Therapeutic exercises

Guide the patient to chronologically map the significant events of their life in order to understand how the past influences their present emotions, b…

Facilitate communication between the different parts of the self to resolve internal conflicts and promote better psychic integration.

Encourage the patient to rewrite a more positive and resilient version of their life journey in order to foster a new perspective on their story.

Help the patient identify and manage the different conflicting inner voices or thoughts in order to ease psychic tensions.

Create a state of relaxation and reinforce positive mental images to help the patient overcome stress or anxiety.

Help the patient externalize and confront thoughts, emotions, or symbolic people through an open dialogue addressed to an empty chair.

Guide the patient through a structured visualization to explore their inner resources or envision possible futures.

Help the patient regulate their emotional responses through conscious breathing techniques that promote the calming of the nervous system.

Help the patient develop a kind and non-judgmental attitude toward themselves in moments of difficulty or suffering.

Help the patient become aware of their bodily sensations in order to better understand and regulate their emotions.

A brief-therapy technique helping individuals manage their emotional reactions to stressful or anxiety-provoking situations by establishing an anchor…

Writing a letter that will not be sent in order to process and overcome difficult emotions, traumas, or complex interpersonal situations.

A narrative intervention using the metaphor of the tree to explore and visually represent different aspects of the person's life and identity.

A visual therapeutic coaching tool providing a representation of life balance in order to assess satisfaction across the different domains of existenc…

Establishing communication between the adult one has become and the child one once was in order to heal old wounds and restore a soothed inner dialogu…

A psychotherapeutic technique in which the patient changes chairs to successively adopt three points of view and shed light on a situation or relation…

A graphic tool mapping family relationships and behavioral or medical patterns across several generations, in the manner of an enriched family tree.

A method of progressive exposure used to treat anxiety disorders (PTSD, phobias, social anxiety, OCD) by confronting the patient step by step with wha…

An exercise from CBT and ACT helping individuals identify and clarify their personal values to guide their choices and actions.

A structured breathing technique in four equal counts (4-4-4-4) aimed at calming the mind and regulating the nervous system.

An argumentation technique from Albert Ellis's REBT that, through Socratic questioning, leads to confronting and softening irrational beliefs in order…

A protocol aimed at developing in the patient an awareness of the pathological nature of their symptoms, their origin, their impact, and the need for…

Multimodal work targeting self-image, a determining and resistant psychic structure, in order to rebuild the mental representation the subject holds o…

An existential psychotherapy exercise leading the patient to map their relationship to the ultimate givens of existence (death, freedom, isolation, me…

A protocol of Brief Adaptive Identity Therapy (a LogiMind neologism) mapping the subject's adaptive identities in order to foster a more flexible and…

A protocol of Brief Emotional Coherence Therapy (a LogiMind neologism) aimed at decoding and harmonizing emotions in order to restore an internal emot…

A multimodal protocol targeting craving, the intense and sometimes irresistible urge to use a substance or engage in an addictive behavior, at the hea…

A protocol of Brief Narrative Regulation Therapy (a LogiMind neologism) combining rewriting of the life story and semantic anchoring to transform one'…

An exercise in Ericksonian hypnosis and self-hypnosis harnessing altered states of consciousness to help the patient regulate their stress on their ow…

An eight-week mindfulness program inspired by MBCT and MBSR, enriched with a bioenergetic opening, to prevent depressive relapse and regulate stress.

A codified attentional practice consisting of mentally and progressively scanning each region of the body, from the feet to the skull, observing sensa…

A diaphragmatic breathing mode in which inhalation primarily engages the diaphragm, promoting relaxation and neurovegetative regulation.

A cardinal exercise of the lower cycle of Schultz's Autogenic Training inducing, through autosuggestion, a sensation of heaviness in the limbs and dee…

An exercise from Jacobson's Progressive Muscle Relaxation, alternating contraction and release of muscle groups to induce bodily relaxation.

A practice cultivating the capacity to consciously welcome sensory information, a discreet contribution of twentieth-century body psychotherapy.

A widely disseminated breathing exercise (three times a day, six breaths per minute, five minutes) aimed at balancing the autonomic nervous system thr…

A founding exercise of Gerda Alexander's Eutony inviting one to perceive from within the materiality of one's skeleton in order to improve muscle tone…

An emblematic device of the Alexander Technique (Constructive Rest Position) consisting of lying in semi-supination to release tensions and re-educate…

A medical Qi Gong series (Ba Duan Jin) among the most widespread in the world, whose regular practice aims to maintain health, flexibility, and vital…

An adapted version of the Surya Namaskar, a sequence of twelve yoga postures linked by the breath, offering a dynamic sequence of bodily awakening.

