A Bottom-Up Approach to Trauma
In therapy there are two approaches to trauma. Both refer to the order of areas of the brain being addressed in the therapy. The…
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Does Depression Lead to Loneliness or Does Loneliness Lead to Depression?
Does depression lead to loneliness or does loneliness lead to depression? This was Cacioppo’s question in the early 2000’s. In one of many studies…
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Trauma and Staying Connected
When we have experienced a trauma there might be an impulse to push people away, to feel shame around the trauma. To feel as…
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Physical & Emotional Symptoms of Trauma
There are so many responses to trauma, remember YOUR response is NORMAL for YOU. You may experience any combination of these symptoms in response…
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Dissociation and Trauma
“Dissociation is the essence of trauma. The overwhelming experience is split off and fragmented, so that the emotions, sounds, images, thoughts, and physical sensations…
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Re-Traumatisation
This event is retraumatising on several counts. Firstly, she experiences the same trauma her mother experienced, having her child stolen. Secondly, she re-lives her…
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Have you ever wondered if you would have marched with Martin Luther King?
Have you ever wondered if you would have marched with Martin Luther King in the American Civil Right Movement? I would like to think…
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Intergenerational Trauma
Intergenerational trauma is real. Trauma is passed down through family lines. When a member of a family experiences a trauma, such as being raised…
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The Johari Window
Do the work – What is the work around race for me as a white person? For me it is the same as all…
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Let’s Look At Some of The Statistics:
I am posting these statistics because I wanted to see them laid out before me. There is a problem, not only in the US,…
