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Category Archives: General
Help Healing PTSD with Somatic Experiencing and Mindfulness
Somatic Experiencing, which was developed by Peter Levine, can vanquish PTSD symptoms such as depression, nightmares, panic attacks, aggressive outbursts, and hyperarousal. The primary way of doing this is by increasing the ability of sufferers to track their body sensations, … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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
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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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