“It includes the family wisdom, and it’s folly, prejudice and values. It includes all personal tragedies as well as global ones. It includes reactions to the new baby. Everything a baby learns about relationships, love and hate, pain and pleasure, fear and security, comes from the people of his primary scenario. His character structure grows in direct response to it”.
- Jack Rosenberg, Body Self and Soul
What is a Primary Scenario
The term ‘primary scenario’ is an Integrative Body Psythotherapy term. It is a way of exploring Intergenerational themes. You may have done this before working with different kinds of counsellors or personal work. Different styles have slightly different approachs and different words for this. You may have heard the word ‘family tree’ believe me, this not your average family tree.
Hahnemann, the father of homeopathy, was the first to introduce the concept of miasm, or intergenerational energy patterns. A miasm is an energy pattern which is passed along through the generations. You have inherited not only the colour of your eyes from a parent or grandparent, but also a bundle of things passed down to you, things which may not be yours, but left for you to deal with.
When I work with my clients with homeopathy, doing a primary scenario helps me understand more deeply what themes are there, so I can make a deeper and more complete prescription. We are so fortunate to have tools and resources so that this kind of healing can begin to take place.
My clients experience their family mapping in in a somatic way. I help them track the sensations they feel in their body each step along the way while we are on this journey together. We learn the childhood themes of emotional injury and learn which themes are more likely to fragment you.
Your primary scenario is a sacred thing. It is your life blueprint.
What are the need-to-knows
It’s a different appointment type with me. We book 1.5h of time, and there is a block of butcher paper put on the wall so we can trace together 3 generations of your family. It’s like going to a movie together. There is no prep work for this, although some people like to look up birth years.
You take the butcher paper with your primary scenario home with you and use it as a resource. It’s used in our ongoing work together to help bring back to comfort when there’s an upset.
How often would I do a primary scenario?
Each time my clients do their primary scenario, they have a different experience and deeper awareness. Some invite their partner to join as an observer, knowing this has real payoff in building strength and connection in partnership.
Learn more about this way of working here