Everything we need to process trauma is stored in the body and comes out in therapy when we need it
- Prof. Dr. Franz Ruppert - founder of IoPT
Frequently asked questions
Here are answers to some questions that are often asked in connection with Identity-oriented Psychotrauma theory and therapy (IoPT) and the intention method:
What does resonator mean?
When we do resonance processes in a group, resonators are participants that the client chooses to resonate the words in his/her intention statement. Sometimes participants sign up for the course in order to be a resonance giver, without their own resonance process. Some do it to get to know the work, others because they have experience that being a resonance provider for others can also give them good learning and new insights.
It is the client who chooses resonators for their words, and whoever is asked to resonate with a word from the client's intention is called a resonator. Those who are asked to be a resonator can choose for themselves whether they want to or not. As a resonator, you resonate with the word you have been chosen for.
The trauma therapist explains in more detail what it means to go into resonance. Going into resonance is like a "fine tuning/an echo" in relation to the client's feelings and sensations in connection with the exact word you are in resonance with in this exact sentence of intention that the client has written on the board.
A bit about professional standards and ethical guidelines for providers of IoPT in Norway
On the basis of education in trauma and attachment theory, as well as other subject areas, the Trauma Therapist can offer this therapy, IoPT with the intention method. In Norway, those who are trained and have completed the criteria to offer Franz Ruppert's IoPT trauma therapy are members of the Norwegian Traumeterapeutforening (www.traumeterapeutforeningen.no ).
This means that they have completed the necessary education and practice period to call themselves a Trauma Therapist IoPT. They follow the Trauma Therapy Association's ethical guidelines. The association also has a complaints procedure through professional ethical advice.
The Professional Ethics Council is NTF's quality assurance and development body which is to ensure professional ethical practice. The council shall, based on "NTF's statutes", "Ethical principles for trauma therapists affiliated with NTF" and "Guidelines for handling complaints":
Promote IoPT trauma therapists' professional-ethical standard, be an advisory body for NTF's board and for members in professional-ethical matters, deal with complaints and disputes brought before the council in accordance with "Guidelines for handling complaints" and
be an advisory body for the board in the event of a review of the "statutes for NTF", "Ethical principles for trauma therapists IoPT affiliated to NTF" and "Guidelines for handling complaints".
Members of the Professional Ethics Council are elected by the general assembly.
For providers of trauma therapy IoPT who meet the criteria see www.traumeterapeutforeningen.no.
What happens after the resonance process?
When client and therapist end the process, the client thanks the resonators for resonating with his/her words. The therapist and client can spend some time talking together, and the therapist can give input based on his expertise in theory and the dynamics of the resonance process, but it is always only the client himself who decides what is relevant for him. The process is not "de-briefed" or discussed by the group. When the process is over, it is up to the client and therapist to talk together for the client's integration and any further steps in the therapy.
Confidentiality
All participants in a group must sign an agreement on confidentiality and that everyone takes responsibility for themselves. If a therapist is with their client, or a doctor is with their patient to a resonance process group, they must also sign the non-disclosure agreement.
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