I skimmed the entire article and found it fascinating. I read one of Dan Siegel's books about the brain and it's interesting to learn about our brain and how we can form new neural pathways.

My T works somewhat like the Ts in the examples, and her holding my hand is specifically for the purpose of calming my nervous system and changing or making new neural pathways iny brain.

She does somatic experiencing so she notices and comments on my twitches, fidgeting,etc. She will say something like " what just happened. You made a face or looked away or dug your hands into the couch".

I don't cry in therapy but when I say I want to, my T asks "what would the tears be saying" I find her question comforting and helpful.

I agree some of those examples are ridiculous like the one about let it come. My T used her own words except for "where in your body do you feel that?"

So, for me the article was validating my T's techniques and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Thank you, stopdog, for posting the link.