A figure in a forest with a Vitruvian figure, in a collage by Terry Braunstein

Something is driving you

Something is driving you

Something is driving you

Something is driving you

A system that reveals precisely what drives us and who we are becoming.
Now we’re putting it to work: advancing our growth and building the AI that understands human nature and catalyzes its full potential.

Technology built to train AI models · A precise framework for therapists and coaches

A model that sees into you—and where you’re going

A model that sees into you—and where you’re going

A model that sees into you—and where you’re going

What if therapy or AI could reveal the deeper motivations behind your choices, relationships, ambitions, and creative work? It could help an artist find their own voice, a leader see what is holding back a company, or someone discover the work, people, and places that fit who they are.

Pinpointing the deeper yearnings behind why we do what we do

Pinpointing the deeper yearnings behind why we do what we do

Pinpointing the deeper yearnings behind why we do what we do

Millions bring their deepest struggles to therapists, spiritual guides, and now AI, and every answer hinges on what drives a human being and how they innately grow.

By identifying the Drive, we know what the person is yearning for. By locating their stage on each of the Developmental Tracks we have mapped, we know what promotes growth at that stage.

Informed by

16 manuscripts

Work spanning addictions, family systems, corporate psychology, neuroscience, and the development of consciousness.

10+ years

Teaching, practitioner training, and therapy sessions used to develop and refine our understanding of human growth.

Hundreds of cases

Case studies that informed the framework and its applications. Psychologists and clinicians examined the Drives and applied them in practice.

WHERE THIS WORK GOES

A framework that truly understands us can be put to work

A framework that truly understands us can be put to work

A framework that truly understands us can be put to work

OUR AI SYSTEM

The Human Development Engine

The Human Development Engine

We've built an AI engine that looks past what people say to what they are really seeking: what moves them, why experiences affect them the way they do, and how they grow. The Engine was structured to mirror the very architecture of human development—from consciousness and existence through psychology and spiritual growth.

HOW WE BUILT IT

HOW WE BUILT IT

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Articulated the periodic table of Drives

Articulated the periodic table of Drives

Articulated the periodic table of Drives

We identified the fundamental yearnings for particular experiences beneath our thinking and behavior.

We identified the fundamental yearnings for particular experiences beneath our thinking and behavior.

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Mapped the stages of human development

Mapped the stages of human development

Mapped the stages of human development

We charted growth from consciousness and existence through spiritual development, recognizing challenges, compulsions, and psychological disorders in the context of a person’s growth.

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Put it into practice

Put it into practice

Put it into practice

For more than 10 years, we have applied this knowledge in human training and therapy sessions, testing and refining it while building a database of human development.

For more than 10 years, we have applied this knowledge in human training and therapy sessions, testing and refining it while building a database of human development.

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Created the AI Human Development Engine

Created the AI Human Development Engine

Created the AI Human Development Engine

It understands reactions, relationships, disorders, and spiritual growth within the sequence of human development.

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE WORK

Human work.
Shared commitment.

Human work.
Shared commitment.

Human work.
Shared commitment.

Therapists, researchers, educators, and builders bringing a shared understanding of human development into practice.

Matthew Braunstein, founder of the Institute for Emergence, seated before bookshelves.

Matthew Braunstein, PhD

Matthew Braunstein, PhD

Founder & Director, Institute for Emergence

Samantha Stein, PsyD

Samantha Stein, PsyD

Director of Psychological Research and Training

Spencer Carlson, PsyD

Spencer Carlson, PsyD

Director of Therapeutic Training Programs

John Butler

John Butler

Director of Curriculum & Therapeutic Supervision

Chris Carlson, MBA

Chris Carlson, MBA

AI Product & Applications

Emily Carlson, LMFT

Emily Carlson, LMFT

Director of Couples Therapy & Conflict Resolution

Join us

Join us

This is an exciting time as we bring our work into therapy, spiritual development, and AI. We’re looking for partners, collaborators, and engineers who want to help shape what comes next.