Home Menu

Menu


Reply
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old Jan 09, 2015, 05:33 PM
Anonymous58205
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
The place of touch in Counselling and Psychotherapy and the potential for healing within the therapeutic relationship | Issue 68: Autumn 2012 | IAHIP

For those of us who have attachment issues, trauma, pre-verbal trauma , those who were neglected or abused, this is a really good article. Its quite long but well worth a read
Hugs from:
harvest moon
Thanks for this!
Asiablue, brillskep, Gavinandnikki, growlycat, guilloche, JustShakey, musial, Petra5ed, precaryous, rainbow8, Sawyerr, SoupDragon, ThisWayOut, unaluna, UnderRugSwept, Virginia1991

advertisement
  #2  
Old Jan 09, 2015, 09:47 PM
jelly-bean's Avatar
jelly-bean jelly-bean is offline
Magnate
 
Member Since: Aug 2012
Location: Arizona
Posts: 2,564
Thank you for posting this. I'm going to save it and read it when I have more time to spend on it.
  #3  
Old Jan 09, 2015, 10:32 PM
unaluna's Avatar
unaluna unaluna is online now
Elder Harridan x-hankster
 
Member Since: Jun 2011
Location: Milan/Michigan
Posts: 42,318
I thought it was a good article and that it describes what i have / do with my current t. Except for the belly bumping!
  #4  
Old Jan 09, 2015, 11:17 PM
Asiablue's Avatar
Asiablue Asiablue is offline
Grand Magnate
 
Member Since: Apr 2011
Location: in her own dark fairytale
Posts: 3,086
Very interesting. I totally buy into touch as healing. I think in many ways it's a quicker way to heal trauma than raking over the past week in week out. Touch reaches us and communicates something really important to us. When we are traumatised, it's our bodies that hold the trauma, that's where it gets stuck so it makes sense to use touch to help unblock it.
__________________
INFP Introvert(67%) iNtuitive(50%) iNtuitive Feeling(75%) Perceiving(44)%
  #5  
Old Jan 10, 2015, 05:17 AM
Anonymous58205
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Hankster you should try the belly bumping it's fun
I thought it was a really good article that defies all beliefs about touching and dared to express all options. She sounds like an excellent therapist to have.
I agree Asia in that our bodies remember trauma it is stored in our cells and through touch it can help heal but also re traumatise, it's important to get a really experienced t when working with trauma. Even talking about stuff can re traumatise us. Trauma is stored until released and talking doesn't release the body memories. I think body psychotherapy really is the way to go. Gestalt has helped me to reconnect with my body, I was disconnected for so long. My t doesn't really work with my body only the feelings that are trapped.
I am going to print off the article and keep it.
Thanks for this!
Asiablue, rainbow8
  #6  
Old Jan 10, 2015, 06:56 AM
SoupDragon's Avatar
SoupDragon SoupDragon is offline
Elder
 
Member Since: Oct 2010
Location: in a cave
Posts: 6,977
Fab article thanks.
__________________
Soup
  #7  
Old Jan 10, 2015, 08:39 AM
unaluna's Avatar
unaluna unaluna is online now
Elder Harridan x-hankster
 
Member Since: Jun 2011
Location: Milan/Michigan
Posts: 42,318
Quote:
Originally Posted by monalisasmile View Post
Hankster you should try the belly bumping it's fun
I thought it was a really good article. I am going to print off the article and keep it.


Seriously, i agree, i found myself wanting to highlight sentences. About the t, about the client. Also she included some more recent people's work, who are apparently building on the work of some of my old favorites, like Balint and Harlow, so i would like to read more of them, i hadnt heard of them.
  #8  
Old Jan 10, 2015, 09:36 AM
Anonymous58205
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
The Harlow experiments are heart breaking but it just goes to show how much a baby needs it's mothers love no matter what species. I did highlight sentences for college. It's an article that really spoke to me. I don't know if you have heard of this book, it's called "why love matters" by Sue Gerhardt, it's an incredible book especially for those of us who were never loved as littke ones.
Thanks for this!
rainbow8
  #9  
Old Jan 10, 2015, 10:55 AM
Anonymous47147
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
That was a really good article. My therapist uses touch and it has been the most healing part of therapy.
  #10  
Old Jan 10, 2015, 08:01 PM
rainbow8's Avatar
rainbow8 rainbow8 is offline
Legendary
 
Member Since: Mar 2009
Location: US
Posts: 13,284
Quote:
Originally Posted by monalisasmile View Post
The place of touch in Counselling and Psychotherapy and the potential for healing within the therapeutic relationship | Issue 68: Autumn 2012 | IAHIP

For those of us who have attachment issues, trauma, pre-verbal trauma , those who were neglected or abused, this is a really good article. Its quite long but well worth a read
Thank you very much, Mona!!! This article validates my therapy!! Holding my T's hand provides me with something I missed as an infant. Talk therapy alone does not do that. What a great article.
  #11  
Old Jan 11, 2015, 08:31 AM
rainbow8's Avatar
rainbow8 rainbow8 is offline
Legendary
 
Member Since: Mar 2009
Location: US
Posts: 13,284
Quote:
Originally Posted by Asiablue View Post
Very interesting. I totally buy into touch as healing. I think in many ways it's a quicker way to heal trauma than raking over the past week in week out. Touch reaches us and communicates something really important to us. When we are traumatised, it's our bodies that hold the trauma, that's where it gets stuck so it makes sense to use touch to help unblock it.
What you wrote is exactly the premise of somatic experiencing! Our bodies hold the trauma, so working with those sensations is a way to release the effects of the trauma.
Reply
Views: 1470

attentionThis is an old thread. You probably should not post your reply to it, as the original poster is unlikely to see it.




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:41 PM.
Powered by vBulletin® — Copyright © 2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.




 

My Support Forums

My Support Forums is the online community that was originally begun as the Psych Central Forums in 2001. It now runs as an independent self-help support group community for mental health, personality, and psychological issues and is overseen by a group of dedicated, caring volunteers from around the world.

 

Helplines and Lifelines

The material on this site is for informational purposes only, and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment provided by a qualified health care provider.

Always consult your doctor or mental health professional before trying anything you read here.