The "Inner Safe Place" (ISP)

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Terminology

Inner Safe Place /
Imagined Safe Place

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We prefer to capitalize the first letter of each word to indicate that it is a specific technique.

abbr.

ISP

short:

Safe Place /
safe place

(Safe-Place Induction)

Happy Place

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Definition

a guided imagery technique

... for evoking a feeling of safety

and/or

calmness

(deep) relaxation

(and similar states/emotions)

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... by imagining a place

... as the resource-oriented metaphor

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... that can be

... real

and/or

... imagined

(partially or entirely)

... that includes imaginary content for some or all sensory channels

... primarily determined by the receiver of care

... usually in an altered state of consciousness (ASC, trance/hypnosis)

(at least initially) through hetero-hypnosis

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Purpose/Goals:

Emotional Stabilization

The importance of the Safe Place in Emotional Stabilization

Origins

Guardrails

Evidence Base for Guardrails

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Empirical: Teaching by Dr. Charlotte BaltruschEmpirical - Matthias Behrends

Many practitioners execute versions of this technique that do not follow these guardrails.

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Many practitioners perform versions of this technique that do not follow these guardrails. Although this is not an exact science, and the evidence base for these rules is largely empirical, the popularization of suboptimal variants of this technique may lead to problems.

The RoC chooses the ISP and its details under gentle guidance, usually in a trance state.

The imaginary place can be derived from a real or imaginary place.

Common Questions

... for all imagery techniques:

Scripts

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