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Stabilization

9 techniques · 4 approaches
Bioenergetics
Basic Grounding
Basic Grounding
A stance with soft knees, feet parallel and shoulder-width apart. The sense of contact with the floor, of support, of stability. The foundat…
CFT
Calm/Safe Place Imagery
Calm/Safe Place Imagery
A CFT imagery technique for building an inner "anchor" of safety and calm. Unlike the EMDR version, it includes multisensory filling (sounds…
EMDR
Butterfly Hug
Butterfly Hug
The client crosses their arms on their chest, the tips of the middle fingers placed under the collarbones, fingers pointing up toward the ne…
EMDR
Closure (Phase 7)
Closure (Phase 7)
A mandatory procedure at the end of every EMDR session, regardless of whether reprocessing is complete. With incomplete work, the client pla…
EMDR
Container Exercise
Container Exercise
The client visualizes a sturdy, securely sealable container — a safe, a chest, a locked room — and mentally places into it the disturbing th…
EMDR
Light Stream Technique
Light Stream Technique
A guided imagery in which the client visualizes a calming colored light (blue, green, white — by choice) that gathers above the head and ent…
EMDR
Resource Development and Installation (RDI)
Resource Development and Installation (RDI)
A process of identifying and strengthening positive images, thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations connected to the client's inner resour…
EMDR
Safe/Calm Place
Safe/Calm Place
The client builds a mental image of a place of complete safety — real, imagined, or a mix. The image is filled in with sensory detail: color…
ISTDP
Graded Format
Graded Format
An adapted ISTDP format for fragile clients whose anxiety moves into smooth muscle or cognitive-perceptual disruption. Pressure is reduced a…
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