Lvl 2 Mod 7 Flashcards
Between the three different avenues of working with developmental injury, what is the target avenue?
Working with childhood states
Why is it important to do mindful experiments instead of just providing the parenting to a client’s child?
If the client is not mindful of the child state, it creates an unnecessary dependence on the therapist because their adult is not aware what is going on so the adult can’t provide it for the child themselves
What helps the most with getting in touch with the underlying developmental injury? And how do you do that?
Getting implicit contact statements that land, the sooner you get to the underlying injury. To do this you pay attention to the stuff underneath the story.
Why is it important to do a good container and frame?
If you do a good container and frame, the rest of the session will flow.
What’s an alternative to framing child state based on a memory?
Framing for a childhood state can also be started by visualizing the child and then having a memory around that.
What if a person answers “No” to the question of “does this feel familiar?”
Study the current state - what is the newness of it. 5 core organizers, going for meaning, processing emotions.
The 3 psychological affinities with the Yield developmental movement
Yield to care of another
Non‐doing
Savoring nourishment
The 4 psychological affinities with the Push developmental movement
Create distance
Defend/ Protect
Self‐identity/differentiation
Still in relationship with another - “pushing with”
The 4 psychological affinities with the Reach developmental movement
Seeking
Exploring
Express need/desire
Connect
The 1 psychological affinity with the Grasp developmental movement
Hold on - can be done with attunement towards the other
The 3 psychological affinities with the Pull developmental movement
Drawing something/someone toward
Increasing proximity
Attraction
The 2 psychological affinities with the Release developmental movement
Relinquishing
Coming to completion
Two ways to do a physical takeover with examples of each
- The therapist takes over and physical pattern or impulse that the client wants to explore.
E.g., therapist physicalizes the weight of the world on client’s shoulders by applying pressure to client’s shoulders. - Therapist takes over one side of the bind to assist the client to exploration the other side of the bind.
E.g., the therapist takes over the impulse to thwart movement, while the client
enacts the impulse to move.
What is the difference between and active and passive takeover and what is the risk with passive?
Active is when the client is experiencing two polarities and the goal is to provoke a reaction on the opposite polarity from the client.
Passive is when the client only feels one side and the goal is for the client to study the impact on them
Passive is more risky if the client does not have the ego strength to resist totally believing the takeover.
When is a verbal takeover useful and why is it useful (two reasons)?
Useful when a limiting belief or voice (e.g., of caregiver or part) emerges and blocks deepening.
It’s useful because
It brings the organization of experience related to the limiting belief to the surface to study.
It softens adaptive strategies, allowing latent need
to become more conscious.
