Episode 38: Right Brain Left Brain Interweaves
Listen in to hear Jen, Melissa and Bridger discuss left brain versus right brain interweaving and how it applies to the therapy model Beyond Healing Center practices.
Trauma Processing from the perspective of the right brain vs left brain
Right Brain:
-trauma is disintegrating to our processing system
-right brain is where we process the emotional aspects of the experience
-the right is responsible for the image, emotion, and body sensation
Left Brain:
-Left brain is where we create the story of what happened and puts words to the right brain experience
-Left brain is responsible for the negative and positive cognitions as well as the rating of the SUD and VOC scores
-Master and His Emissary: The divided Brain and the Making of the Western World (Iain McGilcristt)
EMDR Healing from this perspective:
-EMDR increases left/ right integration
-When someone is stuck sometimes that is because they are struggling to make the leap from left to right or right to left
-It is critical that we are monitoring that the processing is happening from a whole brain perspective, not just right or left.
-We will need to utilize interweaves as a tool to ensure that this is happening.
Right Brain Interweaves:
-Shifting focus to body and emotion
-Ego state work
-Process Interweaves
-Metaphors/ imagery/ symbolism
-Resources
-Physical touch and movement
Left Brain Interweaves:
-Sharing new information: facts, statistics, psycho-education
-Cognitive reframing
-Shifting the focus to thoughts/ cognitions
-Reboot: returning to the target experience
Katherine Keller: www.katherinekeller.net/emdr
Healing Retreats: www.beyondhealingcenter.com
Carly Bruce
What is the list of interweaves you had prepared for this episode?
jtalbot
You beat us to it! :0) We will have show notes for this episode posted soon. We apologize for the delay in getting them released.