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A “Dip Your Toe In” Approach to Sensory Grounding with Complex Trauma

October 28, 2022October 28, 2022Thomas ZimmermanLeave a comment

Trauma has the potential to promote disconnection from the present, from experience, from the body, from the self, and from more full engagement with the broader world.  These responses were in the service of survival. They may have been essential.…

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Metaphor: Dip Your Toe In, Phase Four, Phase Two

Dip Your Toe Into Breath: Hand Breathing and Blue Smoke Breathing in Phase Two of EMDR Therapy

February 20, 2022February 20, 2022Thomas ZimmermanLeave a comment
Phase One

A “Dip Your Toe In” Body Scan

July 14, 2021July 17, 2021Thomas ZimmermanLeave a comment

A video demonstration of a quick body scan for use in the preparation phase of EMDR Therapy.

Phase Two

Dip Your Toe In: Phase One

April 25, 2021Thomas ZimmermanLeave a comment

Dip Your Toe In: Phase One Be Careful What You Ask Safer Ways to Work with Lava Assess for Adaptive Information Helpful Assessments, Helpful Questions

Metaphor: Dip Your Toe In, Phase One

Intro to “Dip Your Toe In” Metaphor

April 25, 2021April 25, 2021Thomas ZimmermanLeave a comment

Dip Your Toe In Metaphor Understanding Traumatized Nervous Systems Bodies Can be Triggering Inside Can be Triggering Noticing Can be Triggering Calming or Slowing Down Can be Triggering Paying Attention to the Body Before an Audience Can be Triggering Performance…

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Before Starting, Metaphor: Dip Your Toe In

Introducing Mindfulness/Deep Breathing Using the “Dip Your Toe In” Approach

April 12, 2021April 14, 2021Thomas ZimmermanLeave a comment

The Dip Your Toe In Metaphor Strategies for Approaching a Traumatized Nervous System Carefully and Respectfully The Lens Metaphor The Inside and Noticing Can be Triggering in a Traumatized Nervous System Using Externalized Breathing as a Bridge Technique to Approaching…

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Phase Two

Topics in Working with Complex Trauma in Phase Order

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