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Written
by: Deborah Mitnick, LCSW-C
Courtesy of Gary Craig at http://www.emofree.com
 "Hi,
Gary, I worked with a client today who's having a mastectomy
tomorrow. Of course, she's been terribly upset. We worked
on three separate issues: 1) "I'm going into invalidism
and pain. It weakens me. I'll lose my strength."
2) "I'll have to do exercises and I'll have pain.
I'm not going to feel good again. I have a lot of work
to do to get my strengh back." 3) "It's going
to be hard for me to look at it [the results of the
surgery] and love it."
With each thought, she went
from a SUDS of 10 (and in one case, 12) to a 0.
When she was at a SUDS of 6
on the last one, she said, "I love you for doing
this with me."
After the session, she said,
"I feel happy. I don't feel like crying. I feel like
I could fly."
She called me later in the evening
and said, "I feel all together, like one person, totally
whole. I enjoyed eating. I have a new spirit. I feel
well and healthy. It's brought my body together in a
way it hasn't felt in a long time. I'm even standing
straighter than I have in years."
She called again a few minutes
ago to report in (as I had asked her to do). She said,
"I feel wonderful. I told my daughter all about us."
[The client was laughing for the first time in months!]
"I'm feeling so positive. It's just wonderful. I
haven't cried since I saw you. [She has reported
crying for hours at a time before this.] "I'm way
up high and I think it's going to last."
I plan to go with her to the
hospital tomorrow. I'm prepared to work with her both
before and after the surgery, if that's necessary.
So, Gary, when do I receive
my materials? When am I going to understand why
this works? The skeptic in me is still wondering if
the results will last."
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