Great article in the South African Sunday Times by Dave Chambers. Academics at Stellenbosch University have found TRE® can help reduce vicarious trauma in teaching staff working in“high-risk” schools Unemployment‚ poverty‚ crime‚ violence and gangs are leaving teachers on the Cape Flats…
Maria gives us a brief insight into the TRE trainings that she has been involved in with Palestinians from the West Bank. She is developing a TRE community there that will one day be able to sustain their own TRE program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG_-0It1ndA&fbclid=IwAR3OAS_nawM4NtwEfFI4Rz5RwVIQulR4C0UU591hhK7zRK7CegH1gEKVQng
(With thanks to the Australian Childhood Foundation for the opportunity to present this at their 2018 International Trauma Conference in Melbourne) This 22-min presentation covers my take (at the time) on topics including: – trauma as a verb – trauma symptoms as signs of ‘active activation’ of ANS defensive responses
Trauma is also severely stigmatized and marginalized; as if we don't want to look at it and be confronted with it. It is the silent epidemic running havoc in our lives and affecting our health on all levels; mentally, emotionally and physically. We seem to want to recognize trauma, and only to some degree, for those who have gone to war or are in high-risk professions but the bulk of occurring trauma happens much closer to us. What Trauma is also severely stigmatized and marginalized; as if we don't want to look at it and be confronted with it.
Researchers have recently discovered a dangerous biological syndrome caused by abuse and neglect during childhood. As the new documentary Resilience
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