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Whether it’s in our horsemanship, as Ray Hunt described, or as I also see it, relative to our clinical and personal work (which really is the same), the key to avoiding trouble lies in tracking the “what happened before what happened ” in our clients and also ourselves. Without this awareness, we miss the moment right in front of us and end up chasing after the proverbial horse that's already left the barn.
It is easy to forget that there is an underlying need for a sense of peace, both internally and externally, that we, and our clients, seek.
We map our internal and external worlds in similar ways, as did my client in her traumatization. One can consider that our current mapping may be based on old data, old, outdated maps, and unprocessed traumatic material.
Our capacity to fully express who we truly are, underneath it all, gets withheld, and we can find ourselves feeling lost, but primarily to ourselves. We forget that we are what we are looking for.
In relationships, we might think that adding more pressure to the "outside" gets us somewhere. Instead, what if we considered going inside ourselves, to find relief?
I am always so grateful when I get to see how excited new EMDR therapists are to complete their EMDR Training. When I first got trained, I had no idea the trajectory EMDR Therapy would take me on, personally and professionally. Years later, my practice still is focused on working with complex trauma, I provide consultation, intensives, and additional support for therapists seeking to increase their confidence in working with complex trauma.
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