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Author Archives: L. Kessler
SE Trauma Therapy Explained by Peter Levine
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByalBx85iC8 This is a great video of the creator of Somatic Experiencing using a slinky to explain how the nervous systems reacts to trauma. Levine has a way of taking something very technical (neurobiology) and making it easy to understand. … Continue reading
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Future Trauma Effects on 33 Chilean Miners
The whole world watched with hope and anticipation as the 33 Chileans trapped in a collapsed mine were rescued. We all experienced the joy and relief as they emerged from the 22-inch wide tube that saved them. But what can … Continue reading
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“Not Belonging” Trauma
The desire to belong is common to most mammals and inherent in all human beings. As individuals we behave in accordance with the desires and norms of our groups in order to belong or fit in. Our beliefs and actions … Continue reading
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Pronking, Trauma, and Soaring Again
Pronking is a behavior seen in nature, where an animal will repeatedly jump high and bound around as if in joy or ecstasy. There is such energy and enthusiasm in its leaps, it almost seems to be trying to leap … Continue reading
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Tagged car accident, combat trauma, discharge, fatigue, healing pain, pain, pronking, sleeplessness, somatic experiencing, stress, trauma, trauma healing
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Trauma and the Brain: Helping Children Heal
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYj7YYHmbQs&NR=1 This is a simple video that explains how children can be resilient even with developmental traumas from childhood. It then talks about what we can do to help children today.
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Overcoming Trauma Video
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3kQgE1tlUI John Breeding Discusses Healing Trauma (15 mins.) A very gentle, helpful discussion of the psychology of trauma and what to do. Breeding discusses Levine’s work and how effective it is in helping trauma. He even discusses trauma and children … Continue reading
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Somatic Psychology
The word somatic means “living body” in the ancient Greek. The field of somatic psychology focuses on the intricate relationship between our bodies and our minds—and with the many ways that our bodies display our psychological and emotional histories, past … Continue reading
Welcome!
Welcome to my new website! The emphasis on this website will be on aspects of trauma and trauma healing. This will include such topics as stress relief, the symptoms of trauma, and the treatment of trauma. Why look at trauma? … Continue reading