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Article : Releasing Allover Pain Associated with Sexual Trauma, PTSD
 
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Name : Lynne Shaner
City: Washington
State : District of Columbia
Country : United States
   
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Many of my clients have PTSD stemming from childhood trauma and sexual abuse. In many cases, pain is associated with these traumas, though sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint---the pain is all over, shifts, moves, and is present on an ongoing basis. We have had steady success in collapsing the emotional charge around many specific incidents, and each time, I tune into the body, asking where the client feels it, and we are able to zero out the physical pain as well. In between sessions, however, the allover, shifting pain sometimes recurs in a stubborn way, and I wanted to really find a way to reduce or eliminate that pain.
    Here’s an approach that has become really effective in clearing out the pain. This works best with the movie technique, and is usually done after you’ve gently taken down the emotional intensity with the “tearless trauma” technique, followed by the “tell the story” technique---it can take several rounds or even a whole session or more to get a major sexual PSTD issue down to a place that is safe to go into with the movie technique---be alert to your client’s reactions and go very gently. But once the time is right, here’s how it has been working for me:
First: identify the movie and give the crescendo moment a name—as in regular application of the movie technique. Link it to a SUDS level and to any emotions and physical symptoms in their bodies in the present.

Setup: ET I am still experiencing this XYZ Attack feeling, I deeply and completely love and honor myself. 2x
ET I am still experiencing this XYZ Attach time, I deeply and completely love, forgive, and honor myself, and my young self. (1x)
EB:    This XYZ Attack feeling
SE:    This pain in my stomach (or wherever, of course)
UE:    This XYZ Attack time
UN:    All the pain today that may have any link to this attack
CH:    This XYZ Attack
CB:    This pain right now in my stomach
UA:    This XYZ Attack time
Liver:    All the pain and anger that have ever been linked to this time
Head:    This XYZ Attack and all the pain attached to it

Gamut: (I do the 9-Gamut about one time per session, and it is useful to do it when tying together a number of issues, as we’re doing here)

EB:    This Attack
SE:    This sharp pain in my stomach (or wherever, of course)
UE:    This XYZ Attack time
UN:    All the pain today that is woven into this attack experience
CH:    This  sad (or whatever the emotion is, checking with your client) XYZ Attack
CB:    This sharp pain right now in my stomach
UA:    This XYZ Attack experience
Liver:    All the pain allover (name the places, if available) that may be in any way     linked to this incident and time
Head:    This XYZ Attack and all the pain attached to it

Second Sequence:
ET I am still experiencing  some of this XYZ Attack time, I deeply and completely love, forgive, and honor myself, and my young self, and choose to release this pain in my stomach now and any pain in my life that may be linked to this time. (3x)
EB:    This remaining XYZ Attack feeling
SE:    This little bit of pain in my stomach (or wherever, of course)
UE:    This remaining  XYZ Attack time
UN:    Releasing all the pain today that may have any link to this attack
CH:    This remaining XYZ Attack
CB:    Releasing this pain right now in my stomach
UA:    This remaining XYZ Attack time
Liver:     Releasing all the pain and anger that have ever been linked to this time
Head:    Releasing in peace this XYZ Attack and all the pain attached to it

EB:    This remaining Attack time
SE:    Releasing this remaining  pain in my stomach (or wherever, of course)
UE:    This  remaining XYZ Attack feeling
UN:    Releasing all the pain today that is woven into this attack experience
CH:    This remaining   sad (or whatever the emotion is, checking with your client)     XYZ Attack
CB:    Releasing this remaining pain right now in my stomach
UA:    This little bit of XYZ Attack experience
Liver:    Releasing now all the pain allover (name the places, if available) that may be     in any way linked to this incident and time
Head:    Releasing gently this remaining XYZ Attack and all the pain attached to it

It is the “all the pain linked to,” “all the pain and anger woven into,” etc that is targeting the allover pain that is not specifically present all the time but that spikes between sessions. I have found it to be effective; it also gives a secondary positive byproduct---it continues to calm down the charge on the huge list of multiple incidents. This classic illustration of the “generalization effect” as Gary Craig calls it enhances my clients’ lives on a daily basis.



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
 
 
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