An unrestrained reverie episode considering the mythical, idealized and probably impossible Perfect Therapeutic Island. Includes a look at when it would be necessary to go there, what would make it ideal, and words of encouragement on what we SEP’s can do when holding the tension between the reality of what is possible and what we
Practically speaking, when every knew sensation is a threat there are things that SE Practitioners need to do in order to enable success rather than recapitulate the feeling of pain, failure, or the impossibility for change. Episode 81 looks at some of the step by step nature of bringing pain laden movement sequences into small
Sometimes pain is the overriding signal in a client’s experience. Try as we might there’s simply not much ease or goodness to be found. In this episode I start to look into what we can do about such a scene in order to get some traction to help things change. Funny enough, this episode gets
Challenged sleep is a psycho-historical phenomenon of the times in which we live. It’s also a very real and personal experience for many of our clients. Being able to think and talk about sleep from multiple different levels is a requirement of our work. This episode looks at self-care tactics, some broader notions about sleep
One paradox in our SE work is the need to engage the “problem state” or “Red/Trauma Vortex” material and at the same time avoid it becoming too much of itself. Some of us get quite good at helping clients feel calmer and even generally “better” simply by helping them avoid reinforcing their attention toward disquiet