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Fast Trauma Pattern (long)

Thanks very much for the interest. In less than 24 hours after posting I
got 16 requests for this pattern. The interest is both very satisfying and
overwhelming (of my mail-out tolerance for one thing-hence the posting to
the list).

OK, for all those who asked, here is the Fast Trauma Cure. It is written as
a script for the "therapist" with comments to the therapist in parentheses.

This is the basics only and *must* be expanded or shortened as needed by
the client. As has been said before, genius is 1% inspiration and 99%
perspiration. I've done my 1%, the rest is up to you.

Please feel free to use this all you want. Of course before you do you will
have established rapport, worked out an ecological outcome, etc., etc.!!!,

Note that it is copyright and permission to reproduce is required.

Questions, comments, suggestions are always welcome.

Greg

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Fast Trauma Cure
© Greg Wormald 1992, 1996

1.      Find two times when you were safe and knew it: one immediately
before, and one immediately after the traumatic event. (If the trauma was
discontinuous then ask the person to access the 'film editor' in their head
and get it to splice all of the traumatic events into one long 'horror
movie' sandwiched between two times of safety, one from before the events
and one from after the events had finished. If needed reassure them that
their memories will be restored later.)
2.      Imagine walking into a movie theatre, sit down and look up at the
screen. On the screen put a picture, in black and white, of the scene after
the event, when you knew you were safe.
3.      Float up out of your body into the projection booth where you have
control of the movie. Look down into the theatre and see yourself watching
yourself on the screen. (Calibrate "safe emotional distance" physiology.)
4.      Run the film (no sound, pictures only) backwards, quickly, in black
and white, to the time when you were safe before the event. Do it fast,
really fast! (Move your arm across and say "whoosh", or "swish", or
whatever.)(Calibrate that the client has maintained emotional distance from
the event. If not, go back and re-do, or add some resources for calmness
and anchor them, or give more disassociations to increase distance. Do this
monitoring continually for the whole process. Also, reinforce: "You are in
the projection booth, watching yourself in the theatre, watching the
younger you on the screen." as necessary.)
5.      Run the film forwards, black and white, to the safe time after.
6.      Run the film backwards again, this time in colour. Good. (Sound can
be added here depending upon calibration and strength of trauma. Make a
noise like high speed tape when adding sound. If sound go to 9.)
7.      Run the film forwards in colour. Good.
8.      Run the film backwards in colour with sound. Good.
9.      Run the film forwards in colour with sound. Good.
10.     Run the film backwards in colour with sound and freeze frame the
image on the screen at the safe time before the incident, so the younger
you on screen does not even know the event is going to happen.
11.     Float down from the projection booth and back into your body in the
seat in the theatre.
12.     Look up at your younger self on the screen and call them down from
the screen to stand in front of you.
13.     Tell the younger you that no matter what happens, they are going to
come out of it all right, they will be safe, and they don't have to go
through anything by themselves, that you know this because you have come
from the future. Tell them that you will be there to help them any time
they need it, and you want to help them because you have been through this
yourself. (Be prepared for occasional torrents of tears of relief/joy here
and at the next step.)
14.     Give them a hug,...and as you do, draw them inside you, and become
one, as they are an important part of you. (Pause for integration.)
15.     Turn around and walk out of the theatre,...and come back into this
room. (If you have constructed a 'horror movie' then say "...and as you
come back into this room your film editor splices the memories back into
their proper places.").
16.     (Test and future pace.) How does that memory affect you now? And
how will it affect you in the future? (Calibrate response-if not O.K. check
ecology, etc.)
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gwormald@dove.net.au