Video 010 Overcoming unknown-hidden blocking beliefs

Use this solution 

When you suspect that a blocking belief is holding up processing but you’re unclear what that blocking belief is.  Use the blocking belief questionnaire to identify the block. Then, use the standard protocol to remove the block.

However, when the block is identified, it’s worth first trying the simple methods described in Video 009.  For the most difficult/complex blocks, the standard EMDR protocol is likely to work best, as in this video.

Originator

We first came across the blocking belief questionnaire through Dr Jim Knipe who developed it for use with EMDR.

Video production

Matthew Davies Media Ltd, Llanidloes, Powys.
www.matthewmedia.com

What this covers

Case of a middle aged man who was raped as a young teenager.  He has never sought therapy until recently, but is getting very distressing flashbacks.  This early experience appears to have had a profound effect on his life: never married, something of a loner, buried himself in work (he is a successful small business owner).

How long

14.13 minutes

Related Videos

See Video 009

Go to ‘Take-away’?

Find blocking belief questionnaire in the Wrap up; go to Aide mémoire for use in a client session.

Take-Away Section

+ Wrap up

+ Aide-mémoire for resolving an unknown blocking belief

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Removing the block after first identifing it with the questionnaire (see Wrap up)

  1. Go back to the original target
  2. Let the blocking belief become the new NC
  3. Find an appropriate PC and get the VOC on a scale of 1-7
  4. Identify the emotion(s)
  5. Get a SUD’s level on a scale of 0-10
  6. Identify the Body location for the emotion(s)
  7. Apply bilateral stimulation until the SUD’s goes to 0 or at least to 1
  8. Install the PC until the VOC goes to 7 or at least to 6
  9. Do body scan as normal
  10. When the block has been removed go back to the original target, original NC and PC and re-apply the standard protocol process.
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What you will learn: How to work, first with the future loss of hope using the standard EMDR protocol. You will also learn how to use aspects of Brief Solution Focused Therapy to create a hopeful future, if the client is unable to do so himself. This hopeful future will become the target in this first phase of the three-part therapeutic journey.

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What you will learn:

The video demonstrates how Tom’s damaging and pervasive attachment experiences with his mother and father can be repaired and reversed through rewiring his thought patterns.  The video shows how the therapist and Tom co-construct and install an alternative reality - a hypothetical ‘ideal’ mother as a resource.  In turn, this led to new neural pathways that changed the way he felt about himself and how he related to others.

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What you will learn

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Video 017 Pain protocol for chronic pain (Revised)
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What you will learn

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Video 037 Couple therapy Phase 3 (Managing Conflict)
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What you will learn:

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What you will learn:

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What you will learn:

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What you will learn:

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What you will learn:

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