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| Dagnabit |
Posted - 01/20/2009 : 11:39:10
I posted some of these links on another thread, but I thought I would bring attention to these links in a separate thread. In looking for additional techniques to deal with my TMS equivalents, I came across Steve Mensing's website http://www.emoclear.com/.
He is a counselor in Philadelphia, and the creator of "emoclear processes". He is familiar with Sarno's work, but I am not sure if he works with many TMS patients. On his website he has both journaling and non-journaling techniques for dealing with TMS. A good place to start is with his Mindbody Protocol:
http://www.freewebs.com/stevemensing/mindbodyprotocolforpsych.htm
This is how he describes his approach:
"The Mindbody Protocol for Psychosomatic Challenges is a method for locating repressed and avoided emotions and stresses from the present and past, experiencing them, and integrating/desensitizing them. The experiencing and integrating/desensitization should lead to turning off or reducing the psychosomatic symptoms."
In the Mindbody Protocol he recommends these practices as being effective for TMS:
Emotional Writing Process
Emo Integrator
Emo Reviewer
Heartbeat Integrator
Emo Direct Exposure
Two other practices that might also be effective are:
Written Integrator
Avoided Emotion Exercise
All these techniques can be found at Steve's website, and printed out for your convenience. If you like journaling, try the Emotional Writing Process. If you want a break from journaling, experiment with any of the other processes. I started using some of these processes about a week ago, and have noticed a slight improvement.
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| Dagnabit |
Posted - 01/20/2009 : 11:57:25
Here is what Steve Mensing has to say about repressed emotions (quoted from his forum):
"It's my experience that while getting in contact with repressed emotions can be difficult for many individuals at first due to long-held habits of avoidance and defenses, most folks can learn to put their attention on their inner world and bring to light what was unconscious. These can be feelings, emotions, memories, and emotionally charged thoughts. This website
and our approaches provide learnings and techniques about how to do this inner excavation. The unconscious really isn't deep or inaccesable--only our views about it make it appear that way. Basically emotional excavation is nothing more than swinging our awareness over to our inner flow of emotions, memories, thoughts and so forth which we've likely ignored or repressed. With patience those things below will come to light. Not spending the time to look past the surface and our defenses makes us believe the unconscious is some deep and locked away spot. Semi-relaxed and open attention will allow us to experience, feel, and integrate what was once hidden."
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| Dagnabit |
Posted - 01/20/2009 : 11:51:30
The Emoclear forums are also a good resource for TMS help: http://www.emoclear53380.yuku.com/
If you search the forums using terms such as "psychosomatic", or "mindbody" or "repressed", etc you can find some helpful threads.
Examples would be the following:
http://emoclear53380.yuku.com/forum/viewtopic/id/1272
http://www.emoclear53380.yuku.com/topic/4675
http://www.emoclear53380.yuku.com/reply/2417/t/Excavating-buried-emotions-with-Emotional-Writing-Process.html#reply-2417
http://www.emoclear53380.yuku.com/reply/10657/t/ways--excavating-buried--repressed-emotions.html#reply-10657
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