I am a trained EMDR Therapist myself and was looking for examples of this technique to use with my own clients. I came across this recording and was amazed by It how well it worked for me with one of my own memories. I found it was really effective and worked much quicker than I imagined it would. Needless to say I will be using it with my clients.

Here's the main script I extracted from the KZread transcript if you're interested (I added/removed words where I saw fit): If you're uncertain whether you can think of a disturbing memory then set it aside without getting overwhelmed i also suggest that you don't participate. So there is some risk that you may become upset. The magic of the flash technique is that it doesn't require re-experiencing of a trauma in order to lessen the trauma's impact it's intended to give you a taste of the benefits of the mdr therapy if you haven't done it yourself without delving into the traumatic memory and so for this reason it's one of my favorite tools Choose a traumatic memory. You do not need to feel it or go into it in any detail. I don't even need to know what it is, and we won't be talking about it. I just want you to choose something you've experienced that is a trauma that meets these criteria: First, it happened after the age of three, but it didn't only just happen. So not a very early memory, or a very recent memory. Second you can clearly remember it. Third, it happened only once Fourth, it doesn't have a theatre/feeder(?) memory Theater memory is a previous memory that's at least as strong as the current memory with the same theme same body sensations and same negative thoughts attached to it. For example, failing out of school in the 10th grade would be a feeder memory for being fired from a job last year because it happened before the current memory. It has the same theme of failure, same body sensation of a sinking feeling in the chest, and the same negative thought of “i'll never be good enough”. So if you're unsure whether the memory you chose has a feeder memory, you'll want to choose a different memory. So just throw a few examples of traumatic memories out there that you might choose could be a car accident an assault or violence a failure of some kind. It could be a rejection. As long as there isn't a feeder memory for it. It could be a nightmare, an incident involving intense shame, a move from, an abortion, a job loss, etc. So let's take a few moments to choose a memory now if you haven't already. Choose something that's at least a 6 out of 10 in terms of disturbance, so 10 being the most disturbance possible, zero being not at all. Rate that level of disturbance but only if you let yourself feel it - we're not trying to feel anything now. We're just thinking about how upset you would feel if you let yourself feel it We'll just take a moment come up with a memory, and come up with a number. Okay, so now i invite you to identify a positive engaging focus. This is a thought or a memory that brings you joy. It could be a person, a place, a feeling, a state. It can be like that moment when you've walked into your house on your birthday and everyone yelled “surprise!” It could be a soothing music; a comfortable chair, etc. The key is that it's positive and fully engaging, something that really makes you light up, really makes you glow, so your whole brain and body are on board with this. Some examples include a childhood cabin, your favourite song, your granddaughter, a funny movie graduation, making a pumpkin pie, your dog, an ocean beach near your home, a euphoric feeling state, a time you laughed until you cried with your best friend, it could be the awareness that you are loved. Take a few moments to come up with a positive engaging focus. One thing i want to mention is please keep your eyes open for the rest of the exercise the reason for this will become obvious I'm going to pat my legs and go ahead and pat yours with me. So we're just going back and forth. Right left right left. Call to mind your positive engaging focus and all the pleasant sensations and emotions that come with it. You continue to pat your legs. You can just pat by keeping your palms on your legs and just lifting and dropping your fingers. Continuing to pat, when i say “flash”, i'd like you to blink three times quickly. Flash [blink blink blink]. Keep patting on your legs while thinking of your positive engaging focus. Flash blink blink blink What do you see taste, touch, and hear as you think of it? Flash blink blink blink Good, just really getting into it. What do you notice as you think about that positive engaging focus? Flash blink blink blink Good. Think about what makes this such a special place, person, activity, or memory? Flash blink blink blink Okay now we'll pause for a moment and check in with the original trauma memory you came up with. Just think to yourself what's different about it now? Okay back to your positive engaging focus. So putting all your attention on your positive engaging focus. Flash blink blink blink Good. Putting all your energy on this special person, place, thing, or activity Flash blink blink blink What emotions come up as you think of this? It might be joy, excitement, peacefulness. Flash blink blink blink Are there certain pleasant thoughts or images that go with this positive engaging focus? Notice those. Flash blink link blink Let's sink in with it a little longer. Flash blink blink blink Great. So pausing for a moment and thinking about the original memory, notice what's different about it now? Okay. Back to the positive engaging focus. Let your mind drift on the blissfulness of the thoughts Flash blink blink Staying with it really feeling this. Flash blink blink blink good Continuing with that focus. Flash blink blink blink Feeling that positive focus throughout your body and mind. Flash blink blink blink Great. A little bit longer with your focus, staying with it. Flash blink blink blink Great. Let's pause and notice when you think about the original memory, what number would you give to it now? 0 to 10 with 10 being the most disturbing, and 0 not at all. Ask yourself what makes it as much as that number? So if it's a 3 what makes it as much as a 3? If it's a 5, what makes it as much as a five? Okay. So let's spend some more time with your positive engaging focus. Flash blink blink blink Feeling it with all your being. Tapping on your legs happily Flash blink blink blink Good. Staying with it Flash blink blink blink Just enjoying the pleasure that this focus brings you. Flash blink blink blink Great Flash blink blink blink Okay. So one last time we're going to check in about the original memory and what number would you give it now?

