When a client Is dropping into the emotion of their story, it is the CI practitioner’s role to support the client in exploring a somatic discovery of the space where they can label the feelings and emotions they are having in that present moment in relation to past memory. The client is at all times in power to determine how they will participate in CI and what their intentions are for that session. If a client gets emotionally heightened, a CI practitioner is also trained in supporting the client in identifying parts that may hold memories and offering them compassion - many times encouraging and indicating that there is no rush, no time limit and allowing the individual to give themself permission in taking that time for themself. When an individual has hidden or suppressed trauma for a long period of time, or even expressed it but was dismissed by those they told, it can take time for them to be able to give themselves the opportunity to witness these events form the past as wel...