3/23/2023 0 Comments Embr therapy![]() ![]() You may want to keep it at a distance from you. You will decide where to place this container in your mind. Your container needs to have a way to add and remove memories, thoughts, and images, as well as regulate how much comes out at any one time. The container should be strong and big enough to hold whatever you wish to put into it. Container: This resource asks you to imagine a container, such as a lockbox, plastic container, bottomless container, or balloon, to store upsetting thoughts, feelings, and images.Then you will bring up your safe/calm place and notice any shifts in your body, followed by additional BLS. To test that this resource is helpful to you, think about a slightly disturbing event, something very minor. Then, your therapist will engage in additional BLS. Think of that word and notice the positive feelings you have. To easily bring up this resource, identify a cue word to associate with this place. You can also use the Butterfly Hug while you concentrate on your safe or calm place. While you concentrate on the pleasant sensations in your body, your therapist will use bi-lateral stimulation (BLS), such as eye movements or tapping, to strengthen the association of a positive experience with your place. A place you find most relaxing in the world. Perhaps being on the beach or sitting on a mountain stream. Think about what images, colors, sounds, and so forth you imagine in your safe place. Safe/Calm/Healing Place: This resource asks you to close your eyes and use your imagination to go to a place where you feel safe or calm.Stop when you feel in your body that it has been enough and lower your hands to your thighs. You can pretend as though what you are observing is like clouds passing by. You can breathe slowly and deeply (abdominal breathing), while you observe what is going through your mind and body such as thoughts, images, sounds, odors, feelings, and physical sensations without changing, pushing your thoughts away, or judging. Next, alternate the movement of your hands, like the flapping wings of a butterfly. Your eyes can be closed, or partially closed, looking toward the tip of your nose. If you desire, you can interlock your thumbs to form the butterfly’s body and the extension of your other fingers’ outward will form the Butterfly’s wings. Hands and fingers must be as vertical as possible so that the fingers point toward the neck and not toward the arms. Butterfly Hug: With this resource, you cross your arms over your chest, so that the tip of the middle finger from each hand is placed below the clavicle or the collarbone and the other fingers and hands cover the area that is located under the connection between the collarbone and the shoulder and the collarbone and sternum or breastbone.What Are the Most Common Resources Used in EMDR? Completion of this phase ensures that you are emotionally stable to share traumatic events. For individuals who have experienced complex trauma and dissociative symptoms, resourcing with your trauma therapist may take many sessions. Your EMDR therapist will help you develop resources that best work for you. During and outside of your EMDR sessions, you can utilize resourcing to keep you calm and in the present moment. Resourcing refers to identifying and instilling coping skills to help you deal with difficult reactions that you may experience. Resource development and installation is another important part of the initial EMDR phases to facilitate stabilization. ![]() The initial phases of therapy focus on identifying traumatic events and what will be targeted for processing. ![]() EMDR therapists follow an 8-phase approach to facilitate healing from disturbing memories, thoughts, images, and bodily sensations. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a well-researched treatment for PTSD, mood and anxiety issues. ![]()
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