“There's a western bias/belief about problems with emotions/relations/addictions/maladaptive behaviors are all due to trauma and that we have to … [Read more...]
Therapist Bias Towards Reliving Trauma & Experts Doing Damage, Peter Levine, Part 3
November 25, 2014 · by · 1 Comment
Veterans & Generational Trauma, Part 2 of Peter Levine on NICABM Webinar Series
November 25, 2014 · by · 1 Comment
What If We Treated Trauma Like the Medical Crisis It Is? The importance of community and how it impacts recovery was touched on in the first part of … [Read more...]
Peter Levine, Understanding Trauma, Part 1, 11/19/2014 via NICABM Webinar
November 24, 2014 · by · 3 Comments
Learning About Trauma and the Body by Watching Animals My notes from webinar. All animals in the wild, most, experience threat or predation, Levine … [Read more...]
Moving On
November 20, 2014 · by · Leave a Comment
We move on by going on. We move on by going back. We move on by circling and cycling and paying attention to what has changed. Sometimes nothing has … [Read more...]
I Can Do It Myself – With Help
November 20, 2014 · by · 2 Comments
My ten-week old puppy got stuck on the stairs one short hop from "success." She stopped while stretched up, looked up and waited for rescue. What a … [Read more...]
Causing Hopefulness: Part 2 of What I’m Learning from Pat Ogden
November 19, 2014 · by · 2 Comments
for Part 1 of What I'm Learning from Pat Ogden, go here. Implicit Self The point it to figure out how to work with implicit self, because the … [Read more...]
Reading Body Signals or What I’m Learning from Pat Ogden, Part 1
November 19, 2014 · by · 4 Comments
I didn't catch the entire webinar with Pat Ogden because of technical issues. But it was fantastic and interesting to hear Ogden talk as part of … [Read more...]
Power of Purpose
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http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/11/having-a-goal-may-keep-you-out-of-the-hospital/ … [Read more...]
Dan Siegel on Trauma and the Brain November 11, 2014: My Notes for Adoptive Parents & Trauma Survivors
November 12, 2014 · by · Leave a Comment
This NICABM free webinar series has been so informative. I'm taking notes like crazy so other trauma survivors can learn about this research. However, … [Read more...]
No Longer Alone!
November 12, 2014 · by · Leave a Comment
Dedicated to Joyelle & Dawn of Trigger Points Anthology "It's all trauma all the time" I told the guy I'm seeing in case that was going to be … [Read more...]