Foundation for healing

Loving connection is everything. It is the irreplaceable foundation which everything else is built on.

In trauma and EMDR therapy, the first stage, stabilization, is of paramount importance. When we learn to make space in empathetic interaction with a therapist for our stuck physical and emotional experiences, reactions and states, most often related to early traumas, or our wounded inner child, we prepare for the change towards a well-functioning adult. When we learn to notice what is happening within us; to recognize and voice our beliefs, feelings/emotions and sensations; to acknowledge them and strive for loving connection with them, change can begin. In other words, we learn to enter into dual consciousness; that is, 

while experiencing what we are experiencing, we are also noticing what we are experiencing and being present and grounded in the here and now in loving connection with what we are experiencing. 

We learn to be a "good parent" to our inner child. We strengthen the well-functioning adult within ourselves.

In this case, working on traumas, for example with EMDR, is safe.

Loving connection is the foundation for healing.