This video highlights that community education on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) will result in more help and support for families. Our video character states that – “even if it is not enough” – support can radically change outcomes for children growing up with ACEs. https://vimeo.com/189604325 What are ACEs? ACEs are adverse childhood experiences that [...]
Some US veterans suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) get the chance to talk about their experiences and current condition along with their family members and experts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBX-1pAyXnI&feature=youtu.be
This gripping film features a highly diverse cast of seven adolescents and young adults who examine the shared and unique challenges faced, mistakes made, and growth attained in the struggle to transcend legacies of developmental trauma. Unexpectedly insightful, unsentimentally poignant and always real, Never Give Up is an offering of collective wisdom, inspiration and hope [...]
What Is EMDR? Many clients, including the public and colleagues are asking me questions about EMDR treatment for complex trauma and PTSD. I thought I would take the opportunity this week to answer a few of the questions asked. EMDR has proven to be a powerful treatment for people who have experienced traumatic events in [...]
Learning to release trauma before we pass it on to the next generation PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions. ― Susan Pease Banitt Intergenerational Trauma is the idea that serious trauma can affect the children and grandchildren of those who had the first hand experience, due [...]
There is a clear link between pain and depression, but does pain make us depressed, or does depression cause pain? It’s easy to imagine that people with persistent pain have cause to become depressed. After all, it’s a problem that affects every part of life, not just the bit that got injured. But like so [...]
The following video provide an overview of how EMDR is used in therapy, and information on the research into how and why EMDR works. Dr Andrew Leeds, PhD, discusses some of the research about how and why EMDR works. Why EMDR Therapy works? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWyDWvMEl1E#action=share
There are calls for an unconventional treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder to be made more widely available to emergency services workers. Key points: Calls for EMDR to become available for emergency services workers Unconventional therapy developed in 1980s and treats PTSD Works by using eye movements to connect the emotional part of the brain to [...]
The psychological therapy known as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or E.M.D.R., has gained increasing attention in recent years as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder among returning war veterans and others suffering from the results of serious trauma. The integrative approach uses rapid eye movements and other procedures to access and process disturbing memories. [...]