There’s one approach to treating trauma that I’ve been hearing experts refer to more and more lately (in conversation, and also in a couple of recent workshops we’ve hosted). It’s Coherence Therapy. But what exactly is that? Well in short, it’s a framework designed to help clients overwrite conditioned emotional responses associated with traumatic memories. […]
A Three-Step Approach to Help Clients Tolerate Distress
When a client is in emotional distress, their first instinct is often to try to make the pain go away . . . . . . but by avoiding those feelings, the pain usually just grows. That’s why helping clients learn to sit with and manage distress is critical. In the video below, Michael Yapko, […]
Working with Traumatic Memories, with Raymond Rodriguez, LCSW-R
Traumatic memories can linger long after the trauma is over, leaving clients with the feeling that the threat is still present. So in the video below, Ray Rodriguez, LCSW-R shares how he worked with one client whose traumatic memory was being triggered by current events. He’ll walk you through the exercise he used to help […]
Treating Attachment Trauma with Compassionate Imagery, with Deborah Lee, DClinPsy
Attachment trauma can leave clients on constant alert for threats . . . . . . which can make processing traumatic memories incredibly difficult. So in the video below, Deborah Lee, DClinPsy, shares how she worked with one client who was severely neglected in her childhood. She’ll walk you through the imagery exercise she used […]
Working with Memory to Reframe a Traumatic Experience
A single moment can last forever in our memory . . . Now when it’s something special, a time or an event that we hold dear, reliving memories can feel almost as good to us as the actual moment did. But when someone’s memory keeps replaying a traumatic experience, that can cause them to relive […]