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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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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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My First Podcast, 1 of 2
CLICK to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” Watch me on ‘Mary Giuliani LIVE’ Hear my music video: Joy after trauma I’m excited to have just done my first interview on attachment trauma with therapist Jeffrey M. Friedman, LCSW of Aventura, … Continue reading
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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New EMDR Therapy for Developmental Trauma
Guest blog by Dr. Sandra Paulsen (left) & D. Michael Coy, MA, LCSW [First I discovered it deep within myself and called it “trauma since the sperm hit the egg.” Then I read that Bessel van der Kolk calls it … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Brain Science, Emotional pain
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Allan Schore, Bessel van der Kolk, brain science, D. Michael Coy, Developmental Trauma, Early Trauma, EMDR, Emotional pain, ET, Francine Shapiro, Katie O'Shea, 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 Body Keeps the Score – Bessel van der Kolk
“The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel van der Kolk, MD, will “permanently change how psychologists and psychiatrists think about trauma and recovery,” as trauma scholar Dr. Ruth Lanius writes. She was the first to call developmental trauma a “hidden … Continue reading
Readers Defend Van der Kolk
I had the most comments ever last week, as readers spoke up to defend Dr. Bessel van der Kolk (left) and his ideas about somatic (body) healing for trauma, after the sideswipes against science by the New York Times May … Continue reading
In Defense of Van der Kolk
The New York Times May 22 spotlighted Dr. Bessel van der Kolk MD’s idea that to change the way we heal a traumatized mind, start with the body (as noted last week). (Van der Kolk portrait by Matthew Woodson for … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Attachment Theory, Bessel van der Kolk, brain science, Brain stem, Child Trauma, EMDR, Frontal Cortex, New York Times, PTSD
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“Heal trauma? Start with the body”
“Bessel van der Kolk wants to change the way we heal a traumatized mind — by starting with the body,” reports Jeneen Interlandi in the New York Times Magazine May 22. (Dr. van der Kolk in session drawn by Matthew … Continue reading