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John Omaha posted a new activity comment 3 months, 3 weeks ago
My work is also deeply influenced by the neuropsychology of the unconscious (See Efrat Ginot’s book of that name). Ginot calls the schemas like the client’s rumination defense “enactments.” Enactments are the key to the unconscious’s contents. My goal in using the Coherence Therapy tool was simply to raise an unconscious schema to awareness.…[Read more]
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John Omaha posted an update in the group Neuroscience For Therapists 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Here’s an example of integrating Coherence Therapy (CT) with the first of the seven skills of emotion regulation, a skill called Containment. The client is the husband in a couple that has come for help with conflict in their marriage. In Containment, the client, an Adult Child of Alcoholics (both parents) is asked to give an image of a…[Read more]
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Great example. I like the imagery of the containment - nice way to isolate the pro-symptom position. I assume then you look for a juxtaposition of that schema and something contrasting in his felt experience?
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My work is also deeply influenced by the neuropsychology of the unconscious (See Efrat Ginot’s book of that name). Ginot calls the schemas like the client’s rumination defense “enactments.” Enactments are the key to the unconscious’s contents. My goal in using the Coherence Therapy tool was simply to raise an unconscious schema to awareness.…[Read more]
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Thanks for that John. We’ve had Efrat in our magazine before (issue 16) - we must get her back.
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John Omaha posted an update in the group Neuroscience For Therapists 3 months, 3 weeks ago
By way of introducing myself and my approach to psychotherapy, here is a brief description of Affect Centered Therapy.
Affect Centered Therapy
Affect Centered Therapy (ACT) derives from a developmental model for psychopathology. The challenges a client faces today have their origin in childhood experiences beginning at birth if not before. ACT is…[Read more]-
Hi John,
Welcome to the Neuropsychotherapy community and thank you for your introduction to Affect Centered Therapy. I’m looking forward to your engagement with us here on these forums. As you may be aware I’m a big fan of Coherence Therapy and memory reconsolidation to create transformation and I’m excited to see this is very much a part of your…[Read more]
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Thanks for that John. We’ve had Efrat in our magazine before (issue 16) - we must get her back.