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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.”
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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
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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 Neurofeedback Journey, 2
My Neurofeedback Journey, 2 of 2 by Tina Marie Hahn — as told to Kathy Brous Tina added on July 11: I am experiencing major changes in my brain functioning so fast with neurofeedback, although as of this writing, I … Continue reading
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Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Theory, Amygdala, Bessel van der Kolk, brain science, BrainPaint, Developmental Trauma, Dissociation, insecure attachment, Neurofeedback, Sebern Fisher
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My Neurofeedback Journey, 1
My Neurofeedback Journey, 1 of 2 by Tina Marie Hahn — as told to Kathy Brous I am Dr. Tina Marie Hahn, MD, advocate for Trauma-Informed Care and Communities, and survivor of actually ten Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). As a … Continue reading
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Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Theory, Amygdala, Bessel van der Kolk, brain science, BrainPaint, Developmental Trauma, Dissociation, insecure attachment, Neurofeedback, Sebern Fisher
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My Neurofeedback Journey – Dr. Tina Hahn
My Neurofeedback Journey by Tina Marie Hahn — as told to Kathy Brous [Tina added on July 11: I am experiencing major changes in my brain functioning so fast with neurofeedback, although as of this writing, I have only been … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain
Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Theory, Amygdala, Bessel van der Kolk, brain science, BrainPaint, Developmental Trauma, Dissociation, insecure attachment, Neurofeedback, Sebern Fisher
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Neurofeedback: Healing the Fear-Driven Brain
CLICK HERE to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” Psychotherapist Sebern Fisher gave a great webcast on October 22, 2014 in the NICABM series, about neurofeedback (biofeedback to the brain), which gives us access to our brain function frequencies. Neurofeedback, she … Continue reading
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Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Developmental Trauma, Dissociation, insecure attachment, Neurofeedback, Sebern Fisher, Secure Attachment
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How to Use My Website
For new readers signing up, bless you for your patience. I’m new to Attachment Disorder Healing, too — and it’s my website. A note on “How to Use” AttachmentDisorder Healing.com is overdue. I fell into all this entirely by accident, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Bessel van der Kolk, Body Work, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Daniel Siegel, Dissociation, Grief Recovery Handbook, Peter Levine, 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
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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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Dreaming of a Safe America – Laura Kerr
This guest blog by Dr. Laura Kerr, PhD, Stanford University, really struck me. For Americans as people, and our government, she notes, “unconscious dreams and unresolved traumas influence our defensive reactions to threat, much like the child that suffers chronic … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Trauma
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Buddhism, Child Abuse, Dissociation, Globalization, insecure attachment, Intergenerational Trauma Transmission, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Social Trauma, Somatic Experiencing, Trauma Denial
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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
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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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