Beyond western Psychology
EMDR(EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION REPROCESSING)has helped many people haunted by terrible abuse histories and traumatic events
The American Francine Shapiro discovered that by moving the eyes from one side to the other or up and down,the brain seem to process very rapidly and the emotional charge diminishes.The stimulation can be done as well by creating a klicking sound on one side of the ear and then the other.Children have worked through their trauma with tapping on their arms (As people worked with groups odf children after the Tsunami)
This method is very appropriate with Post traumatic stress Syndrom
I trained with EMDR Consultancy level one and intermediate but use only parts of that method
therapeutic skills learnt by healers from around the world
I involve this into my work when appropriate, it is a way of working on a slightly different level as we in the west have known and developed ,less cognitive more intuitive connected to our spiritual self , Carl Jung had integrated that kind of work, like dreamwork.. .
Healers ,called all over the globe by different names (ie priests, shaman ,lama etc) had been over thousands of years, as long humanity existed in close contact with nature and the divine , they have been talking and listening to the inner guidance and voices, often achieved in trance or meditation. The listening to the laws of nature is to be close contact to once own true nature and in a healthy and peaceful contact with our surroundings, the respect for all living beings and the earth and the cosmos . indigenous people using rituals and offerings that have often a profound effect on the well-being of an individual or a group of people. Our western rituals when in the right context (i e in our religions ) can have the same basic meanings.
In our time there seem to be an awakening of told knowledge ,the interest in ancient sites and festivals have meaning .People meditate and pray and this energy of stillness can move obstacles, help to recover from illnesses and conflicts and leading to happier lives .
There are different methods of working with a client who comes for support finding a deeper connection to oneself.t here can be transgenerational issues, patterns we carry from our ancestors and also genetically from ancient times
Our ancestors and today some indigenous healers often called a method soul retrieval, in psychology soul loss, is the disassociation of a part of ourself (High anxiety ,restlessness depression ,lack of ability to sleep well can be symptoms),lost through traumatic experiences ,shut down and away in order to function and in therapy we work to retrieve that part to become whole
I studied also with with Alberto Villoldo an American Psychologist learning from wise people in Peru Aberto Villoldo registered with the @04 and studied also with Malidoma Some@03 and Wananeechee,an Ojibwe Indian and learnt to trust the divine mighty force that is invisible but present