WORKING WITH COMPLETION OF

DEFENSIVE STRATEGIES

Somatic Approaches to Treating Trauma – 2016

TITRATION OF A KNOWN CONCENTRATION (CALLED A TITRANT) TO A KNOWN VOLUME OF ANOTHER SOLUTION OF UNKNOWN CONCENTRATION UNTIL THE REACTION REACHES NEUTRALIZATION, 

• These chemicals are opposite in PH.

• One is an Acid and the Other is a Base

• If you mix them quickly they will form a large explosion.

• If you mix them slowly, they will neutralize one another.

• The intense energy of trauma can be slowly neutralized by taking a titrated, or slow oscillation between overwhelm and resource.

TITRATION – MOVEMENT BETWEEN VORTEX

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DEFENSIVE ORIENTING RESPONSE: FLIGHT S

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Over InhibitionNot Enough Energy To Reach Threshold

Failure to Inhibit Going Past Threshold

Failure to Complete/Discharge

3 Main Types of Dysregulation

DEFENSIVE RESPONSE: FREEZE

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