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Taming the Tiger Within:10 Body Based Techniques
to Change Behavior
Elia Vecchione, PhD Leo Vecchione, MA
Michael Vandenbergh, MA
Creating Trust, Safety, Attachment,
And Good Behavior. Elia Vecchione, PhD.
Service is an endless series of questions in which we encounter our own limitations…-Ram Dass
Sicilian Bisnonna
Soothing Distress
“Reach Out”
“Act Out”
“Check Out”
Defensive Systems
Still Face
Still Face Data
Inborn Action Systems Defensive Advancement
1. Attachment “Reach Out”2. Hypervigilance: Mobilization “Act Out” 1. Hypovigilance:
Immobilization “Space Out”
1. Physiological Regulation
2. Exploration 3. Play 4. Care Taking 5. Affiliation 6. Pair Bonding
Defensive Systems
1) Attachment: Reach Out Social Engagement-Proximity seeking, and Problem Solving
2) Mobilization: Act Out Hyperarousal- Freeze, Flight, Fight
3) Immobilization: Check Out Hypoarousal- Avoidance, Shut Down
“It’s about your body interpreting the world as a terrifying place and yourself as being unsafe.”
-Bessel van der Kolk
The Basics of Human Behavior
Something Happens Body Thoughts & Behavior Reacts Feelings
We don’t run because we’re afraid,
We’re afraid because we run.
We don’t run because we’re afraid,
Something Happens
Unresolvable Problem,
Confrontation Threat, Danger
“Explosions”
Disengagement AVOID!
Engagement Approach…
The Social Brain
Michael (“Check Out”) and Quincy (“Act Out”)
Ambivalent
Disorganized
Secure
Avoidant
Proximity Seeking “Approach”
“Avoidance”
“Calm” “Anxious”
Romanian Orphans
Hyperarousal: Freeze, Flight, Fight “Act Out”
The Safety Zone: Proximity Seeking “Reach Out”
Hypoarousal: Dissociate “Space Out”
States of ArousalExplosions
Avoidance & Shut Down
Still Face
A tale of 3 StatesAttachment Shut Down and AvoidanceFreeze, Flight, Fight
Mobilization Avoidance “Act Out”
Approach Engagement “Reach Out”
Immobilization Avoidance “Check Out”
The Defensive Systems:
The Autobiography of the Self, is inscribed by experience, on the brain and the body,
and told and retold through its only language, behavior.
The Rehabilitation of Attachment
Establishing Attachment as the Primary Defense
Safety
Generate Positive Affects
Proximity Seeking
Soothe Distress
Communicate Problem Solve Negotiate
Affiliate
Safety
Safety
Social Referencing I
Social Referencing II
Proximity Seeking
Proximity Seeking
Taming the Tiger Within:10 Body Based Techniques
to Change Behavior
Elia Vecchione, PhD Leo Vecchione, MA
Michael Vandenbergh, MA
I. Power Posing II. Tapping
III. Breathing IV. Walking Meditation
V. Guided Meditation VI. Singing
VII. Dancing VIII. Hand Holding
IX. Swimming X. Acupuncture