Advantages And Disadvantages Of Reframing
Reframing has long been the technique of choice in traditional therapy circles, with clients often waiting years or more for material insights and emotional freedom from the traumas they have endured.
Reframing involves changing the perspective of something in order to change the meaning we derive from it. For example, in talk therapy, a therapist might help a victim of bullying relieve unnecessary anger by helping the client understand that the bullying behaviour might be the only perceived way the perpetrator has to get love or attention...they may sadly have run out of other options.
EFT - Emotional Freedom Techniques - works a little differently, and uses tapping on specific points on the body to relieve emotional issues, by stimulating …show more content…
With EFT and reframing, a two-way street seems to occur, such that the EFT tapping itself is more easily accepted when accompanied with the reframing approach; and the EFT tapping, particularly on the Karate Chop point (small intestine meridian) seems to foster acceptance of the reframe as a new perspective worthy of real consideration for the client. Hence it carries a greater likelihood of helping the client rationalise the issue and gain emotional freedom.
Naturally there is an art to finding just the right reframe that fits the situation and will help the client find most relief. The deliberate use of both specific and general language at the right moment can be the difference between substantial relief and none whatsoever. Experienced Practitioners can assist clients to consider, or add back in to the situation, elements they may not have considered. Many times in life, with the bigger traumas we go through, and that single moment captured in our mind, we just haven't considered all the possibilities that lie outside that moment. And within those possibilities lies forgiveness, and healing. As you think about the situations of your life, what assumptions have you made, that just might not be true? What lies outside that picture, that you may not have
Reframing involves changing the perspective of something in order to change the meaning we derive from it. For example, in talk therapy, a therapist might help a victim of bullying relieve unnecessary anger by helping the client understand that the bullying behaviour might be the only perceived way the perpetrator has to get love or attention...they may sadly have run out of other options.
EFT - Emotional Freedom Techniques - works a little differently, and uses tapping on specific points on the body to relieve emotional issues, by stimulating …show more content…
With EFT and reframing, a two-way street seems to occur, such that the EFT tapping itself is more easily accepted when accompanied with the reframing approach; and the EFT tapping, particularly on the Karate Chop point (small intestine meridian) seems to foster acceptance of the reframe as a new perspective worthy of real consideration for the client. Hence it carries a greater likelihood of helping the client rationalise the issue and gain emotional freedom.
Naturally there is an art to finding just the right reframe that fits the situation and will help the client find most relief. The deliberate use of both specific and general language at the right moment can be the difference between substantial relief and none whatsoever. Experienced Practitioners can assist clients to consider, or add back in to the situation, elements they may not have considered. Many times in life, with the bigger traumas we go through, and that single moment captured in our mind, we just haven't considered all the possibilities that lie outside that moment. And within those possibilities lies forgiveness, and healing. As you think about the situations of your life, what assumptions have you made, that just might not be true? What lies outside that picture, that you may not have