...And Why Our Current Definition of Trauma is Woefully Incomplete
Robert Scaer • 8/31/2018
By Robert Scaer - How often do we find ourselves ruminating about this or that familiar resentment or well-worn worry? It's as though some dark entity invades our mind and fills it to the brim. That entity, I believe, is the total body-mind experience of a past trauma. Healing, in essence, is the recovery of the present moment.
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Eliminating the Intrusive Thoughts of Ordinary Trauma
Robert Scaer • 11/20/2014
When we catch ourselves in a state of nonpresence, we’re likely to chalk it up to “mind chatter.” When a client reports these repetitive intrusions, we may wonder about a tendency toward obsessiveness or the possibility of depression and/or anxiety. While all of these interpretations may have some validity, I believe that much more is at stake. I propose that in many of these moments of body-mind intrusion, our brain is trying to protect us from mortal danger arising from memories of old, unresolved threats. In short, we’re in survival mode.
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Why is it So Hard to Stay in the Moment?
Robert Scaer • 9/2/2014
When a client reports repetitive intrusions, we may wonder about a tendency toward obsessiveness or the possibility of depression and/or anxiety. While all of these interpretations may have some validity, I believe that much more is at stake. I propose that in many of these moments of body-mind intrusion, our brain is trying to protect us from mortal danger arising from memories of old, unresolved threats. In short, we're in survival mode.
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The Trauma Power Therapies
Authors:
LINDA CURRAN, BCPC, LPC, CAC-D, CCDPD, EMDR-C
JAMIE MARICH, PHD, LPCC-S, LICDC-CS, REAT
BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, MD
JANINA FISHER, PH.D.
STEPHEN PORGES, PH.D.
PETER A. LEVINE, PH.D.
BABETTE ROTHSCHILD, MSW, LCSW
BELLERUTH NAPARSTEK, LISW, BCD
ROBERT SCAER, MD
DAVID GRAND, PHD
ROBIN SHAPIRO, LISW
Authors:
LINDA CURRAN, BCPC, LPC, CAC-D, CCDPD, EMDR-C
JAMIE MARICH, PHD, LPCC-S, LICDC-CS, REAT
BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, MD
JANINA FISHER, PH.D.
STEPHEN PORGES, PH.D.
PETER A. LEVINE, PH.D.
BABETTE ROTHSCHILD, MSW, LCSW
BELLERUTH NAPARSTEK, LISW, BCD
ROBERT SCAER, MD
DAVID GRAND, PHD
ROBIN SHAPIRO, LISW
Authors:
LINDA CURRAN, BCPC, LPC, CAC-D, CCDPD, EMDR-C
STEPHEN PORGES, PH.D.
ROBERT SCAER, MD
Authors:
LINDA CURRAN, BCPC, LPC, CAC-D, CCDPD, EMDR-C
STEPHEN PORGES, PH.D.
ROBERT SCAER, MD
Complete 3-Part Set
Authors:
LINDA CURRAN, BCPC, LPC, CAC-D, CCDPD, EMDR-C
JAMIE MARICH, PHD, LPCC-S, LICDC-CS, REAT
BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, MD
JANINA FISHER, PH.D.
STEPHEN PORGES, PH.D.
PETER A. LEVINE, PH.D.
BABETTE ROTHSCHILD, MSW, LCSW
BELLERUTH NAPARSTEK, LISW, BCD
ROBERT SCAER, MD
Authors:
LINDA CURRAN, BCPC, LPC, CAC-D, CCDPD, EMDR-C
JAMIE MARICH, PHD, LPCC-S, LICDC-CS, REAT
BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, MD
JANINA FISHER, PH.D.
STEPHEN PORGES, PH.D.
PETER A. LEVINE, PH.D.
BABETTE ROTHSCHILD, MSW, LCSW
BELLERUTH NAPARSTEK, LISW, BCD
ROBERT SCAER, MD
Why is it So Hard to Stay in the Moment?
Robert Scaer • 11/1/2006
All of us ruminate, bringing up the cud of old, unresolved problems. But far from being idle mind chatter, most of these mental distractions are actually the brain's attempt to protect us from the prospect of mortal danger.
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