Understanding “Deep Breathing Doesn’t Work for Me” and Other Problems of Resourcing with Complex Trauma

“Deep Breathing Doesn’t Work for Me”

Understanding that Pervasively Traumatized Nervous Systems are Different than Non-Traumatized Nervous Systems
Don’t Tell Clients What they Will or Should Feel in Resourcing, Think of it as an Opportunity to Get Helpful Information
Car with a Cinder Block on the Gas Petal Metaphor
Pairing Body Scan and Resources
The Importance of Asking Permission and How Long Resource will Last
Modeling a Single Breath and Using that Information Select a Breath that May be More Tolerable
With Some Clients, the Goal is to Find a Resource that Isn’t Actively Triggering
Using Body Scans without Much of an Agenda
Understanding What a Resource “Working” Looks Like… If it Calms You, It May Only Calm You for a Moment
Noticing the Body is Also a Crucial Phase Two Resource
Body Scanning is a Good Strategy to Promote Embodiment, So Clients Can be Imbodied Enough to Notice
Homework: Practice Resources During the Times of the Day When Anxiety Isn’t Going Straight Up, Noticing the Layer Below is a Good Way to Lower Baseline Anxiety in the Short Term and Prepare for Reprocessing

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