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triggered and can manage it better as integration is being worked on. Some events are so debilitating that they will always affect the individual, and the therapeutic work is to manage the reactions and lessen the charge.
Structures need to be in place so that life is well organized and structured, so that maintaining that, plus a healthy lifestyle, can help carry a Veteran as they confront the pain of difficult memories.
When I cover biophysical work, I explain how working directly with the body, the autonomic nervous system, and direct emotional expression helps get to the underbelly
[Per above image, see note below]
of the trauma and release effective amounts of charge so reactivity is diminished.
NOTE: (Frisch, P. R. (2018) Whole Therapist, Whole Patient – Integrating Reich, Masterson, and Jung in Modern Psychotherapy. New York, NY: Routledge; and Frisch,
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