My Favorite Saying : “We are all children pretending to be adults, some of us do not know we are pretending, and some of us are doing a lousy job pretending.” Author unknown This blog began in January 2020. I am a seventy-seven year old part time psychotherapist and …
“FreeSpotting” : A New Technique For Healing Emotions I believe this simple technique/procedure called, “FreeSpotting” is a recent breakthrough for psychological self help. To give this a true test you will have to follow the procedures below: All that is required is spending 3-5 minutes focusing on the issue …
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Note: All postings with a # symbol are “Clean Language” therapy interventions. Clean language therapy is a type of psychotherapy that utilizes specifically worded questions and open-ended responses, which allow clients to access the subconscious and explore their narratives, thoughts, and feelings, in a nonjudgmental and safe way. It relies …
In 1985 thirteen year old girl named Lucinda changed my beliefs on what is possible in a therapy session. In one session she change her negative self concept. In addition, she was able in that session and with a five minute follow up phone conversation able to go from seeing …
It might be helpful to better understand this posting by reading this prior post: https://clintmatheny.com/what-is-clean-language-therapy/ In the late 1980s and early 1990s I had at least ten new chronically depressed clients that had been prescribed the new drug called, “Prozac”. All of these new clients were referrals from other previously …
In 1979 I became very curious about emotional states after visiting my next door neighbor’s twenty-eight year old son, Jeff in a nursing home. This experience became a profound awakening for me. Jeff had been in an automobile accident six months before this visit that left him unable to feel …
This is a 3 hour workshop video on the recently developed trauma modality , “Havening”. The workshop presenter is Kate Truitt, PhD. I do not have any financial or professional affiliation with either the presenter or developer. https://www.youtube.com/live/8zgMEE1nSHU?feature=share www.havening.org/directory/grid/view/details/14/46 A procedural guide by the developer, Ronald A. Ruden, M.D., Ph.D. : …
This is my second posting with follow ups on healing “Depression” with “Clean Language”. The first posting was using Clean Language on Metaphors to heal depression (see the link at bottom of page) will give you a better understanding of the intervention. Could it be that 99 % of our …
This posting is to create a Yardstick (or Meter stick) to measure the effectiveness of your therapy. For over thirty-three years I’ve had my clients fill out the enclosed PDF attachment with the instructions to circle their 5-7 most common emotions that they experience weekly. I also emphasized emotions not …
