Session 4 - Education About Trauma and Introduction of the Trauma-Recall Protocol (TRP)

Summary

The session introduces a Trauma-Recall Protocol, which consists of a set of “tools” (for example, emotion regulation techniques) to be used when unwanted trauma recall occurs, and that help the patient to tolerate exposure. During the teaching of the protocols, be sure that the patient does the stretching and other motions, and, if the patient does not, encourage the patient to do so. The therapist should maintain a playful demeanor. At times, to ensure that a sense of relaxation is being conveyed, the therapist should purposefully slow and deepen the voice. (This creates a sense of shift in the session.)