The Neurobiology of Trauma – What’s Going On In the Brain When Someone Experiences Trauma?
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with Bessel van der Kolk, MD;
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with Bessel van der Kolk, MD; Pat Ogden, PhD; Ruth Lanius, MD; PhD Dan Siegel, MD; and Ruth Buczynski, PhD
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First, I want to thank you for a very exciting second day.
I learned that a lot of what I’m already doing is good for my clients.
That said, I also learned so much about how the different sides of the body can be saying very different things, both of them being very honest responses and then how to help the client integrate them, instead of shutting ‘off’ the non-helpful response.
I learned how giving someone the choice to make even small decisions can give clients a very needed sense of control; about the importance of understanding and using physicality as part of mindfulness and the importance of using a client’s animals in therapy.
That is something we use here a lot!
Most of all this hour was so uplifting and energizing for me, especially when the clients we see are experiencing severe traumatic reactions to events.
I can’t tell you how absolutely happy I am that I can rewatch the series whenever i need to boost my energy in therapy.
This is without a doubt one of the best conferences I have attended, both for my clients and myself.
I am really looking forward to tomorrow!
Thank you so much.
Leah Diamond
My daughter experienced trauma. I am hoping this knowledge will help better understand her and her behavior.
I have been searching for the “switch” in the brain that turns on dissociation. This short video has FINALLY explained it. Remarkable work. Now I can explain dissociation to clients with a scientific backing rather than presenting it as a fable. I will be signing up for the full course. Thanks.
I’m not a therapist and am listening for free. I’d love to find ways to convey this educational community. My impression is that much of our use of Special Ed is focused on removing disruptive students from the regular classroom. JH
Thank you for this interesting series of lectures. For your generosity to share it for free.
Best regards,
Khilola
Absolutely LOVE and VALUE your presentations. Thank you with all my heart.
Thank you so much for this clear, concise yet profound and professional , presentation by wonderful top speakers
And for your kindness and generosity to share it for free!
I’ve been studying a lot about cptsd , trauma, and the effects of mindfulness , guided meditation and somatic therapy, and what I’ve learned today helped me understand even more about it
Best Regards from Argentina
Andrea
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Thank you, Ruth. Today’s discussion gave me language to better psychoeducate my clients regarding disorganized attachment, being seen, feeling safe and PTSD. I need to revisit the relationship between cortisol and adrenaline……….
Excellent!
Thank you so much for sharing this for free. As an AMFT practitioner, I am heartened to be reminded so powerfully by these expert practitioner-researchers that the relationship we make with our clients, establishing trust and a felt sense of safety, is the foundation of our work to help clients heal from trauma. With understanding of the neurobiology involved with traumatic experience and its healing, the relevance of somatic experience, the importance of integration and mindfulness, and of the attachment dynamics, we can respond with mindful presence and confidence that therapy will help — minute by minute, hour by hour. I would love to be able to engage in the deep dive paid trainings with Pat Ogden and Dan Siegel, and others, but meanwhile, this information is gold. Thank you.
i want to thank all of the presenters that i have been fortunate enough to see in conference and through their books.
I learned a tremendous amount today and I’m very excited about what is yet to come.
I’m glad I purchased the series because now I’m going to go back over everything that was discussed and think about clients I’ve worked with in both the past and present to assess what my new understanding can mean therapeutically.
They’re the ones I want to see benefit, son that their traumas don’t last a lifetime.
Thank you so much to all of you.
Leah Diamond
Israel. I’m working with soldiers and citizens who have been severely affected by the massacre of October 7, 2023, those affected by our hostages in Gaza and those severely affected by a 19 month war.
I am not a professional, but I was eager to learn something about trauma, as my body has just allowed me to start remembering and feeling my trauma, childhood and then throughout my life.
I found it fascinating and took many new ideas & thoughts away from this first session.
Thank you, all. 😊
Thank you for this informed discussion on trauma. I have complex PTSD and am a Veteran. This has helped explain some of my mannerisms. I appreciate being able to watch this video as I am on a 70% SC VA pension which isn’t much these days. I would get the gold but I can’t afford it.
Thank you
Heather D.
I’m a Holistic Sex, Love & Relationship coach & Yoga Therapist
This is invaluable information for working with my clients to help them understand themselves better. The messaging around validating and normalizing their reactions, and how we can affect and rewire our systems is so empowering .
Ruth, I love these offerings and and so grateful to all of the therapists for sharing their knowledge here!
thank you it is exciting and powerful field to be working in.
