The Meaning Code Bruce Ecker on Coherence Therapy and Memory Reconsolidation: a Unifying Framework for Psychotherapy
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Apr 10, 2023 AI Snips
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Memory Reconsolidation vs Extinction
- Extinction suppresses emotional memories but doesn't delete them; original fear memories remain intact and can easily return.
- Memory reconsolidation is a brain process discovered around 2000 that can fundamentally nullify emotional learnings.
Find The Emotional Learning
- Coherence Therapy locates the underlying emotional learning that creates symptoms rather than theorizing from the outside.
- Once that specific learning is found, therapists guide its unlearning using memory reconsolidation.
Elicit Felt Emotional Models
- Elicit the client's unconscious emotional model in-session by guiding felt recall rather than assuming it from theory.
- Use focused techniques to bring that implicit learning into conscious, articulated form.