I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m enjoying holding the TSK vision in my heart as I engage in dialogue with my three volunteers. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re responding well to the exercises that I assign them each week, and I notice that when I am encouraging in the client (where appropriate) some present-centred inquiry, I tend to use the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcinterplay of body, thought, feelings, etc.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 model , which each of them have responded to easily.<\/p>\n
One client reported that she usually is in a high state of anxiety at the hairdresser, but that after doing the expanding\/condensing exercise for a week, she discovered herself sitting in the hairdressers completely relaxed! It surprised her and she accounted for it in terms of spaciousness.<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not always keeping the TSK language in view, because, for example, a client\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trauma, or their depression, might necessitate a lot more reflective listening time.\u00c2\u00a0 When that has been the case I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t lose sight of my own \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcinterplay\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 dynamics, at least; though I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m giving less TSK guidance input to the client. As with any \u00e2\u20ac\u201c for a want of a better term \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcnon-dual\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 approach, it certainly helps me carry things gently and lovingly.<\/p>\n
With one of my clients the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dclayers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 language which Jack has introduced was very helpful.<\/p>\n
One big question has come up for me, to investigate as I proceed with my inquiry into TSK and therapy: What place my usual \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcparts\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 language. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s taken me years to get a language of sub-personalities that is based in the paticcasamuppada model, and it has worked well with clients. A common example, would be the language of the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcinner child.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 I usually make sure that clients understand that \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcparts\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 or \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcselves- language\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is only metaphorical \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u201c a person is not made of parts! \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but here in the TSK vision the language is more \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcimpersonal,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 it seems to me This is a question which I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had before this, but more in theory than practice, and so it is great to be playing at this inquiring edge with clients.<\/p>\n
As has been pointed out by such people as Eugene Gendlin and Rollo May, in this age we have so many ways in which \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcthe person\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 gets lost in public discourse. I see the danger in my own spiritual discipline (I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a Dharma teacher). \u00c2\u00a0Is TSK like this, too?<\/p>\n
Anyhow, this is probably one reason that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been using the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcinterplay\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 language more than usual, with these clients.<\/p>\n
A note: my usual modality is \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcexperiential therapy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 a la Eugene Gendlin, and I do see a lot of room in the TSK books for articulating a TSK angle on the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfelt sense, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc which is Gendlin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s specialty.<\/p>\n
More later, Christopher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m enjoying holding the TSK vision in my heart as I engage in dialogue with my three volunteers. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re responding well to the exercises that I assign them each week, and I notice that when I am encouraging in the … Continue reading