day. The deep work is assigned by the therapist, whenever there is the strength for it: “free and opened early on, but coming from the therapist.”
The client and the therapist set it together.
A person’s place in the nine is set by the two of them. When their two marks differ, both are kept, with their dates.
Learn something, do something, reward something, plan something.
The behavioral loop every day of every world is built on: “routine loops that bring joy.” The game is a layer on top of the model.
A claim needs a source.
A number needs something that measured it. The software states the count; what it means about a person is the clinician’s to say.
Personalize rather than pick.
One therapist’s habits become a default and a setting, for every kind of therapist.
The working screen stays clear.
Explanations live where a person asks for them, and the working screen holds the work.
One framework, every product.
The Living Story Company: Living Story Group shapes the approach, and Wayward Robots builds the tools that carry it.
The therapist’s workspace
The seven phases and the six steps live here. It is where a therapist sees a client’s place in the nine.
The Lighthouse →LANDFALLA guided world for personal reflection and practice
The nine, for one person: 35 days in five weeks, each week on its phases.
Landfall →COPPERHEARTA guided recovery world
The nine through recovery: 32 days in five watches.
Copperheart →DRIFTWOODA guided world for connection and family practice
The nine, together: 35 days in five seasons. Phase 9 lives here most.
Driftwood →THE CLIMBThe therapist’s introduction to the workspace and worlds
The therapist meets all of it in thirty-five days: a week in the workspace, three weeks at the windows of the worlds, a week in the lamp room.
The Climb →MY ROBOT FRIENDThe companion beside the worlds
The companion a person raises through small rituals, keeping the milestones of their Landfall in its storybook.
My Robot Friend →IN VRThe worlds in a headset
The same worlds, walked on a Quest 3, and what is done there counts on the phone.
In VR →“Therapy software & guided story worlds.” “Therapy connected to everyday life.”
For clinicians: “More room for the person in front of you.” For clients: “Your story. Your practice. Your everyday life.”