The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel

Author:Daniel J. Siegel [Siegel, Daniel J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-553-90725-4
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2011-10-03T16:00:00+00:00

David took Eli through the more painful parts of the narrative, and at times Eli used his pause button again. Eventually they made it through the story, and in doing so, Eli began to release his fears associated with knives and cutting. By the time they returned to the happy ending, David could see Eli’s muscles relax, and the tension in his voice had dramatically decreased. Over the coming weeks they had to return to the story and retell it, and Eli still felt somewhat nervous around knives, but with the help of his father, Eli’s hippocampus integrated his implicit memories into his explicit awareness. As a result, Eli could now deal with the issues that had resurfaced. He and his dad then built one of their best Pinewood Derby cars ever—and named it Fear Factor, writing the name on each side of the car in scary, Halloween-style letters.

Remember, your goal is to help your kids take the troubling experiences that are impacting them without their knowledge—the scattered puzzle pieces in their mind—and make those experiences explicit so that the whole picture in the puzzle can be seen with clarity and meaning. By introducing them to the remote of the mind, which controls their internal DVD player, you make the storytelling process much less scary, because you offer them some control over what they deal with, so they can interact with it at their own pace. They can then look at an experience that scared (or angered or frustrated) them without having to immediately relive it scene for scene.

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