I am very keen to hear more of the clinical implications of assessing how to work across these different neuro/somatic/social networks safely to support client’s integration.
saria (nipaluna/Hobart)
Thanks for making this available for free. I really appreciate what I learned about brain integration and the importance of PRESENCE. This sure helps!
Wow, this is so packed full of information I’d not heard before. Thank you so much!!
Im going to use this information to cater to the needs of the clients I serve who have been zoning out. This information gave me great insight and I have more knowledge to pull from when preparing for therapy session. Excellent. This information was right on time and I am elated that I logged in. The power of mindfulness in inflammation is powerful in itself and game changing for the Black/ African American community; with whom are plagued with illnesses due to years of complex trauma and being predisposed through epigenetics for heart dis-ease, high blood pressure and many other inflammatory dis-eases. As a Black Clinician, I am absorbing this teaching to use with my clientele. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT teaching!!!
I very much appreciate that you mentioned that the triune brain model isn’t an accurate picture of the way the brain works. I know that you feel that it’s a “helpful” model for working with clients, but I would contend that it’s simply a common idea that isn’t actually helpful. I do realize that many of your speakers have books written and are experts basing their work on this triune brain model, so they would have to have the humility to change their approach. I believe that by working with how the brain really works, we can help clients and ourselves so much more. The work of Lisa Feldman Barrett and others illustrates how the brain actually works and can give a lot of insight into our emotions and behaviors. Mindfulness practice seen through the lens of understanding that emotions are constructed predictively by the brain, allows us to see things as they really are.
As always, thank you!
Two comments about original traumas:
One other symptom of dread fear is an inability to speak. Right, executive function!
Two is the physical and epigenetic -inflammatory disease that Dan Seigel speaks of here..
Specifically, I think it happens due to physical brain damage -the breaking
into the blood-brain barrier and then effecting in a cascade of all manner
of diseases in the lymphatic system and the spinal column.
Threat the site of inflammation.
Healing the breach in the blood-brain barrier repairs the mind… does it perhaps work both ways?
Treat not threat.
I am watching this with great appreciation. You are doing work of inestimable value by sharing this knowledge and making it accessible for professionals with less financial space. Thanks so much.
I will use mindfulness even more !
Although I have known about the helpfulness of mindfulness, I learned more about its power and role in the prevention of inflammation and will definitely be incorporating this knowledge into my work
Really appreciate the how comprehensive yet concise this segment was, incorporating theory with application.
Thank you so much for providing the broadcasts for free! As a mental health counseling student in my last semester, I do not feel adequately trained to treat trauma in my clients, but I also do not have the financial resources to pay for any formal training. Not to mention, the continuing education credits typically included aren’t yet relevant to me at this point in my career anyway. I appreciate the opportunity to learn about this area of therapy from the best as I begin my career. Once I am licensed, I will come back for a membership!
A really quite complete explanation of the brain’s working within trauma. Very hopeful. I thank you so much,
Thank you. What an enlightening and stimulating session for me.. both as a trauma sufferer and a practitioner. Will be actioning many if your topics right now in my next session . Wigh kind regards.. JPBoland
I’m not practicing but as a survivor so much made sense, especially the physical health impact. Parts brought tears to my eyes and stirred the pot which is ok, as I am not an avoider. In a nutshell my trauma begain at age 2 or 3 continued steadily til the age of 34 when I escaped human trafficking and now consult int he field. Much surfaced when i became a mom at 42. What Id hope for as ins seeking advice is, is it possible to reverse some of the physical elements, apparently Im told by professionals that i am a medical mystery, I’m not really all that mysterious and talk openly about my life (tho not in detail) I wrote a one woman show that has made my experience helpful to others to at least it wasnt in vein and as a result of an amazing nurse who came to my show and later when i was admitted told me he then wrote a proposal to have mental health support in the emerge at st Joes hospital here in hamilton. My state of mind is relatively good but the impact physically well thats another story. thank you
sincerely,
Robin Zee
Thank you so much for this opportunity to learn more about trauma. I’m in life change to a therapeutic professional but at the moment I cant afford the value aldow very acceptable. Hope next time I’ll be able to contribute to your work.
Excellent information, I’ll use this information to help me future clients to get a better lifestyle and quality of life, riddle of unconsciously
developmentally trauma or wounds and also from vivencial trauma.
Congrats to your work,
This was BRILLIANT, thank you 😍❤️🤗
I have read about this the last 20 years, it was nice to hear this summary!
I wish this knowledg could come out in the healthcare system, but everything is not trauma or childhoodtrauma.
Helthcare needs to be careing not blaming or misstrusting. That is a very big problem, thats discrimination even. We really need to focus on humanity and trust 😍❤️🤗🙏