Tic Disorders
1. A 12 years old child
had suffered from a tic in his shoulder and
neck. He would pull his shoulder
involuntarily toward his neck, as if he
wants to scratch his neck side with his
shoulder. This tic would show up every few
minutes in a severe case, and every few
hours at other times. He developed the tic
few months prior to therapy. There was no
apparent pressure in his life when and
before the tic developed. MT assessment
indicated that the tic is a direct result of
the child connection of the to his dad. A
brief exploration revealed that the child’s
dad got operated on his shoulder a month
prior to the tics eruption. The dad had
prolonged pain in the shoulder after the
operation, and he would pull his shoulder
up, once in a while, in order to alleviate
the pain. It looked as if dad was constantly
in pain. Further MT clarified that the child
worried about dad’s health and
unconsciously, he developed similar tics.
Few sessions of IPEC therapy cleared from
the child’s mind the association between his
worries about his dad’s health and mimicking
dad’s behavior of shoulder pulling.
Consequently, the tics completely
disappeared.
2. A 35 years old vice
president in a large corporation was
promoted to get much better compensation and
many more responsibilities on the top of the
full time job he already maintained. Within
few months he found himself working 12-14
hours daily, compromising parts of the
weekends and holidays. He hardly saw his
family and his mind was constantly racing.
Even though he was talented and capable and
got lots of complements from his superiors,
he was inwardly constantly afraid to be
fired from his job if he will dare to say
“no” to his boss’s demands. At the same
time, he felt deep guilt about distancing
himself from his family. He felt trapped in
his life, between work demands and the love
to his family. His tension grew up
uncontrollably and he developed tics in his
eyes. Few months later he attended IPEC
therapy. In therapy, he found out that he
had been carrying old issues of low
self-esteem from his childhood. He
remembered himself as an unpopular kid,
always shy and quiet. Multitude of related
emotions surfaced in therapy and was
systematically cleared. The tic disorder in
the eyes has cleared within few months. At
the same time, he found himself more and
more able to draw a clear line between work
and private life.
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