This lecture provides a brief overview of approaches derived from Positive Psychology that can be integrated into biofeedback based Heart Rate Variability training. Some practical ideas are given as to the underlying issues challenging clinical practice in general that make this type of integrated approach especially effective as a short term intervention.
Notion as 'working with dissociation', 'working towards pleasure rather than away from pain' and 'working from the inside out' are presented, all in a very friendly easy to grasp down to earth examples, using metaphors from simple but very rich life experiences.
Conflit of interest: none disclosed
Recorded at the NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)
2008, New South Wales, Australia.
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