Question
What to do when there is total amnesia?
Comment
I will work on the effects of the trauma, not on the trauma. There is no post traumatic stress in this case.
Question
What to do with the beliefs that interfere, such as "the attacks will continue, it will not stop" "We are all in danger"?
Comment
In this case, I will ask the patient to express their beliefs in the trauma novel.
These beliefs are generally not stable, not structured, but rather the expression of a reaction to the trauma. It is not necessary to change the beliefs, which are the subject of another work; you have to allow time to pass, like for example a raped woman who considers that all men are mean and infrequent.
It is once again a question of time.