A structured, autonomous and reproducible protocol allowing one to enter, alone and without outside intervention, an altered state of consciousness ch…

One of the most universally widespread visualization exercises (safe place), inviting one to mentally create a secure and restorative inner refuge.

A repertoire of ten self-hypnosis protocols that turns this transferable skill into a daily tool for emotional, somatic and motivational self-regulati…

A family of ten guided imagery interventions exploiting the nervous system's ability to process a mental image as a near-real experience.

A repertoire of ten short self-hypnosis protocols (five to fifteen minutes) calibrated for falling asleep, usable alone in bed, without any equipment…

The reference practice of Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (1979), an open attentional body scan cultivating non-judgmental presenc…

A seated meditative practice structured around a personal mantra silently repeated twice a day for twenty minutes, without effort or forced concentrat…

A complete walking-meditation protocol (twenty to thirty minutes) practicable indoors or outdoors, alone, without equipment or a facilitator.

A structured Open Monitoring meditation protocol, distinct from focused attention, establishing an open awareness with no single attentional object.

An art-therapy exercise of spontaneous drawing aimed at emotional discharge (linked to art therapy, TI70).

An active music-therapy exercise based on spontaneous instrumental or vocal improvisation (TI71).

A dance-therapy exercise resting on the mover/witness pairing, eyes closed, derived from Jungian active imagination (TI72).

A psychodrama exercise using the empty chair to stage and dialogue with a third party or a part of oneself (TI73).

A therapeutic writing exercise following the Pennebaker protocol: writing about an upsetting event for several consecutive days (TI74).

A phototherapy exercise based on producing and working with a photographic self-portrait (TI75).

A fairy-tale-therapy exercise inviting one to compose one's own tale as a narrative and symbolic support (TI76).

A therapeutic-puppetry exercise in which the patient builds a puppet as a vehicle for expression (TI77).

A sandplay exercise consisting of building a miniature scene in the sand tray (TI78).

A Forum Theatre exercise staging and re-enacting a real conflict experienced by the participant (TI79).

A repertoire of ten Yoga Nidra protocols adapted to distinct clinical situations (from the classic Munger protocol to military iRest, short, trauma-in…

A session opening that combines the controlled diffusion of essential oils (lavender, sweet orange, petitgrain) with a breathing induction inspired by…

A guided visualization of colors, at the crossroads of chromotherapy and therapeutic visualization, for soothing and emotional regulation (TI81).

A prolonged immersion in a vibratory field produced by long-resonance instruments (bowls, gongs, tuning forks) (TI82).

The placing of seven stones on the reclining body in presumed correspondence with the seven chakras (crystal healing, TI83).

A slow walk of complete sensory immersion in the forest, following the practice codified in Japan (TI84).

Equine-assisted therapy without riding, in which the therapeutic relationship unfolds through the ground-level encounter with the horse at a walk (TI8…

Animal-assisted therapy in nursing homes for residents presenting neurocognitive disorders, depressive syndromes or relational withdrawal (TI86).

A horticultural-therapy session organized around simple gestures (sowing, cutting, repotting, watering, pruning) within a safe setting (TI88).

A thermal-hormesis protocol combining controlled cold exposure, cyclic breathing and mental commitment (TI89).

A condensed alternative to the conventional 21-day cure, aiming at a break effect to restart a care trajectory (TI89).

A contemplative Christian meditation in which the practitioner gently returns to a sacred word each time they notice themselves attached to a thought…

The rhythmic repetition of a brief sacred Sufi formula, coordinated with the breath, to recenter attention and induce a contemplative state of remembr…

The inner repetition of the invocation Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, joined to the breath, to bring attention down into the heart (TI103).

Dharanas of Kashmiri non-dualist Shaivism resting on the madhya, the silent interval between inhalation and exhalation (TI105).

A systematic attentional sweep of the body's surface, welcoming each sensation with equanimity, according to Goenka's Vipassana method (TI106).

An Advaita inquiry turning attention back toward the source of the sense of I through the question Who am I? (TI109).

The seated meditation of Soto Zen, without object or aim, in which simply sitting is in itself awakening actualized (TI108).

A contemplative practice centered on the ten Sefirot, mobilizing visualization, Hebrew letters and divine names (TI104).

In an augmented state of spiritual hypnosis, an encounter and dialogue with an inner figure around an existential question (TI100).

A slow meditative reading of a passage in four steps (lectio, meditatio, oratio, contemplatio), in which the subject lets themselves be read by the Wo…