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    Detached Protectorexercise ED

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    Okay, here is my attempt at the chair work with Sandra: Therapist: Sandra, can you tell me how you're feeling about what happened with your ex? Sandra: I don't really feel much of anything. We broke up and that's that. Therapist: I notice you seem quite detached when discussing this. Are you aware of any feelings coming up as we talk? Sandra: Not really, no. I've always had to deal with things on my own. Therapist: It seems your detached protector has taken over to shield you from getting hurt. I'd like to try chair work to connect with the vulnerable child inside. *sets up chairs* Det

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    Okay, here is my attempt at the chair work with Sandra: Therapist: Sandra, can you tell me how you're feeling about what happened with your ex? Sandra: I don't really feel much of anything. We broke up and that's that. Therapist: I notice you seem quite detached when discussing this. Are you aware of any feelings coming up as we talk? Sandra: Not really, no. I've always had to deal with things on my own. Therapist: It seems your detached protector has taken over to shield you from getting hurt. I'd like to try chair work to connect with the vulnerable child inside. *sets up chairs* Det

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    Okay, here is my attempt at the chair work with Sandra: Therapist: Sandra, can you tell me how you're feeling about what happened with your ex? Sandra: I don't really feel much of anything. We broke up and that's that. Therapist: I notice you seem quite detached when discussing this. Are you aware of any feelings coming up as we talk? Sandra: Not really, no. I've always had to deal with things on my own. Therapist: It seems your detached protector has taken over to shield you from getting hurt. I'd like to try chair work to connect with the vulnerable child inside. *sets up chairs* Det

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    Detached Protectorexercise ED

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    Okay, here is my attempt at the chair work with Sandra: Therapist: Sandra, can you tell me how you're feeling about what happened with your ex? Sandra: I don't really feel much of anything. We broke up and that's that. Therapist: I notice you seem quite detached when discussing this. Are you aware of any feelings coming up as we talk? Sandra: Not really, no. I've always had to deal with things on my own. Therapist: It seems your detached protector has taken over to shield you from getting hurt. I'd like to try chair work to connect with the vulnerable child inside. *sets up chairs* Det

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    Exercise

    Chair work with the detached protector


    Vignette
    Sandra is a 28 year old, unemployed young woman presenting with longstanding Anorexia
    Nervosa, chronic pain and depression. Due to significant neglect associated with her mother’s
    heroin addiction, Sandra was taken into care from the age of 4. She lived in 3 foster homes over
    the course of her childhood. Her foster parents were caring but distant, and all but the final
    parent lacked emotional warmth. She is now living alone with her 2 children. She describes
    always having to deal with things on her own and being wary of others’ motives and
    trustworthiness. In sessions she presents as wary and prefers to chat about current events in
    her life rather than discussing her eating and emotional difficulties in depth. Although on the
    surface, she says she is motivated to change, homework tasks linked to changing eating
    patterns are met with little to no change. Previous attempts to gain weight and eat led to
    extreme body discomfort and emotional distress. You have been meeting with her for 5
    sessions.

    She presents in treatment in a detached matter, often being self critical of herself in subtle
    ways. She discusses how she feels ….

    “Client Sandra”instructions-
    1) Present Sandra in a detached, cut off, “out of touch” with affect way.
    2) Think of why she may be acting that way- why cope this way?
    3) Discuss a situation related to “being dumped” that ordinarily would be “emotive”. Keep
    in mind the idea of a “vulnerable” child mode

    “Therapist” instructions

    1) Commence by asking client how they feel about what has happened, reflect and
    summarise
    2) Make a comment related to “being out of touch with feelings”, enquire about if she is
    feeling anything when discussing this with you.
    3) Introduce the idea of the detached protector mode and

    4) Ask permission to do chair work and set up 3 chairs


    - A) Therapist B) Detached protector C) Vulnerable child

    5) Start dialogue speaking to the empty detached protector chair asking about why it’s
    cutting off the feelings

    6) Ask client to change chairs and provide the response “from the detached part- the side
    that doesn’t want to do feelings”

    7) Explain that ‘Little ___’ needs help and has come to therapy to try to heal her emotional
    pain…that you need to get in touch with ‘Little ___’ in order to help her. Continue with
    dialogue until it reaches its natural conclusion

    8) After chair-work: Discuss with client the impact of the Detached protector in their life…
    NB- always “speak to the empty chair”

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