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So many times I've encountered clients who have faced trauma or grief ask the question "Why?" "What did this happen?" "Why did that person do that?" In traditional approaches therapists may try to psychoanalyze that with clients or simply find it futile to explore that question because the client may never know why. The person may not be alive to give an answer or no contact is feasible. Some approaches may redirect the client to think of other perspectives to try to help. In brain/body approaches, I found in most cases I help client process this aspect of the grief or trauma by simply acknowledging the question. Allowing it space to be felt. Then with the accelerated resourcing exercises I've created, shift their attention to those exercises to stretch the brain and allow for healing to be experienced indirectly without answering that "Why?" question. Surprisingly most times that question becomes irrelevant as the trauma become less and less triggering for clients, and leads to letting go - a level of resolution.
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AuthorExperienced Therapist with background in Community Mental Health and Managed Care settings. Archives
December 2025
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