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The Box Technique
February 22nd, 2010 | 
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I would like to share the box technique, which I find very useful when I cannot finish a session with a client immediately.
The following situation happened during my latest EFT Level I workshop when a woman began to tune into something very big for her. It turned out that she had been suffering from PTSD for many years, and she wasn’t ready to share any details. Her emotional outburst took her by surprise, since she thought she had successfully addressed her trauma through previous EMDR sessions. The structure of the seminar allowed for a certain timeframe to help her out of this, and we got some good relief. However, it was clear that she needed more.
Here is how she described her situation: “I had to shut the door while we were tapping because it was just too hard to do this in front of a group. I know you gave me the opportunity to take care of things afterwards, but I was just too tired to do anymore that day. I have been suffering from lack of sleep. When I’m emotional, as I was on Saturday, it exhausts me.”
Since she used the phrasing: “I am surprised that this box was opened up again!” we decided to find a way to put things back into the box and safely close it until next time. After all, putting clutter into a designated box can help the cleanup process.
Here is how we did it:
Even though I feel wide open now, I choose to feel surprisingly comfortable putting all my memories in a safe box.
Even though I feel I have more to work do, I appreciate myself for the success I have made so far.
Even though so much has happened, I choose to feel very comfortable distancing myself from it and move on until a later time.
Then we tapped up and down the body like this:
Veterans healing from betrayal and anger
Many Veterans have a deeply ingrained feeling of betrayal and anger about it. Here is a video that might help you relax:
Tapping on betrayal and unfairness
As a healing practitioner, it is important that we honor and acknowledge this experience and feeling: They often come from the soul, from the deepest source or core of being that a person is able to perceive.
Betrayal has many faces, but no matter what someone has experienced, he or she will most likely feel anger and rage about it. When I work with a Veteran, I always check for this feeling very early on. I find that many people find it relatively easy to talk about feeling cheated and betrayed. Betrayal is usually something that can be at least partially blamed on another person or group, and there are memories and arguments to prove that the client has every right to feel the way he or she does. When a Veteran begins to talk about feeling betrayed, it is important not to judge, but to listen with compassion and confirm the betrayal. Read the rest of this entry »
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