Attachment Trauma | Nonviolent Ideal Parent Figure Protocol

The Ideal Parent Figure Protocol (IPFP) was developed by Dr. Dan Brown. It helps people shift towards a more secure attachment style. This is an extended, NVC-enriched version of my earlier IPFP track.

Know that it's not important to be able to visualize well. Feeling the connection to the situations & your needs is much more important than seeing anything at all.

This version contains the following invitation for extra work: journal about important needs that weren't met for you growing up. This sets up a more effective session; after writing, play the track. Write about 1-3 core memories that you relate to unmet childhood needs. Please take as long as you need, but 10 minutes already works. Use an 'NVC needs list' to help you connect to your needs.

This practice works best when repeated. Choose each time whether you want to do the extra journaling, or just jump right in. Journaling can be written but also with a voice recorder, etc.

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audio: Healing Meditation Music

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Love hurts! Growing up with a very-distant emotional father, I cried every time I visualised a hug from my imaginary parent. I could watch how I was left alone in my despair in my toughest times when all I needed was a hug and reassuring words. I know now I can find "that love" within me, but I am still a human being and I need to feel contact and to be hugged--I'll hug all my friends from now on just to retrieve back some of that connection I didn't have. Thanks for sharing this! Many blessings.