@SoniaBarrachina

Ай бұрын

This is so helpful. Thank you. I was just about to write the script by listening to the video. It would have taken me hours. When I saw you posted the script, I was so happy. This is awesome. Thank you. It is a great video, and it helps a lot to learn the technique.

EMDR therapist here! Wonderful demonstration. Looking forward to using this with my clients!

@brieftherapyworks252

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

I'm a trained EMDR therapist and just took the Flash Technique from Dr. Manfield. Not trying to be critical but when you blink, stop the bilateral stimulation and slow down on the BLS. You can activate the negative memory by going so fast.

@brieftherapyworks252

13 күн бұрын

Thanks for your comment. In my experience, there is not a need to stop the BLS when you blink. My partner attended the same (most recent) training and stated that the instruction was if someone struggles to blink and tap at the same time, to temporarily stop the tapping.

I tried it and I am shocked that it actually worked! The original memory score is 0. No emotional disturbance at all, I even hardly remember it as others mentioned here. Amazing!

@Iamisopik

2 ай бұрын

hey ! i hope you're doing well Can you please tell me if you tried the technique for only one memory or a complex trauma with so many memories and when you worked on the original traumatic memory all the rest just automatically disappeared ?

@banaani2

Ай бұрын

@@Iamisopik I tried it for only one particular memory. I still have some other memories, they did not disappear.

@brieftherapyworks252

13 күн бұрын

So glad to hear it!

My therapist recommended this video to me and shockingly, I went from a 10 -> 3!!!!!! This is amazing. Thank you so much for posting this up!!

thank you!! takes courage to do this online like this! helpful for my learning :)

Best experience i’ve ever had thank you so much

As a therapist, it was so instructive, thank you😊

I love it! Thank you for sharing, you are amazing! Great job 👏 explaining it!

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to know This 🙏

That was pretty awesome! Therapist and I were talking about doing this next week. Thank you!

Very helpful!

I loved it thank u 💕💕

So helpful thank you !

Thanx!!!

Thank you so much

I really enjoyed it! I will be seeking more training on it. I love they way you guided me through the technique with all the examples and your positive stance. Thank you!!!

@brieftherapyworks252

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the positive feedback! Phil's technique is wonderful. I'm glad you're pursuing more training on it.

Thank you. This is a really helpful video. I learned this technique in my training, but I needed a refresher because I am working with a client who would benefit a lot from it. You explain it very well, and it helps me understand and learn how to practice it.

AMAZING!

From 8 to 1 wowwww amazing

wow. that brought my negative memory to a 10 all the way down to 4.. insane !

Wouldn’t ALL traumas be feeder memories? For something to traumatize me I must have a vulnerability for it. That’s why some thing traumatize some while the same thing doesn’t traumatize others.

