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The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study showed that for 17,337 patients, childhood trauma correlated to serious adult medical conditions. “Contrary to conventional belief," says co-Director Vincent Felitti, MD, "time does not heal all wounds, since humans convert traumatic emotional experiences in childhood into organic disease later in life.”
Category Archives: Dissociation
Parenting as We Were Parented
CLICK to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone”! “License to Parent,” the new film by George Siegal, will be out soon. He interviewed kids to see how it felt to be parented, and often it wasn’t good (photo, left). In a … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Dissociation, Emotional pain, Trauma
Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), Attachment Disorder Healing, Attachment Theory, Childhood Trauma, Developmental Trauma, Emotional Growth, Mental Health, Nonfiction Psychology, Professional Treatment, Recovery, Silent Epidemic of Attachment Disorder, Trauma Healing, Trauma-Informed
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Neurofeedback works: Van der Kolk
CLICK to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” Psychiatrist and trauma expert Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD posted a neurofeedback webinar August 9 that changes the map on trauma healing: http://neurofeedback2015.kajabi.com/fe/79711-rewiring-the-brain-free-ce-seminar . [Or try this link to a 5 min … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Dissociation
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Bessel van der Kolk, brain science, Brain stem, Developmental Trauma, Dissociation, insecure attachment, Neurofeedback, Sebern Fisher
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My First Podcast 2 of 2
Part 2 “How to Heal” of my 11-6-15 podcast with therapist Jeff Friedman: CLICK to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” What books and resources would you recommend for trauma? I really recommend Dr. Allan Schore’s Sept 2014 Oslo speech video “The … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Dissociation, Emotional pain
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Body Work, EMDR, Emotional Freedom Technique, Emotional pain, Grief, Grief Recovery Handbook, Neurofeedback, Peter Levine, Tapping
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How EMDR Helped My Early Trauma
Guest Blog by Amelia [Amelia is the pen name of an EMDR therapy client of Dr. Sandra Paulsen, pioneer of new EMDR protocols for developmental trauma/early trauma (ET). [FN] Amelia is now with Paulsen colleague D. Michael Coy, MA, LCSW. … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Dissociation, Emotional pain
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, brain science, D. Michael Coy, Developmental Trauma, Early Trauma, EMDR, Emotional pain, ET, Francine Shapiro, Sandra Paulsen
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What is EMDR – and Why is it So Effective?
CLICK to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” “During REM sleep, the brain is attempting to process survival information until it’s resolved“–Dr. Francine Shapiro (above). Eye Motion Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a potent trauma treatment developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro, … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Science, Dissociation, Emotional pain, Grief
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Bessel van der Kolk, brain science, Developmental Trauma, EMDR, Emotional pain, Francine Shapiro, Incident Trauma, Mindfulness, PTSD, REM Sleep
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The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) (Pt.2 of 2): Mary Main’s Scary Parent Study
Scary Parents Part 1 of this blog Jan. 23 concluded that by 1978, Dr. Mary Ainsworth’s estimate for U.S. babies was that (A) 23% were Avoidant insecure (avoid parents); (B) only 69-70% were Securely Attached; and (C) 8% were Ambivalent … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Dissociation, Emotional pain
Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, brain science, Daniel Siegel, Earned Secure Attachment, Erik Hesse, Mary Main, Secure Attachment, Stephen Porges
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The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) (Pt.1 of 2): Mary Ainsworth’s Strange Situation
Only 55% of us had “secure attachment” as infants, according to research on 6,281 infant-parent pairs done during 1970-1999. [FN1, 2] This would worry us all if we knew what it meant, because the other 45% of us suffer “insecure … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Dissociation, Emotional pain
Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, brain science, Daniel Siegel, Earned Secure Attachment, Erik Hesse, Mary Main, Secure Attachment, Stephen Porges
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Dr. Ruth’s Ultimate Trauma Solution
… Dr. Ruth Buczynski, that is (so, relax…that’s her at left). A peek inside the minds of cutting-edge psychotherapists on how to really heal trauma is in her latest blog; click here: “Rethinking Trauma: The Third Wave.” http://www.nicabm.com/nicabmblog/rethinking-trauma-the-third-wave-of-trauma-treatment/ She says … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Dissociation
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Bessel van der Kolk, Body Work, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Dissociation, Peter Levine, Ruth Buczynski, Somatic Therapy, Stephen Porges
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Stephen Porges: Social Engagement Heals
Neuroscientist Dr. Stephen Porges explained in my Sept.19 blog that when a survival threat pushes humans back into the ancient reptilian mechanism of freeze, that’s how trauma happens. The autonomic nervous system (ANS in diagram below) just does this automatically; … Continue reading
Stephen Porges on Treating Trauma and Compassion
Dr. Stephen Porges discovered in 1994 that trauma in humans comes from our most ancient “reptilian” freeze reflex. He calls it the Polyvagal Theory, as I wrote last week. But Porges also says we can use our mammalian attachment system … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Dissociation
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Dissociation, Fight/Flight, Mammalian Attachment, Medical Trauma, Polyvagal Theory, Stephen Porges
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