treat-rest-treat-rest-treat-rest, until we have treated all the emotional pain associated with the part during the trauma. Will all the parts that want to join the Treatment Team please join the Treatment Team? Any questions?
P: No.
T: Now I want to set up rapport with your subconscious. Please put your hands flat on your legs on the couch beside you. Thanks. [Move each finger as you say the following.] I am going to call the index finger “Yes” and the thumb “No.” Then I’ll label the little finger “I don’t know” and the middle finger “I don’t want to tell you.” In addition, “no response” is a response. These five responses allow me to communicate better with all aspects of you and the subconscious. Now, here comes the fun. I am going to ask if I can talk with your subconscious. Your job is to be curious about whether one of your fingers is going to move and to try not to move them consciously. Now, if you feel sensations on the pad of your finger or something like that which I can’t see, you can move the finger so I can see it move. Do you understand?
P: Yes.
T: Can I talk with your subconscious? [Wait]
S: The middle finger raises. [This response is probably a part.]
T: Oh, [The middle finger — we both blush.] thank you for talking to me. Did you just wake up?
S: Yes.
T: Would you be willing to talk to the subconscious and get all the information about joining the Treatment Team, being treated, and then joining with the Main Personality?
S: No.
T: Are you worried about big, big pain?
S: No.
T: Are you worried that your memories will traumatize the Main Personality?
S: Yes.
T: Well, during the treatment process, the subconscious can use the dissociative process to dissociate all those memories so they will never go into conscious experience. Would you now be willing to join the Treatment Team? [This is an example of a reframe or explanation that neutralizes the concern.]
S: Yes.
T: Thank you. Subconscious, are all the parts on the Treatment Team?
S: I don’t know. [Little finger]
T: Can I talk to the part that said, “I don’t know”?
S: [No response.]
T: Is this part a prebirth part? [Prebirth parts learn to share information from the subconscious with the active personality and are frequent barriers to communication with the subconscious.]
S: Yes.
T: Would you and all the other prebirth parts be willing to join the Treatment Team?
S: Yes.
T: Thank you. Subconscious, are all the parts on the Treatment Team?
S: No.
T: Can I talk to all the parts that don’t want to join the Treatment Team?
S: Yes.
T: Will you all talk to the subconscious to find answers to all your questions and considerations? Then you can make an informed [emphasize] decision about joining the Treatment Team, getting treatment, having your positive qualities strengthened with positive emotions, and joining with the Main Personality? [When I get the parts to talk to the subconscious, it saves time.]
S: Yes.
T: [Wait] Subconscious, have all those parts decided to join the Treatment Team?
S: Yes.
T: Are all the active parts on the Treatment Team?
S: Yes.
T: Do all the members of the Treatment Team want me to teach the subconscious the treatment process?
S: Yes.
T: You mean there are no parts that have an objection to my teaching the treatment process to the subconscious?
S: No. [Oops, wrong answer. Also, “I don’t know,” “I don’t want to tell you” and no response are answers that lead to problem-solving.]
T: [Guessing] Is this part a wee little baby part that is afraid he (or she) won’t get an equal vote on the Treatment Team?
S: Yes.
T: Well, all the parts on the Treatment Team have agreed to give all parts, even you, an equal vote. Would you be willing to join the Treatment Team?
S: Yes.
T: Thank you. Do all the members of the Treatment Team want me to teach the subconscious the treatment process?
S: Yes.
T: You mean there are no parts that have an objection to my teaching the treatment process to the subconscious?
S: Yes.
Note: Before reading the following metaphor that teaches the treatment process, check with your subconscious. See if it is OK to read the treatment metaphor and that it will not be disrespectful to any aspect of your personality.
T: [Quickly say or read the metaphor before any new parts wake up.] [You will learn two metaphors for teaching the treatment in Chapters 3 and 4. To read it here would be disrespectful to some aspects or parts in your personality.] Subconscious, do you understand the metaphor?
S: Yes.
Here I can point out helpful healing fields, Therapeutic Touch, the brainstem, the pineal gland and the heart field. Sometimes I make these connections to support the subconscious later during the session.
T: Can you think of a phobia on which we can try the treatment process? [A belief or trauma memory also works, or a part that “wants treatment now.”]
P: I am afraid of public speaking.
T: Subconscious, is this phobia a good practice phobia to try out the treatment process?
S: Yes.
T: OK, imagine preparing well and speaking to 100 people. On a scale of zero to 10, where 10 represents being terrified, how high is your fear or anxiety?
P: Oh, it’s about eight.
T: Focus on your image of public speaking so you feel the fears and ask the subconscious to treat your public speaking anxiety. [Wait] Do you feel the anxiety going down?
P: Yes.
T: [Wait] Subconscious, have you finished treating this phobia?
S: No.
T: Do you feel the treatment process in your head?
P:
