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July 12, 2024 47 mins

What is the significance of 'Holding Your Own Energy' in trauma recovery?

Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) recovery is a multifaceted process that involves various therapeutic approaches aimed at healing deep-seated trauma. One innovative method that has gained attention is Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Parts Work, which emphasizes the importance of unburdening internal parts to differentiate between trauma energies and one's True Self. Tanner, through years of training and personal experience, advocates for the transformative power of IFS in managing and transforming these energies. She highlights the necessity of a precise understanding and theory of change, which is encapsulated in the CPTSD Medicine Healing Protocol—a structured framework that prioritizes practicality and love. Despite acknowledging the current limitations of technology in addressing complex trauma, Tanner remains optimistic about future advancements, underscoring a pragmatic yet heart-centered approach to CPTSD recovery.

Key TakeAways

- Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Parts Work are crucial in CPTSD recovery.

- Unburdening internal parts is essential in separating trauma energies from the core self.

- Holding energy in recovery helps avoid perpetuating harm and secondary traumas.

- Developing the capacity to manage overwhelming energies is a significant milestone in CPTSD recovery.

- Practicality and love are essential in approaching trauma recovery.

- Energy centers and self-generated energy play a crucial role in CPTSD recovery.

- Utilizing self energy and divinely sourced energy leads to a restored state in CPTSD recovery.

Actionable Insights

- Develop the capacity to contain and manage overwhelming, painful energies without discharging them onto others

- Utilize a structured guidebook for trauma recovery to navigate the journey effectively

- Understand and activate energy centers like trust, desire, instinct, and intimacy to create a roadmap for healing

- Channel self energy and divinely sourced energy to work towards a state free from trauma energies

- Acknowledge and hold energy within the body to avoid perpetuating harm to oneself and others

- Master the process of holding one's energy to lead to unburdening, integration, and embodiment

- Complete extensive training in Internal Family Systems (IFS) to anchor one's CPTSD recovery journey and offer effective treatment to clients

Quotes:

 “I [now] understand that IFS and Parts Work is the foundation for CPTSD recovery, not sufficient but absolutely necessary. It’s the anchor work of complex trauma recovery, in my opinion.” — Tanner [0:08:51]

“My truest truth is [that] I am a very, very, practical guide.” — Tanner[0:15:07]

“In CPTSD medicine, one of the things that is a deep value of ours is we never release trauma energies without alchemizing them first because we don’t want to put trauma energies into The Collective that somebody else could absorb.” — Tanner [0:33:55]

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