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119 How To Engage Someone's Story Part 3

The Place We Find Ourselves

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Tactic Four: Invite the Storyteller to Be Embedded in Their Body

Tactic four: Invite the storyteller to be embodied as they are engaging with you. Technique five: Name and address these three things betrayal, powerlessness, and ambivalence. Trauma therapist Bessel van der Kolk says that the two words he says most often during therapy are "notice" And then let 30 seconds pass as she simply feels that tightness in her chest.

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