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 …
Tag: Trauma
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
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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 …
10 Ways the Fawn Response Shows Up in Relationships
The fawn response is a trauma response. It is a protective reaction to an unsafe situation, usually in our childhood. As adults, the fawn response shows up in relationships in different ways: I’ll say anything to keep the peace. I …
Trauma and Staying Connected
When we have experienced trauma, there might be an impulse to push people away, to feel shame around the trauma. To feel as though “I should be stronger than this”, or “why is this still affecting me? What is wrong …
When To Get Help For Trauma
The typical trauma symptoms will start to fade after about four weeks for some people, and for others, they will continue and even worsen. It is beneficial to have a list of things to look out for regarding trauma. If …