Note that memory re-consolidation was originally discovered in rats, so there at least appears to be preliminary evidence that goes against this perspective.. Although “Memory” here refers to something different than what we normally think about, the process is basically the same.
There’s also been some interesting speculation that what’s actually going on in modalities like IFS and Focusing is the exact same process. The speculation comes from the fact that the requirements seem to be the same for both animal memory reconsolidation and therapies that have fast/instant changes such as coherence therapy, IFS, EMDR, etc. I’ve used some of these insights to create novel therapeutic modalities that seem to anecdotally have strong effects by applying the same requirements in their most distilled form.
Interesting. Your link seems to include a lot of papers that I’m not quite sure how to orient around. Do you have suggestions on where/how to direct my attention there?
I originally learned about the theory from the book I linked to, which is a good place to start but also clearly biased because they’re trying to make the case that their therapy uses memory reconsolidation. Wikipedia seems to have a useful summary.
Note that memory re-consolidation was originally discovered in rats, so there at least appears to be preliminary evidence that goes against this perspective.. Although “Memory” here refers to something different than what we normally think about, the process is basically the same.
There’s also been some interesting speculation that what’s actually going on in modalities like IFS and Focusing is the exact same process. The speculation comes from the fact that the requirements seem to be the same for both animal memory reconsolidation and therapies that have fast/instant changes such as coherence therapy, IFS, EMDR, etc. I’ve used some of these insights to create novel therapeutic modalities that seem to anecdotally have strong effects by applying the same requirements in their most distilled form.
Interesting. Your link seems to include a lot of papers that I’m not quite sure how to orient around. Do you have suggestions on where/how to direct my attention there?
I originally learned about the theory from the book I linked to, which is a good place to start but also clearly biased because they’re trying to make the case that their therapy uses memory reconsolidation. Wikipedia seems to have a useful summary.