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process interview
musculoskeletal system
psychospiritual approaches

definition

process work musculoskeletal system interview:
development of associations

see preliminaries:
process work: interview

The most important function of the therapeutic interview is to develop an understanding and experience of the person's pattern and process; that is, to find the individual's precise meaning of their relationship to their specific musculoskeletal condition. The 'meaning' of the musculoskeletal condition may be consistent with the person's own associations with their condition, which represent the primary consciousness. As one becomes aware of what the person is identified with, then the secondary, more unconscious signals will become apparent. When we observe the persons' associations with their condition and follow carefully what happens in the moment, the condition will then begin to appear as part of the whole process with which the person is involved. By amplifying the person's associations with the musculoskeletal system and their individual symptoms, the primary process can be supported to completion, and new insight may be facilitated. No "psychospiritual meaning" is given for specific conditions, as the meaning of symbols/symptoms is individual and does not have a universal interpretation.

The following are some of the 'associations' or concepts which came to mind by allowing possible ideas, thoughts, visions, and/or feelings of the musculoskeletal system to come into consciousness. As you think of the musculoskeletal system, ask yourself what do I know about it, what are my associations? Try other channels, for instance feeling and seeing, etc. It is most helpful to examine your own and the client's associations at the time of the interview. These examples represent the reviewers' associations at a moment in time:

• muscles, bones, ligaments, cartilage, fascia, connective tissues
• abuse, traumatizing, over-use, sprains and strains, fractures
• support structure, instability, weakening, strength, connections, gravity
• tension, pain, holding life together, chronic patterns
• kinesthesia, movement, flexibility, rigidity, stiffness
• who gets hurt? who overuses? who is inflamed, sore? who needs rest? who pushes too hard? who needs support?
• what/who is holding? what action/activity is being avoided? held at a distance?
• what activity is damaging/re-injuring/traumatizing the skeletal system? who is doing it? does it happen to them or do they identify with it?
• what happens if the symptom is exaggerated? forbidden?
• what does the symptom allow? what is it the person cannot do? what or who is stopping the person? can they identify with this role and take it over? what happens? now what is the function of the symptom?

see:
process paradigm
process work: basic principles
process work: glossary
process work: observation
process work: channel examples
process work: interventions
process work: working with signals
process work: working on the edge
process work: interview


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