The Container Method for Processing Trauma, PTSD and Intense Emotions

I’m a licensed professional counselor who works predominantly with first responders, and this is probably the BEST description of the container method I’ve come across so far. Thank you for sharing this!

As soon as I click on one of Emmas videos, it feels like a hug. Always calming, straight to the point and easy to digest info. Thank you! !❤

I use an imaginary music building with a hallway full of practice rooms. The rooms are small, soundproof, and have glass doors - so I can peek in without fully re-experiencing the event.

You have a great teaching style. The clarity of how the info is delivered and the pace makes it easy to remember the whole lesson on the first try.

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I hid abuse from family for 40 years so I’m nervous but am willing to try. Thank you.

Binge watching the videos on your chanel rn, you are a gem 😭 as someone who can’t afford therapy these are so helpful

Hi There ! Oh you don’t know how much your short therapy sessions help people like myself to navigate through the trauma that affects daily living . The methods you give us are practical that we can practice on a conscious level . Thank you and I appreciate listening to your sessions on you tube . I’m so glad I found your site .

I love the idea of drawing something to represent the memory or trigger. Words can be really hard to access when triggered. When language center isn't accessible it's great to capture it in a sketch or image or shape or color. It can self validate that it was a thing and helps carve out space for it

Hello! Last vacation I got hit with my first ever anxiety attack and your videos saved me, in just under a month im going on vacation again and wanted to thank you for giving me the necessary tools to identify, bring me out of the evil circle and understand my bad habits that makes it worse. We have never met, but I owe you alot.

You are like a gift from God to us, didi. Thank you immensely for these videos. For someone who can't access a therapist, you are our main support. I wish that you always stay happy and healthy.

I wasn't expecting this, but turns out I was using this method during my breakup. I was in a short but really emotionally chaotic relationship that I ended half a year ago and all the memories and emotions from this relationship didn't make any sense, they were already like unpacked boxes in my head. I just kind of left them here focusing on what's "open" and then the more time have passed, the more boxes started to open up sometimes by themselves. I did that, because I thought that hey, I don't have to process the whole relationship right away and my body will tell me when it's ready for the next memories. I think it's a great method :DD

I think I naturally do this in therapy, but it's nice to have a name for it and to practice it more!

I just realized that I have been too hard on myself for too long this video is letting me know that I need to slow down and take easy thank you so much your channel has helped me so much since losing my parents and getting sober for three years ❤

Thank you for teaching this. I've know young children who do this naturally when they've been traumatized and it did not bode well for them at all because they never unpacked those trauma boxes, they kept them locked and that early childhood terror is what they feel when they think of unlocking the (Pandora's) box. I think this is possibly healthier for adolescents and adults, as long as they get around to processing the trauma sooner (a few months) rather than later (4 months or long) after full blown PTSD develops.

I love this idea! Great ideas! It’s just like compartmentalizing.

Thank you for the bit of knowledge. When you visualize to you literally see the objects in your mind.

The method you are presenting seems to be similar to the methods of decluttering. In fact the issues and symptoms seem to be interconnected. Thank you for your tutorial. It helps me starting my day. ❤

Thank you for this! I was a bit late to the party unfortunately. The traumatic memories flooded LOL but I think there are things I can still pack. ATM I am reconnecting with my inner child

Great Emma. I learned this box tactic from Thomas Markle. Megan's Dad. He said to do it. So I got a small cardboard box and wrote on paper slips what was bothering me with anxieties and my fears. It does help quite a bit. When the thought enters your brain, I just said, No to it, its in the box and staying there, it gives you that breathing space to work on your thoughts gradually and helps your body to heal itself over time after trauma. So yes, it's a great idea to use.