I choosed an annoying memory to work on with you Dr. Then i choosed a happy memory (watching all elite wrestling shows) & followed you explaining the Flash to the End I can't even remember the annoying memory Thank you very much thanks to dr.philip God guide your path to the best

@lib1819

Жыл бұрын

هل هي تقنيه ناجحه و ما مدي الفاعليه ؟

thank you, should i speak loudly about the positive event or just think about it.

How does this work for dissociation?

Can Flash technique be done with an online therapist usually, or this is just an example? Thanks

Thanks very much indeed, Brad, for this brief, practical training, using it on oneself, a necessary prerequisite for use with client. But a question: "No feeder memories." What if a client does not have a memory that is without feeder memories?

@stankehfish

2 жыл бұрын

I ran into this issue. Good question.

Very helpful. Thank you Bit cheeky but it would be great to have the script!

@chesterma3507

2 жыл бұрын

Here's the main script I extracted from the KZread transcript if you're interested (I added/removed words where I saw fit). I also posted this as a separate comment on this video: If you're uncertain whether you can think of a disturbing memory then set it aside without getting overwhelmed i also suggest that you don't participate. So there is some risk that you may become upset. The magic of the flash technique is that it doesn't require re-experiencing of a trauma in order to lessen the trauma's impact it's intended to give you a taste of the benefits of the mdr therapy if you haven't done it yourself without delving into the traumatic memory and so for this reason it's one of my favorite tools Choose a traumatic memory. You do not need to feel it or go into it in any detail. I don't even need to know what it is, and we won't be talking about it. I just want you to choose something you've experienced that is a trauma that meets these criteria: First, it happened after the age of three, but it didn't only just happen. So not a very early memory, or a very recent memory. Second you can clearly remember it. Third, it happened only once Fourth, it doesn't have a theatre/feeder(?) memory Theater memory is a previous memory that's at least as strong as the current memory with the same theme same body sensations and same negative thoughts attached to it. For example, failing out of school in the 10th grade would be a feeder memory for being fired from a job last year because it happened before the current memory. It has the same theme of failure, same body sensation of a sinking feeling in the chest, and the same negative thought of “i'll never be good enough”. So if you're unsure whether the memory you chose has a feeder memory, you'll want to choose a different memory. So just throw a few examples of traumatic memories out there that you might choose could be a car accident an assault or violence a failure of some kind. It could be a rejection. As long as there isn't a feeder memory for it. It could be a nightmare, an incident involving intense shame, a move from, an abortion, a job loss, etc. So let's take a few moments to choose a memory now if you haven't already. Choose something that's at least a 6 out of 10 in terms of disturbance, so 10 being the most disturbance possible, zero being not at all. Rate that level of disturbance but only if you let yourself feel it - we're not trying to feel anything now. We're just thinking about how upset you would feel if you let yourself feel it We'll just take a moment come up with a memory, and come up with a number. Okay, so now i invite you to identify a positive engaging focus. This is a thought or a memory that brings you joy. It could be a person, a place, a feeling, a state. It can be like that moment when you've walked into your house on your birthday and everyone yelled “surprise!” It could be a soothing music; a comfortable chair, etc. The key is that it's positive and fully engaging, something that really makes you light up, really makes you glow, so your whole brain and body are on board with this. Some examples include a childhood cabin, your favourite song, your granddaughter, a funny movie graduation, making a pumpkin pie, your dog, an ocean beach near your home, a euphoric feeling state, a time you laughed until you cried with your best friend, it could be the awareness that you are loved. Take a few moments to come up with a positive engaging focus. One thing i want to mention is please keep your eyes open for the rest of the exercise the reason for this will become obvious I'm going to pat my legs and go ahead and pat yours with me. So we're just going back and forth. Right left right left. Call to mind your positive engaging focus and all the pleasant sensations and emotions that come with it. You continue to pat your legs. You can just pat by keeping your palms on your legs and just lifting and dropping your fingers. Continuing to pat, when i say “flash”, i'd like you to blink three times quickly. Flash [blink blink blink]. Keep patting on your legs while thinking of your positive engaging focus. Flash blink blink blink What do you see taste, touch, and hear as you think of it? Flash blink blink blink Good, just really getting into it. What do you notice as you think about that positive engaging focus? Flash blink blink blink Good. Think about what makes this such a special place, person, activity, or memory? Flash blink blink blink Okay now we'll pause for a moment and check in with the original trauma memory you came up with. Just think to yourself what's different about it now? Okay back to your positive engaging focus. So putting all your attention on your positive engaging focus. Flash blink blink blink Good. Putting all your energy on this special person, place, thing, or activity Flash blink blink blink What emotions come up as you think of this? It might be joy, excitement, peacefulness. Flash blink blink blink Are there certain pleasant thoughts or images that go with this positive engaging focus? Notice those. Flash blink link blink Let's sink in with it a little longer. Flash blink blink blink Great. So pausing for a moment and thinking about the original memory, notice what's different about it now? Okay. Back to the positive engaging focus. Let your mind drift on the blissfulness of the thoughts Flash blink blink Staying with it really feeling this. Flash blink blink blink good Continuing with that focus. Flash blink blink blink Feeling that positive focus throughout your body and mind. Flash blink blink blink Great. A little bit longer with your focus, staying with it. Flash blink blink blink Great. Let's pause and notice when you think about the original memory, what number would you give to it now? 0 to 10 with 10 being the most disturbing, and 0 not at all. Ask yourself what makes it as much as that number? So if it's a 3 what makes it as much as a 3? If it's a 5, what makes it as much as a five? Okay. So let's spend some more time with your positive engaging focus. Flash blink blink blink Feeling it with all your being. Tapping on your legs happily Flash blink blink blink Good. Staying with it Flash blink blink blink Just enjoying the pleasure that this focus brings you. Flash blink blink blink Great Flash blink blink blink Okay. So one last time we're going to check in about the original memory and what number would you give it now?

