You’re therapy isn’t working because you’re pouring wine into a colander

Pouring wine into a colander in trauma therapy

I see this happen all the time with really skilled therapists.

They sit down with a client... pull out their EMDR or somatic tools... and start going deep. They're ready to work with the "big" trauma.

And it all just... leaks out.

Not because the tools don't work. But because the client doesn't have the container to hold the work yet. Their nervous system hasn't been taught how to stay present with what comes up. So they dissociate, they fragment, or they collapse.

And you're left wondering why your interventions aren't landing the way they should.

Here's the thing... before we can do healing work, we have to do what I call Meta-Therapy. We have to teach the client how to actually use therapy. We have to build the cup before we can fill it.

That’s why I'm showing you how to assess container capacity... how to teach your clients this language... and how to know when a nervous system is ready for deeper work and when it's about to flood.

And just like the last time, you can grab a guest pass if you want to see how this framework actually works in real time.

The Details: Advanced Treatment Planning for Complex & Developmental Trauma Framework

Hope to have you join us,

Esther

P.S. Pushing a client too hard, too fast isn't brave therapy.

It's re-traumatization. I'll show you how to pace the work so you're building toward actual transformation instead of just overwhelming their system.

Grab your Guest Pass here: https://integrativepsych.teachable.com/l/pdp/advanced-treatment-planning-for-complex-developmental-trauma