If you have DID the Safe Place exercise will serve you in different ways. It can be a tool to shape areas in your Inner World to meet your needs. The Inner World follows the rules of a fantasy world. You can create things and they become inside reality. The first things you should create […]
guided imagery
The Safe Place part 1 (guided imagery)
The Safe Place is one of the standard exercises for trauma therapy. The idea is very simple. When you feel stressed and anxious you imagine to be in a safe place. It is just as easy as it is difficult. The exercise will give you a chance to withdraw from a difficult situation long enough […]
Introduction to guided imagery
Guided imagery is an important tool in trauma therapy. The positive effects are significant. The things we imagine influence our emotions and stress level. You can test this: Imagine you are in a small boat in the middle of the ocean, there are huge dangerous sharks all around you and there is a leak […]
The BASK-Safe (advanced containment)
Especially when you are in the middle of trauma work you might experience that your common containment safe or whatever imagery you use for containment might not work as long as you would like it to or small pieces escape your safe. That is when we use a “BASK”-safe to lock things away for good. The […]
It’s magic: chase away nightmares
Imagination is a powerful tool. It’s like magic. You can learn how to use it to create peace and calm in your every-day life. We have nightmares. Even looking at the bed and imagining sleep causes stress, despair and terror. Littles refuse to sleep. Sometimes we wake up from a nightmare and there is no […]
Containment (imagery)
Because our main goal is to stay within the window of tolerance, we need to learn how to regulate ourselves within the yellow area. We distinguish between self-regulation and relational regulation. Most people favor one or the other, but it is important to be able to use both in order to react appropriately in different […]
It’s magic: Invisibility (for scared Littles)
A friend, who is the mother of a very creative child herself, taught me, that using a little fantasy doesn’t do any harm and that faith in some weekday magic can help with stability, comfort and calm. That is why I will tap into my small “magic” gift whenever it seems necessary. As long as […]
The little “baan’t-go-on” (guided imagery)
A guided imagery for overwhelmed Littles Best to enjoy while lying on the floor or a blanket. After a story told by M, who is 6. She once heard, that God has a lamb, that can carry the burdens of the whole world and this is what it looks like for her: Maybe you are […]