So this can only be used with attachment trauma? Only single incident?

You can only train if you’re an MFT or certified in another modality. 😢

Why didn’t this work for me? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Some therapist say That flash has been more 5 times, Whats is the correct versión?

@ohiotherapist

Жыл бұрын

Three to five is standard according to Phil Manfield.

can i use it to make a song that reminds me of a bad period become neutral like any other song ? and for complex ptsd if it is a long period with so many memories how can flash be effective to process the memory of all that period so i don't get triggered anymore ? Thank you in advence 🙏

@brieftherapyworks252

13 күн бұрын

Thanks for your message. I can’t give clinical advice so I would suggest you reach out to a Flash trained therapist for support.

I didn't feel like this helped at all. I wonder if it works with people who have a substantial amount of trauma.

I'm an EMDR therapist in Canada nd I thought I would try this. Thank you. I was shocked that it was monetized in the middle after you had asked me what's different about the memory some crazy ads came on. Please fix that. That's not a responsible way to use the youtube platform as people are using all manner of difficult memories as they experiment with your KZread flash technique video. Thank you.

@bradgalvin5598

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment. That ad is unrelated to the video. You simply have a free version of KZread that includes ads. That sucks that they show up in the middle of the video though! I receive no ad money for my videos.

@Laval71

7 ай бұрын

@@bradgalvin5598 thanks for your reply. I think you can manipulate where the ad plays. But I admit I don't know anything about that . Anyways, playing in the middle isn't beneficial for the technique to say the least. Ideally you could find a way to get it to play at the beginning or end of the video . I didn't realize with that many views that you didn't get any monetization. Pretty sure that most people that watch KZread use the free version, so I just think this weird ad placement might have an impact on those viewers who have more trauma and is not the effect you intended. I did enjoy trying this technique other than that. :)

@bradgalvin5598

7 ай бұрын

I agree. That’s weird. In my experience, KZread/Google is pretty opaque when it comes to stuff like this and they want the ad in the middle so you’ll have to watch it. Unfortunate that others will have experienced the same problem you have. Glad you found the video helpful overall.

@Laval71

6 ай бұрын

@@bradgalvin5598 by the way, I googled it and you can't change the placement of the ad since it's your video

i will try🥹

Wayyyyy too fast bro!