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  • To understand chronic psychophysiological stress from a psychological educational perspective.
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  • To facilitate 'split-second unlearning' of emotional memories contributing to chronic dis-ease.

Main Methods:

  • Observing client mannerisms indicative of subconscious 'freeze-like' stress responses.
  • Engaging clients as curious observers of their own immediate experiences and non-verbal cues.
  • Deconstructing the fragmented, split-second Pavlovian response to triggers.

Main Results:

  • Clients can detach emotional memory images (EMIs) from psychophysiological stress responses.
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  • This method helps overcome EMIs that hinder natural adaptation.

Conclusions:

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  • This therapeutic strategy avoids lengthy narrative exploration.
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