Ashton Gardens at Thanksgiving Point
Lehi, UT
Hello there!
Welcome to Season 3, Episode 4 of my Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast!
Today, I share another interesting Story Form, using the metaphor of a carnival fun house, which helped a patient heal from a difficult, disorienting, and destabilizing experience during one of our sessions.
Many of us have suffered in the past from experiences that made us question our reality and lose our sense of direction or orientation in life. We can become ungrounded, unbalanced, and anxious. We may lose self-awareness and forget self-care.
Before you try this out, think of a situation where this Story Form might help you to heal from a chaotic and disorienting experience in your life. Then, apply this technique to that situation and see if you find it helpful.
After this Story Form, the patient said that she was able to go so deeply into the experience that she was not able to remember the latter parts of the story, although she came back to a fully alert and conscious state when the session ended. She felt that it was powerfully helpful and allowed her to feel grounded and peaceful.
Story Form integrates the use of visualization, symbolism, and metaphor to craft a story where the listener is the living protagonist in the unfolding plot.
It starts with the metaphorical state of being that captures the essence of a traumatic experience or problem and transforms it through Life Energy to an alternative, healed, and positive outcome.
This technique takes us into a deep, relaxed, trance-like state where we are able to communicate at all levels of being to transform and heal from energies and subconscious patterns, which keep us stuck in fear and uncertainty. Enjoy!
Announcement! Get ready for a great ACEP conference this year! Register for the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology 2025 conference! It’s always a powerful, informative conference, and I’m excited to meet with like-minded members there.
I hope you’ll check it out and join me at this amazing conference either online or on site. I will be presenting a talk called “Harnessing Energy Techniques for Mental Health Treatment.” The conference will be held in Phoenix, AZ, from May 29-June 1. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to learn from pioneers in this field either on site or online!
Getting Out of the Carnival Fun House Using (I∞T)® Advanced Level: Story Form
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