Working with avoidance in the therapy room
In this video, I discuss the pervasive issue of avoidance in trauma therapy, explaining how the 'back brain' aims to protect us by avoiding the trauma. I share my personal reflection of realising that avoidance was an essential survival mechanism. Therapy challenges this avoidance, requiring a significant shift from not thinking about trauma to confronting it. I explore how therapists can gently guide clients by acknowledging their avoidance as a survival strategy and slowly encouraging recovery from the trauma. This process, built on trust and safety, allows clients to gradually confront and process their experiences.
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I’m Carolyn Spring and I’m an author, trainer, consultant and Founder of the Trauma Recovery Community. I help counsellors and therapists help their clients recover from complex trauma. Over 40,000 people have accessed my live or online training , and I’ve provided hundreds of hours of 1:1 consultations with therapists to unpick the really tricky aspects of working with complex trauma.
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