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Dedication Contributors Foreword by Catherine Fine Preface by Marilyn Luber Acknowledgments Part I: EMDR With Children and Adolescents 1: The Butterfly Hug 2: Using Olfactory Stimulation With Children to Cue the Safe or Happy Place 3: Using Olfactory Stimulation With Children to Cue Resource Development and Installation (RDI) 4: Resource Connection for Children 5: The Absorption Technique for Children 6: The Method of Constant Installation of Present Orientation and Safety (CIPOS) for Children 7: Footsteps Through the Maze 8: EMDR Assessment and Desensitization Phases With Children: Step-by-Step Session Directions
Part II: EMDR and Couples Part III: EMDR, Dissociative Disorders, and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 13: Stabilization Phase of Trauma Treatment: Introducing and Accessing the Ego State System 14: Home Base 15: Workplace or Conference Room 16: Orienting the Ego State System to Present Reality (OPR) 17: Back of the Head Scale (BHS) 18: The Method of Constant Installation of Present Orientation and Safety (CIPOS) 19: Installation and Transmission of Current Time and Life Orientation 20: Height Orientation 21: Safe Space Imagery (SSI) 22: Installing Therapist, Therapist’s Office, and Maintaining Duality 23: The Absorption Technique 24: Modified Resource Development and Installation (RDI) Procedures With Dissociative Clients 25: Constructive Avoidance of Present Day Situations: Techniques for Managing Critical Life Issues 26: Initial Targeting of Traumatic Material: Steps 27: The Inverted EMDR Standard Protocol for Unstable Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 28: The Wreathing Protocol: The Imbrication of Hypnosis and EMDR in the Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 29: The Bottom-Up Processing Protocol 30: ACT-AS-IF and ARCHITECTS Approaches to EMDR Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) 31: An EMDR Protocol for Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) 32: Protocol for Releasing Stuck Negative Cognitions in Childhood-Onset Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD)
Part IV: EMDR and Clients With Addictive Behaviors 33: Dysfunctional Positive Affects: To Assist Clients With Unwanted Avoidance Defenses 34: Dysfunctional Positive Affect: Procrastination 35: Dysfunctional Positive Affect: To Clear the Pain of Unrequited Love 36: Dysfunctional Positive Affect: Codependence or Obsession With Self-Defeating Behavior 37: CravEx: An EMDR Approach to Treat Substance Abuse and Addiction 38: The Desensitization of Triggers and Urge Reprocessing (DeTUR) Protocol
Part V: EMDR and Clients With Pain Part VI: EMDR and Specific Fears Part VII: EMDR and Clinician Self-Care Appendix A: Worksheets Appendix B: Expanding the 11-Step Procedure: Unconsolidated Sensory Triggers and Desensitization—Running the Tape Appendix C: EMDR Worldwide Associations and Other Resources References Further Readings and Presentations
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25: Constructive Avoidance of Present Day Situations: Techniques for Managing Critical Life Issues
Dedication Contributors Foreword by Catherine Fine Preface by Marilyn Luber Acknowledgments Part I: EMDR With Children and Adolescents 1: The Butterfly Hug 2: Using Olfactory Stimulation With Children to Cue the Safe or Happy Place 3: Using Olfactory Stimulation With Children to Cue Resource Development and Installation (RDI) 4: Resource Connection for Children 5: The Absorption Technique for Children 6: The Method of Constant Installation of Present Orientation and Safety (CIPOS) for Children 7: Footsteps Through the Maze 8: EMDR Assessment and Desensitization Phases With Children: Step-by-Step Session Directions
Part II: EMDR and Couples Part III: EMDR, Dissociative Disorders, and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 13: Stabilization Phase of Trauma Treatment: Introducing and Accessing the Ego State System 14: Home Base 15: Workplace or Conference Room 16: Orienting the Ego State System to Present Reality (OPR) 17: Back of the Head Scale (BHS) 18: The Method of Constant Installation of Present Orientation and Safety (CIPOS) 19: Installation and Transmission of Current Time and Life Orientation 20: Height Orientation 21: Safe Space Imagery (SSI) 22: Installing Therapist, Therapist’s Office, and Maintaining Duality 23: The Absorption Technique 24: Modified Resource Development and Installation (RDI) Procedures With Dissociative Clients 25: Constructive Avoidance of Present Day Situations: Techniques for Managing Critical Life Issues 26: Initial Targeting of Traumatic Material: Steps 27: The Inverted EMDR Standard Protocol for Unstable Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 28: The Wreathing Protocol: The Imbrication of Hypnosis and EMDR in the Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 29: The Bottom-Up Processing Protocol 30: ACT-AS-IF and ARCHITECTS Approaches to EMDR Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) 31: An EMDR Protocol for Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) 32: Protocol for Releasing Stuck Negative Cognitions in Childhood-Onset Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD)
Part IV: EMDR and Clients With Addictive Behaviors 33: Dysfunctional Positive Affects: To Assist Clients With Unwanted Avoidance Defenses 34: Dysfunctional Positive Affect: Procrastination 35: Dysfunctional Positive Affect: To Clear the Pain of Unrequited Love 36: Dysfunctional Positive Affect: Codependence or Obsession With Self-Defeating Behavior 37: CravEx: An EMDR Approach to Treat Substance Abuse and Addiction 38: The Desensitization of Triggers and Urge Reprocessing (DeTUR) Protocol
Part V: EMDR and Clients With Pain Part VI: EMDR and Specific Fears Part VII: EMDR and Clinician Self-Care Appendix A: Worksheets Appendix B: Expanding the 11-Step Procedure: Unconsolidated Sensory Triggers and Desensitization—Running the Tape Appendix C: EMDR Worldwide Associations and Other Resources References Further Readings and Presentations
10.1891/9780826122452.0025
Authors
- Forgash, Carol
Abstract
The purpose of the constructive avoidance script is to assist clients in dealing with their anxiety or stress-provoking present day situations. Dissociative clients generally are phobic or avoidant of many activities such as medical procedures, going to the dentist, taking examinations, going for job interviews, and so forth due to the complex nature of their traumas, panic, anxiety, and other trauma-related problems. When the client is going to encounter a situation that has caused high stress or triggering in the past and has not completed eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) target focusing on that issue, chances are that the ego states involved are not yet ready to deal with the situation. The client can practice with the parts before the upcoming event in sessions and as homework between sessions. This protocol assumes that clients have already established a Home Base and Workplace.
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