Play Episode 93 Here Smoothing out the rhythm of our sessions is an ultimate goal. From the back and forth between us and our clients to the in and out of our client’s attention with the environment and their experience, […]
093: To Linger or Move On? See More »
Play Episode 92 Here CAUTION: This episode includes several strong curse words. Identifying, naming and explicating a client’s experience is rarely as effective in Somatic Experiencing sessions as is joining in a more empathic, visceral and reflective (i.e. mirroring) way.
092: Advanced Joining, Yay-Boo! and Cursing in Sessions See More »
Play Episode 91 Here Our SE work is motivated by the desire for change and animated by bearing witness to changing experience. As we cultivate our appreciation for Pendulation and all things “in flow” we can find it confusing to
091: Helping the Stuck Thing Move Again See More »
Play Episode 90 Here Here’s a longer episode reviewing 10 of the Comedy Improv games and their associated SE lessons that form the spine of my super fun SE refinement workshops Practicing Our Lines. Each game is covered in-depth with layouts
090: Comedy Improv Games for SE Practitioners See More »
Play Episode 89 Here Techniques and technique generally is key to our success as SE Practitioners. Being able to identify what is happening for a client, what that indicates about what is coming next, having some sense of what to
089: Technique or A Feeling See More »
Play Episode 88 Here In SE Sessions, some things are associated, while others are not. Practitioners need to see these relationships for what they are and decide if there’s enough differentiation amongst associated pieces to create the context for penduluation.
088: The Pendulation Terrain See More »
Play Episode 87 Here Dynamic sessions that move toward productive change rather than maintain the status quo regularly introduce new things. These include: experiments (also known as excercises), Practitioner behavioral changes (like increasing or decreasing pace of reflections) and trying
087: Let’s Try It Once See More »
Play Episode 86 Here Some of our clients have been “going, going, going” and are going to continue doing so until they “collapse.” When we can see that coming it’s often worth introducing the idea of planning or preparing a
086: The Planned Collapse See More »
Play Episode 85 Here There are times in sessions when movement becomes increasingly free and involuntary. It’s a special thing to watch the body “come out of freeze” like that. And there are cautions: like being attentive that a sharp
085: Protecting from Extreme Range of Motion See More »
Play Episode 84 Here When we’re stressed we think less. That’s true for everyone but it’s an especially vexing fact for our distressed clients – many of whom desperately need to make more helpful and healthful decisions on behalf of their