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Author Archives: L. Kessler
Genetic Trauma
The Holocaust never really ended. Its damage and ongoing effects march forward even as the population of survivors dwindles with time. Its impact continues to be felt not just by the victims , but by their children too. Psychologists have … Continue reading
Trauma and Memory
We humans have two very different forms of memory. One is conscious and what we would consider as normal memories–stories and historical recollections that seem to be arranged sequentially in time. This is called explicit memory. The other form is … Continue reading
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Tagged combat trauma, emotiional trauma, fatigue, healing pain, healing trauma, pain, PTSD, SE, sleeplessness, somatic experiencing, trauma, veterans
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Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
In Peter Levine’s book on Somatic Experiencing, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, we are asked to understand our traumas in terms of our basic animal natures. He postulates that trauma is the body’s response to what may be, or appear … Continue reading
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Tagged combat trauma, emotiional trauma, fatigue, healing pain, Peter Levine, PTSD, sleeplessness, somatic experiencing, stress, trauma, trauma healing, trauma therapy, veterans, Waking the Tiger
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Traumas Behind Illness, Anxiety, and Addiction
Have you ever wondered if there is some causal thread that weaves its way through various illnesses and neuroses, a thread that if pulled could unravel a great swatch of unnecessary pain and suffering? Judith L. Herman’s book Trauma and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bert Hellinger, combat trauma, emotiional trauma, Peter Levine, PTSD, somatic experiencing, trauma, trauma healing, trauma therapy
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“Trauma is hell on earth. Trauma resolved is a gift from the gods.” ~Peter Levine
February 4, 2011
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Healing Traumas and Living with Our Wounds
Just as our greatest gifts can emerge from the depths of our traumas and wounds, so can our destinies emerge from our fates. However, our destinies cannot emerge until we submit to our fate and commit to work with it. … Continue reading
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Tagged burdens, destiny, family constellations, fate, healing trauma, trauma, trauma healing
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Helping Vicitims of Combat Trauma
Only those who survive combat truly know and understand the impact it has on a military service member’s life and family. It’s the natural, overwhelming instinct to survive that stays in the body and images of mutilated bodies that often … Continue reading
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Tagged combat trauma, healing trauma, real warriors, SE, somatic experiencing, trauma, trauma healing, veterans
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How to Deal with a Trauma: 7 Steps to Take After a Car Accident
Minor car accidents are one of the many little traumas we encounter in life. What may seem minor at the time, however, can become something major if the effects of the trauma are ignored. We can deal with these traumas … Continue reading
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Tagged car accidents, pain, Peter Levine, somatic experiencing, trauma, trauma healing, trauma therapy
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Instant Therapy with the Touch of a Finger
By Pamela Mortimer There’s something to be said for traditional therapies, particularly if the patient has a life threatening need. However, the age old practice of self healing has its own merits. “I Can Make You Thin” by Paul McKenna, … Continue reading
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Tagged combat trauma, EFT, emotiional trauma, somatic experiencing, trauma, trauma healing
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Combat Trauma on HBO
Combat trauma is the subject of a new HBO documentary called Wartorn: 1861-2010. With archival photographs and footage, it shows how PTSD has had many names over the years. Civil War: hysteria, soldier’s exhaustion; WWI: shell-shock; WWII: combat fatigue, lack … Continue reading