Why standard safety contracts don't work
- evoking power struggles
- re-enacting victim -perpetrator dynamics
- leaving clients bereft of healthy replacements
Incorporating CARESS
- walking clients through the model
- negotiating alternative ways to communicate, release endorphins, and self-soothe
- why contacting the therapist is not a part of the contract
Processing Clients' artwork
- why therapists' interpretations are detrimental
- asking open-ended questions to elicit clients'conscious and unconscious communication
- identifying the iconic images that connect to trauma narratives