Coaching practices for Why Do I Have More Nightmares or Emotional Intensity After Starting Therapy or Shadow Work
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- Certain traits in other people set me off way out of proportion
- Last time a memory finally felt settled, but the week since stirred things up
- The same menacing figure keeps showing up in my dreams and I wake up shaken, and I can’t shake the feeling it’s not random
- I can talk about my feelings all day from the neck up, but the real stuff seems to be locked in my body
- There’s one thing about me I spend enormous energy denying
Practices that may help
- Shadow Work
Shadow work is the process of becoming aware of — and integrating — the parts of yourself you have disowned, suppressed, or never examined: the traits, impulses, and capabilities you hide from others and from yourself. Rooted in Jungian psychology, it is a clinically used framework rather than a rigorously trialed intervention; the mechanistic rationale is strong and aligns with modern emotion regulation and self-concept research. - The emotional charge inventory
List the traits that trigger your strongest reactions in others — those reactions are mirrors.
Shadow Work - Reevaluation at the Start of Each Session
Begin every new EMDR session by checking whether last session’s gains held — and what emerged in between.
EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - Working with shadow material in dreams
Treat recurring dream figures or disturbing images as shadow characters and ask what they represent.
Shadow Work - Tracking shadow material through the body
Notice where in the body suppressed reactions live — tension, constriction, or deadness are somatic shadow clues.
Shadow Work - The integration letter to a disowned part
Write directly to the trait, impulse, or capacity you most want to disown — then listen for its response.
Shadow Work - Allowing the "divine therapy" — psychological healing through practice
Expect that regular centering prayer surfaces buried emotional material, and allow it.
Centering Prayer: The Method of Thomas Keating - Therapeutic Letters
A therapist’s written letter to a client between sessions — documenting alternative-story gains before they fade.
Narrative Therapy: Rewriting the Stories That Define You - Recognize the difference between titration and flooding
Learn to distinguish "processing within the window" from "flooding outside it" — the difference determines whether the session helps or harms.
Titration in Somatic Practice, Made Practical - Identifying and Targeting the Trauma Memory
Pinpoint the specific memory, its worst moment (the "touchstone"), and the negative belief it installed.
EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
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- Difference Between Shadow Work Therapy
Shadow work is the process of becoming aware of — and integrating — the parts of yourself you have disowned, suppressed, or never examined: the traits, impulses, and capabilities you hide from others and from yourself. Rooted in Jungian psychology, it is a clinically used framework rather than a rigorously trialed intervention; the mechanistic rationale is strong and aligns with modern emotion regulation and self-concept research.
- Is It Normal To Feel Intense Emotions During Healing
Notice where in the body suppressed reactions live — tension, constriction, or deadness are somatic shadow clues.
Tracking shadow material through the body
- Comparison Jungian Psychology Integral Shadow Work
Shadow work is the process of becoming aware of — and integrating — the parts of yourself you have disowned, suppressed, or never examined: the traits, impulses, and capabilities you hide from others and from yourself. Rooted in Jungian psychology, it is a clinically used framework rather than a rigorously trialed intervention; the mechanistic rationale is strong and aligns with modern emotion regulation and self-concept research.
- Dream Characters Shadow
Treat recurring dream figures or disturbing images as shadow characters and ask what they represent.
Working with shadow material in dreams
- How To Do Shadow Work
Shadow work is the process of becoming aware of — and integrating — the parts of yourself you have disowned, suppressed, or never examined: the traits, impulses, and capabilities you hide from others and from yourself. Rooted in Jungian psychology, it is a clinically used framework rather than a rigorously trialed intervention; the mechanistic rationale is strong and aligns with modern emotion regulation and self-concept research.
- How To Work With Your Shadow Self
Shadow work is the process of becoming aware of — and integrating — the parts of yourself you have disowned, suppressed, or never examined: the traits, impulses, and capabilities you hide from others and from yourself. Rooted in Jungian psychology, it is a clinically used framework rather than a rigorously trialed intervention; the mechanistic rationale is strong and aligns with modern emotion regulation and self-concept research.
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