Using Voice Dialogue to Break Through Your Blocks


By Marianela Medrano, PhD, LPC I


am often researching mental health modalities that can alleviate human suffering, build a steady bridge to the authentic self and increase creativity in the way people approach the issues troubling them. Voice Dialogue is a technique that fulfi lls all of the above. Here is my conversation with Bridgit Dengel Gaspard, an expert in this fi eld and founder of the New York Voice Dialogue Institute.


MM: How do you use Voice Dialogue to help people


overcome success blocks? BG: Voice Dialogue operates on the fundamental principle that


all of our selves are originally designed to protect us. When working with success blocks I facilitate different aspects related to the goal. For example, if I were working with someone who wanted to quit smoking (or was debating breaking up a relationship or whether to start their own business), I would genuinely listen to the pro and the con selves in relation to the issue. Obviously there is no debate about smoking. It's unhealthy. From a voice dialogue point of view, I honor the concerns of a self that doesn’t want to quit. For example, a shy self might be nervous about how to hold a conversation without the security of a cigarette in their hand. In Voice Dialogue resistance is not necessarily the problem, but the pointer to underly- ing motivations that are at odds with the desire to successfully move forward. We explore this and often fi nd the problem is that many selves are working with outdated ideas and methods they’ve used since childhood. We would address the social anxiety directly and come up with ways to stay connected to the community and cease smoking.


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MM: Is there a connection between change and creativity and if so can Voice Dialogue expedite the change process?


BG: The non-judgmental and innovative aspects of Voice Dia- logue make it uniquely qualifi ed to enhance the natural connection between change and creativity; which are linked as change inher- ently includes getting out of your usual habits and comfort zones. As Master Voice Dialogue facilitator, Miriam Dyak notes in “Voice Dialogue Facilitation: Exploring New Ground”, the important focus is to create real evolution rather than a lot of dramatic upheaval that may ultimately revert back to the same old patterns and not support lasting change. Voice Dialogue works gently with each self. Think about it like the trim tab on a rudder of a large ship. The trim tab is a tiny little rudder that is easy to move and as a result the giant rudder begins to move easily as well. But if you were to try to move the big rudder directly, you’d meet a huge amount of resistance (and potentially crash the ship!).


By working closely with the different Selves (respecting their ar-


mor, concerns and gifts) and honoring how this is embodied, Voice Dialogue strengthens the ability to perceive and experience every- day reality through a more aware ego place, rather than by reacting directly through the selves. This develops new habits of centered- ness, balance and self-awareness to support and hold the changes and new patterns of living. In Voice Dialogue, resistance is a self you can facilitate and enjoy the particular jewels of its wisdom. When we learn to do this, we have easier access to our inner selves and much more mastery over our energetic expression.


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