Re: [MET] Need help with client with severely repressed emotions / shame

Peter

You don't need to retraumatise people in EFT either, there are many
ways of addressing this. Being specific
does not mean having to go back to a painful memory,

Here is an example of using techniques in EFT designed to help with
trauma, using the subconcious images.

http://www.emofree.com/Articles/blue-box-tapping.htm

Regards

Gill Wightman
www.eastneuktherapies.co.uk

On 7 Aug 2008, at 09:39, Nicola Quinn wrote:

> Peter,
>
> Sounds to me like your client is feeling his emotions very acutely,
> psychosomatic pain IS emotional pain, of the hard core variety.
>
> His arms and hands are where he's feeling that and warming, massaging
> and letting the stuck energy flow out is exactly how EmoTrance works.
>
> In cases such as these ET works particularly well as you don't need
> to retraumatise the client by digging around for opening statements
> and can just work on the physical sensations.
>
> Nicola
>
> On 5 Aug 2008, at 09:14, Peter Donn wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi everyone
> >
> > I wonder if anyone has any ideas about my client, male, 27 years
> old.
> > He feels almost nothing emotionally. He came for his second
> session a
> > few days ago. I am seeing him again on Wed.
> >
> > Here are some other relevant notes:
> >
> > - he has ongoing significant physical pain in his muscles, including
> > hands. Dr's can't find anything wrong. Despite going to many
> > practitioners, there has been no change.
> > - he has suffered from depression
> > - muscle testing indicated that shame was blocking his progress. He
> > revealed a time when he was 6 and playing a game with a friend,
> > secretly, and when he looks back on that he feels disgust. Shortly
> > after that, his father read religious books to him, saying that
> > when you
> > die everything you have ever done appears on a large video screen in
> > front of everyone. He felt the deepest fear of his life then. He
> > wished he could undo that experience but knew there was nothing he
> > could
> > do about it. He was "tarnished" forever. He still believes in God
> but
> > acknowledges that it is not the God he was "preached" to as a child.
> > (However that child is still in deep fear).
> >
> > The upshot is that he is in a deep state of self-punishment (which
> he
> > can identify with) and has repressed shame and guilt (and all
> > emotions)
> > and I completely believe this is the reason he has repressed
> emotions
> > (you can't hang onto that and still forge a future in your life). I
> > also believe this is the reason he is experiencing ongoing physical
> > pain
> > and physical problems - a form of "self flagellation".
> >
> > He has a very strong PR blocking his progress. By using the sore
> spot
> > and shouting the setup, we managed to reverse it long enough to
> reduce
> > some of the feeling he had on a related aspect of the problem, which
> > revealed then revealed a possible abuse scenario with his father
> > involved - but there was only clues, no direct memory.
> >
> > For homework, I asked him to do 3 rounds of EFT 3 times a day, with
> > the
> > phrase (can't remember exactly) - put together jointly - Even though
> > this happened, the One True God can only love me, and forgives me
> > utterly and completely. Therefore I am redeemed". I am hoping this
> > will gradually release the part of him holding the self-punishment
> > issue
> > and blocking him being able to move forwards.
> >
> > However I think this could be a long-haul with him.
> >
> > Does anyone have a any good ideas to enable him to get to a place of
> > self-forgiveness quickly? I think this will make all the difference?
> >
> > Love Peter
>
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