When we look back at our ancestors, we can often find surprising, hidden strengths and things that connect us to our sense of belonging in the world. Ever since I was little, I have been desperate to see the world, …
“I Have Come To The Conclusion That Human Beings Are Born With An Innate Capacity To Triumph Over Trauma”
Humans have been working with trauma for eons. We have always been coping with wars, genocides, death, illness, and natural disaster. Overcoming these things builds resilience and grit. It is in our DNA to overcome and survive. Can trauma be …
Post-Traumatic GROWTH (PTG)
Have you had a traumatic experience, which was painful and hard, and at the same time been aware of your inner self growing, or having grown substantially from the experience? If you have, this is what is referred to as …
Deep Attunement for Trauma
THIS IS THE WORK. As a therapist, it is my job to be deeply attuned to my clients, notice when they are becoming distressed, and assist them in returning to their window of tolerance. I like to think of it …
Trauma & Secure Attachment
When we experience trauma as a child, and our mother (or primary caregiver) is not attuned to our needs, this is attachment trauma. 50% of the population have an insecure attachment style. This means the mother was not available in …
Integrating Traumatic Experiences
When we have experienced trauma and start to have some of the symptoms of PTSD; flashbacks, increased heart rate, numbness, dissociation etc., we are experiencing fragmented thought processes, emotional responses and bodily sensations. These correspond to three areas of the …
1 in 3 Black Male Americans Will Go To Jail
Systemic trauma is practices and policies of institutions that cause psychological, economic, spiritual, or physical harm to specific groups of people. It maintains inequality, marginalisation, and the oppression of certain groups through excluding these groups from opportunities, access to meaningful …
The Top-Down Approach to Healing
Ogden, Pain & Fisher (2006) believe that when “???????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? ????????????-???????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????? ???????? ????????????????????????????(????) ???????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? ???????????????? ????????????????????????-???????? ???????????????????????????????????????? ???????? ????????????????????????-???????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????, ????????????????????????????, ????????????????????????????????, ???????????? ???????????????????????????????? ???????????? ???????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????? ???????? ???????????????????????? ???????????? ???????????????? ???????????????????????? ???????? ???????????????????????????? ???????? ????????????????????????????????????” (p.17). …
The Bottom-Up Approach To Trauma
Bottom-up approaches are more somatically, body-based interventions to working with trauma. They work to resolve the imprint of trauma on the body through the limbic system, the feeling centre of the brain. As we connect with the body, the body …
Does Loneliness Lead to Depression?
I love to see the research! This was Cacioppo’s question in the early 2000s. In one of many studies, he took 135 lonely people, divided them into groups A and B, and asked them to complete an in-depth personality test. …