Don’t have an agenda or you have a bias. Therapist needs to be a blank slate.
If you are a minute too late with an intervention it is better than a minute too soon.
Step into the uncertainty… WAIT…”Why am I talking/troubled?”
Interventions you want to do don’t make sense after 5 minutes of waiting.
Your brain is always aware of a dual Brainspot even when the client is not on it.
Believe in a miracle every time.
Therapists who believe the client will heal by their neurobiology have a better session than those who believe they need to work to make them heal.
Therapist needs to stay in the flow in the sub cortex (non-verbal) not the thinking and talking neocortex.
Stay in the “tail of comet”… Don’t lead!
Always have your pointer but use the gaze spots as well.
Don’t be distracted or lured as a therapist by the “shiny object” in client’s story.
Bring out client feelings about what happened more than picture (sub cortical).
Interventions take people out of their process. If you step in, step out and WAIT!
It’s okay not go have an activated eye position. Can have a “Dad” spot or “God” spot.
Focus on the client’s soul resources, NOT therapist’s resources FOR client.
Let client be where they are! Be curious about it…don’t shift it.
Have client observe their own breathing but don’t try to regulate it… You don’t want to create mismatched patterns because it can increase PTSD.
Intense Body Symptoms indicate preverbal trauma as well as pain conditions that are unrelenting.
