Hi Moumita,
I’m just revising what I learned during our training and subsequent online sessions. I am certain that our beloved guru, @venu, will provide more practical guidance.
Changing the past through re-scripting is not advisible. In fact in our workbook it is reffered to as a crime. Here i am just summerizing what is writen in the Atlantis Batch workbook.
Overwriting bad experiance by fantasized good experiances , implies that we don’t agree with the world as it is. We diminish when we suppress a bad memories and grow when we digest them.
In only one respect we can use rescripting: to investigate what would have happned if the client had taken an other decision. This is not rewriting the history, this is known as as-if history. Example - What could have happned if i would have withstood the torture and i had not betrayed my comarades? The client might discover that they would have been caught just the day after that. Or client may discover that two of them would have survived the war. This as-if history however is not supplementing what really happned, it is just giving additional information to be utilized by therapist.
As therapists, we can reframe painful experiences as valuable lessons. Viewing pain as a learning tool offers a new perspective on confronting discomfort. Essentially, we must help client perceive pain as an asset, not a liability.
In the LBL state of hyperawareness, when clients reveal past life carryovers, we can ask what they need to experience to release fear. Resolutions should stem from the client’s higher consciousness.
Below statement is from our workbook under topic identification.
" By bringing the traumatic incident to conciousness in all its horror and pain there is often a strong cathartic release and remission of symptoms." - Woolger
By consciously acknowledging and experiencing the full intensity of a traumatic event, individuals often experience a powerful emotional release (cathartic release). This process can lead to a reduction or disappearance (remission) of related symptoms. Essentially, confronting the trauma rather than suppressing it can have therapeutic effects.
Regards
Ashish