The Sleeping/Awakening Child

Abstract

Written following a Therapeutic Spiral Modele drama in which the protagonist

hoped to reconnect with her Higher Power and to connect with her ‘‘sleeping/

awakening child’’—a Therapeutic Spiral Model role that holds the part of self whose

innocence and creativity are untouched by the trauma. In the role of the Body Double,

my role was to help the protagonist stay in her body and fully and safely experience

sensations and feelings as the work unfolded. I wrote this poem from role shortly after

the drama.

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