A mother brings me her 14 year old son who has attention, behaviour and comprehension problems. In the office, he is agitated, moves, touches everything, goes from one action to another without any apparent link.
Here, the somatizations are important because they anchor stresses (often birth and early childhood) that keep the individual under pressure in his own case (stomach), but what is more important is his deeper emotional schema that greatly interferes in the management of information and perceptions. Here his schema is at its lowest (1-; it will be discussed in module 2 of the seminar), which literally cuts the individual off from his perception of time, space and the perception of himself. This pattern is gradually modified, session after session, opening up one's perceptions. The more we perceive and receive external information without filtering it, the more we can respond in an intelligent and coordinated way. In his case, during the second session, his mother explains to me that he listens more, that he is calmer and more peaceful and that he is more present in his eyes. He supports him and the mother feels that the exchange is richer.
During the third session, all this improved even more. In fact, the parents are more appeased because they need to be behind him less, and he gains in autonomy and emotional intelligence.
Having treated a significant number of mild to severe autistic children, the evolution is almost always of this type. Everyone benefits from this improvement, the child and the family. I would like to note that the earlier the child is taken, the faster the evolution and the greater the potential gain later on.
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