Trauma Reprocessing - Preparation Phase and Summary

The Preparation phase and summary has several purposes. We know that we're trying to develop a resiliency for the clients, increase the resiliency and the readiness to go into trauma processing. The other thing that we want to look at is just their general emotional awareness and regulation skills. So if somebody is dissociating, trauma reprocessing is not going to work. Bilateral stimulation will not do what we want it to do. Or if it does, it's going to be much slower and harder on the client.