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Lecture 21.3 Resource Anchoring -
Reinforcing the Positive Trigger
OK welcome back and
welcome to this lesson on
resource anchoring ,now in
many ways resource
anchoring  could be referred
to as  an anti trauma  they hear a fast car or see a red car.
technique.
There's a good reason for this because
It works on the same principle in a
good way as trauma does in a bad
way. When we experience trauma we
create associations between the bad
event and certain things like images,
people and smells. We feel the same
negative emotions we did when we
experienced the trauma when we
come into contact with the associated
things after the event has passed. 
The associated items become anchors
to the original trauma. And this
concept can be used to our advantage
as we are about to learn.  public.
Ok so let's look at how we can utilise
this phenomenon to benefit our
clients. Let’s say that someone has a
negative experience with a red car, due
to trauma, something like a collision
for example. Well it wouldn't be
unusual for them to feel scared when
 
That would be quite understandable
and here you can clearly  see the link
between memory, emotion and
trigger. 
So... Resource anchoring uses the
same principle and same three linked
elements to create positive
associations. The aim is to use positive
memories to create triggers that
prompt positive emotions. Its a really 
simple process however  you need to
do it right to make sure you prepare
properly. 
Let’s go through the process stage by
stage. 
First, the client picks a situation where
they want to develop positive
associations. This could be something
they are scared of like speaking in
 
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Lecture 21.3 Resource Anchoring -
Reinforcing the Positive Trigger
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Second, identify the sensory
descriptions already associated with
the situation. This can be images,
smells or sound such as a crowd of
people or an echoing hall. 
Third, the client should consider what
emotions they want to feel in the
situation to make the experience more
positive. The focus is on the positives
not the negatives. To make it easier
clients can come up with positives by
working out the opposite of the
negative feelings they are experiencing
instead of tense feeling confident. Try
to push it further than just
opposites. For example  instead of
nervous, you might have ‘ an
unstoppable confidence’ something
like that.  emotions of the experience. To find the
Next, the client should identify any time
when they felt the positive emotions
previously. This doesn’t have to be
related to the problem scenario.  trigger at the peak moment should be
It's more important to find strong
emotions. There could be a different
memory for each emotion. The more
memories, the stronger the emotion. 
Step five is to choose triggers. This is
what will provoke the positive emotion.
It could be a word the client silently
says to themselves or an action. It is
common to touch two fingers that
don’t normally touch like the first finger
and thumb. It's about creating a link. 
Stage six is to use relaxation
techniques to get the client in a light
altered state. When they are relaxed
and not focusing on current thoughts,
they are ready. 
By stage number seven the client
should be recalling the chosen
memories in the altered state. They
need to imagine themselves in the
memory through all the senses.
Particularly notice the positive
strongest moment of the chosen
positive emotion, they will need to run
through the memory a couple of times.
At the peak moment they can use the
trigger to reinforce the link. Using the
done four or five times.
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Lecture 21.3 Resource Anchoring -
Reinforcing the Positive Trigger
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This needs to be done with all
memories, one for each emotion at
least.  the peak memory. They should rate
Stage eight is to come out of the
altered state. Clear the screen in their
mind. And  the client should wake up
fully.
Stage nine is to recall. They should use
their trigger and imagine the senses of
how strongly they are feeling the
chosen emotions with the trigger. If it is
less than seven, the whole process
should be repeated again with more
memories. Often the number of
memories needed depends on the
visualisation skills of the client. They
might need to find memories with the
sense they are biased towards. 
So that is a very quick run through the
process of  resource anchoring.
And there is one more stage in this
process that we need to cover and we
will cover it in the next lesson. So see
you there. 
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