Three Ways Mindfulness Counters the Impact of Trauma
...And Why Our Current Definition of Trauma is Woefully Incomplete
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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Mindfulness Therapy: The New Trauma Treatment?
Eliminating the Intrusive Thoughts of Ordinary Trauma
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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The Precarious Present
Why is it So Hard to Stay in the Moment?
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.
Daily Blog
The Trauma Power Therapies
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8/23/2012
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
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8/23/2012
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
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Authors:
LINDA CURRAN, BCPC, LPC, CAC-D, CCDPD, EMDR-C
STEPHEN PORGES, PH.D.
ROBERT SCAER, MD
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Authors:
LINDA CURRAN, BCPC, LPC, CAC-D, CCDPD, EMDR-C
STEPHEN PORGES, PH.D.
ROBERT SCAER, MD
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Complete 3-Part Set
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4/19/2012
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
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POS044380
Copyright:
4/19/2012
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
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The Precarious Present
Why is it So Hard to Stay in the Moment?
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.
Magazine Article
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The Trauma Power Therapies
Copyright:
8/23/2012
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
Product:
POS045120
Copyright:
8/23/2012
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
Product:
POS045120
Copyright:
5/19/2012
Authors:
LINDA CURRAN, BCPC, LPC, CAC-D, CCDPD, EMDR-C
STEPHEN PORGES, PH.D.
ROBERT SCAER, MD
Product:
POS044570
Copyright:
5/19/2012
Authors:
LINDA CURRAN, BCPC, LPC, CAC-D, CCDPD, EMDR-C
STEPHEN PORGES, PH.D.
ROBERT SCAER, MD
Product:
POS044570
Complete 3-Part Set
Copyright:
4/19/2012
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
Product:
POS044380
Copyright:
4/19/2012
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
Product:
POS044380
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Three Ways Mindfulness Counters the Impact of Trauma
...And Why Our Current Definition of Trauma is Woefully Incomplete
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.
Daily Blog
Mindfulness Therapy: The New Trauma Treatment?
Eliminating the Intrusive Thoughts of Ordinary Trauma
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.
Daily Blog
The Precarious Present
Why is it So Hard to Stay in the Moment?
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.
Daily Blog
Page 1 of 1 (3 Items)
The Precarious Present
Why is it So Hard to Stay in the Moment?
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.
Magazine Article
Page 1 of 1
Robert Scaer received his B.A. in Psychology, and his M.D. degree at the University of Rochester. He is Board Certified in Neurology, and has been in practice for 39 years, twenty of those as Medical Director of Rehabilitation Services at the Mapleton Center in Boulder, Colorado. His primary areas of interest and expertise have been in the fields of brain injury and chronic pain and, more recently, in the study of traumatic stress and its role in all mental illness, as well as in physical symptoms and many chronic diseases. He has lectured extensively on these topics, and has published several articles on the whiplash syndrome and other somatic syndromes of traumatic stress. His first book, The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation and Disease, presents a new theory of dissociation and its role in many diseases. A second book, The Trauma Spectrum: Hidden Wounds and Human Healing, released in 2005, explores the insidious spectrum of culturally-based trauma that shapes our lives, and how transformation and healing may still take place. He is currently retired from clinical medical practice, and continues to pursue a career in writing and lecturing.
