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A Challenge for Energy Psychology
Willem Lammers
Toronto, November 9, 2002
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Certain happenings leaveindelible and distressing memories,memories to which the sufferer continully returns,and by which he is tormented by day and by night...
Pierre Janet, 1919
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The Original Personality
Life is:• predictable• under control• just• appropriate
OriginalPersonality
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OriginalPersonality pain
threat
damage
• An unexpected, painful situation, which cannot be understood within the person’s existing frame of reference• The persons responsible for the victim cannot offer sufficient protection and cognitive structure to understand the event
Traumatic Events
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After the Traumatic Event(Charles Samuel Myers, 1940)
ApparentlyNormal
Personality
EmotionalPersonality
OriginalPersonality
pain
threat
damage
Dissociation
fixated in the trauma and associated experiences
fixated in avoidance of the trauma
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The Perception of Time(Janet, 1925)
present reality
immediate futurerecent past
distant future...... distant past
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Time Perception and Trauma(Lammers, 2002)
present
moment oftraumatic event
far future
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The Inner Parent
ApparentlyNormal
Personality
EmotionalPersonality
OriginalPersonality
pain
threat
damage
Dissociation
Inner Parent
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Recovery from Trauma
ApparentlyNormal
Personality
EmotionalPersonality
Inner Parent IntegratedPersonality
85–95% of victims recover spontaneously
Life becomes again:• predictable• under control• just• appropriate
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ApparentlyNormal
Personality
EmotionalPersonality
Inner Parent
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Treatment of Trauma
5–15% of victims need treatment
securityinformation
copingneutralization
integration
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ApparentlyNormal
Personality
EmotionalPersonality
Inner Parent pain
threat
damage
pain
threat
damage
The Bad News
A small number of clients are retraumatized and severely disturbed
They are dissociated, and treatment options are extremely limited
DissociatedPersonality
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