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Report from a recent Quick REMAP Professional Seminar Participant:
"I have to tell you with great excitement, that I
used the Quick REMAP (4-point) protocol with my most
skeptical, "recalcitrant", cynical, and perhaps
deeply suffering client in the week following the
training weekend. She is also perhaps one of the
most difficult dissociated clients I have ever
worked with, in that she is so concretely defended
in her intellect, yet her body has sensory
"language" that tries to tell a story of horrific
childhood and teenage abuse that her mind will not
accept.
None of the techniques I have learned in a
sensory-motor seminar in affect regulation have been
effective with her.
We come to a repetitive impasse with EMDR; her
symptoms do not abate, and in fact, she often has
trouble driving to my office, losing her way, not
remembering where my building is, unable to memorize
or recognize landmarks, etc., wandering streets in
her car until she happens upon the correct street.
This is just a mild example of how dysfunctional her
life has become. She is a successful artist whose
career has come to a dead halt, who suffers daily
nausea, and night terrors with clenched jaws.
I asked her if she were game to try a new sensory
process and see where it takes us, and she said
'Sure!' She collaborated willingly until we came to
the positive self-affirmation at which point her
cynical "part" chimed in with a harsh and bitter
laugh, and a mechanical voice forcing--almost
biting out the words 'I completely
and profoundly accept myself and love myself.' Then
she added 'Yah, sure! That's for sure.'
I ignored the cynicism, continued modeling soft
self-acceptance, and moved on to other points,
and gradually her voice modulated. I wondered
throughout the process, "is this a bad choice?" "WHY
did I pick the toughest nut to
crack, thus chancing failure?"
On we went. Despite MY doubts. Then onto a second
round.
And what did she report on the SUDS (Subjective
Units of Distress Scale) right away, to my first
question? '4 or maybe a 5...'
Steve, I could not believe my ears. I remembered
your words, about 'if I don't get a 4 or 5 (point
reduction on the Subjective Units of Distress Scale)
right away, I should go to the Quick REMAP 8-point
protocol...', and I remember thinking no way would I
ever get such results so quickly with a client.
Then she said, 'I can't explain it, but I didn't
know I've been carrying this weight almost all my
life, and now it has lifted. I feel so much
better.' We went around the (eye) circle, and the
weighty points were clear. Her body sensations were
cleared out. She was in a state of incredulity as
was I, which I tried to subdue, and we both shared
ecstasy, I can tell you that.
I have no words to thank you and to tell you how
important it is to spread and share this work.
With gratitude for all your hard work and
ingenuity,"
Alexa Bresnan,
LICSW,
Psychotherapist Massachusetts
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