Trauma and the Body

• Developmental trauma from infancy and beyond
• Dopamine System, Socialization, Shame, Disgust
• Basic Matrix of brainstem & cerebellum
• Evolution and Polyvagal foundation
• How the body stores trauma

Deeper Understanding of Memory and Clinical Implications

• Explicit – More Conscious Memory: Declarative vs. Episodic
• Implicit – Less Conscious Memory: Emotional vs Procedural/Body Memory
• Practical tools for therapeutics for Emotions
• Therapeutics somatic/procedural memories that are non-verbal and non-conscious
• Clinical application for memory systems

Traumatic Memories

• Long-term memory vs short-term memory
• How the brain and body store memory
• Memory engrams with somatic markers
• Fight, flight, freeze response
• Endorphins, vagal tone to bimodal sympathetic/parasympathetic cycling
• Uppgivenhetssyndrom (Resignation Syndrome)

How Clients Get “Stuck”

• Tonic immobility – The fallback to freeze
• Freeze couples with Fear
• Dissociation
• Bracing and terror
• Euphoric dissociation
• Collapse

Somatic and Emotional Reactions to Trauma

• Symptoms and complexities of each in therapy
• Emotional – anxiety, depression
• Somatic – chronic pain, fibromyalgia
• Autonomic – migraines, irritable bowel
• Resolving Traumatic Reactions

The Basic Stages of Trauma Treatment

• Containment of strong sensation and emotion
• Pendulation – The dual opposites of sensation
• Address persistent inaction, impulsivity or avoidance
• Completion
• Renegotiation of active for passive responses
• Allow things to settle: Self-Paced termination

Therapeutic Approaches to Treat Traumatic Memories

• The importance of “Bottom-Up” processing:
• The Paul MacLean’s Triune Brain
• Unspoken Voice
• Somatic Experiencing®:
• Renegotiation vs. Reliving
• Restoration of self-regulation
• Somatic experience of trauma
• Developing internal awareness
• Address persistent inaction, impulsivity or avoidance
• The mind-body connection in trauma work
• Help reinforce trust and acceptance in clients
• Incorporating client’s spirituality in trauma work

Peter A. Levine, Ph.D., holds doctorates in both medical biophysics and psychology. The developer of Somatic Experiencing®, a body-awareness approach to healing trauma, and founder of the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, which conducts trainings in this work throughout the world and in various indigenous cultures, with 26 faculty members and over five thousand students.Levine’s original contribution to the field of Body-Psychotherapy was honored in 2010 when he received the Life Time Achievement award from the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy (USABP).

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