Finally, a Guaranteed way of reducing severe behaviors in foster, adopted & birth children.

Moving beyond diagnosis and medication of symptoms to understanding and healing of trauma in children and adults.

Definition of Trauma: Any event which is prolonged, overwhelming and unpredictable.

Have you experienced Trauma?

Accidents

Sports injuries, auto accidents, near drowning, medical procedures including early developmental trauma.

Medical & Surgical Procedures

Surgery and life threatening illness, medical procedures, poisoning, fetal distress and birth complications (cord around neck, anesthesia, drugs and alcohol, etc)

Violent Acts & Attacks

Bullying (school, neighborhood, sibling), animal attacks, family violence, witness to violence, physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, war, threat of terrorist attack, kidnapping

Loss

Divorce, death of loved one or pet, separation, being lost (at the mall or in a strange neighborhood), possessions.

Environmental Stressors

Natural disasters (fires, earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, and tsunamis)

Sudden loud noises for babies and young children (arguments and violence)

Signs & Symptoms

The Mind and Body's Response to Trauma:

• Hyperarousal
• Hypoarousal
• Dissociation
• Feelings of Numbness - Shut down.

"Survival Energy summoned to defend us gets stored within the body
leading to behaviors and symptoms" ~ Peter Levine

Effective Strategies for Healing Trauma

Providing Safety & Nurture

For information on how to bring healing to trauma in children and adults

Sensor Safety Development

What is it? How can I provide this to my child or spouse?

Effective therapeutic interventions start at the end. For example, asking the question, "When did you know that you were alright? or when did you know you were safe? And then work toward the originating (traumatic) event to identify, process and express emotions. And somatic experience (the body's stored experience)

Most traditional Cognitive-behavioral approaches to therapy start with the actual event itself, with the belief that healing occurs through the detailed expression of the experience.

Trauma Research reveals that holistic therapeutic approaches need to include the body's experience along with the emotions and thinking. It is not enough to simply "talk" about our experiences - they must be processed on every level.

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