![]() ![]() For example, if the SUDS (0-10 distress rating) goes from 10 down to 0, that means that the memory content was not the problem the fear regarding the memory was the problem, which has been resolved. Ecker further proposes that this explains Flash’s variable end point, at which no further progress is made. That is, the belief, “I will not be able to tolerate facing this memory,” is repeatedly disconfirmed by repetitions of Flash.Įcker proposes that this fear of the memory is the focus of Flash’s memory reconsolidation, and accounts for Flash’s benefit or treatment effect. On the other hand, Flash does provide sufficient engagement with the memory to allow for conflicting or disconfirming information about facing the memory.Flash does not provide sufficient engagement with the memory to allow for conflicting or disconfirming information regarding the negative cognition (e.g., I’m bad, I’m not safe, I have no value, etc.) that drives the memory-related distress.Memory reconsolidation requires that a mental model is activated, and then exposed to conflicting or disconfirming information.Memory reconsolidation expert Bruce Ecker recently proposed a different hypothesis (transcript is here), summarized as follows: So how does it work? Manfield and colleagues (2017) posited a memory reconsolidation account relying on rapid subliminal information processing. ![]() When the therapist is using PC, the visualization sequence is done while the therapist counts aloud from one to 10 (Greenwald, 2017). In the original version (Manfield, Lovett, Engel, & Manfield, 2017) this is done during slow eye movements, in conjunction with EMDR. Pending further research, Flash appears to represent an advance in trauma therapy, in that a) a client who might not otherwise have been able to face a distressing memory will be able to face it and work it through, and b) time to completion of processing is reduced.īriefly, Flash is done by guiding the client to concentrate on a safe place or other feel-good image, then “flash” past the traumatic memory so rapidly as to be unsure as to whether or not it was viewed, and then back to the feel-good image. The recently developed Flash technique enables a therapy client to rapidly and (nearly) painlessly reduce the distress level of an upsetting memory. ![]()
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