The treatment of trauma can be some of the most complex work practitioners face.
And for years, this challenge was complicated by not having a clear picture of the impact that trauma has on the brain.
But scientific advances within just the past few years have opened the eyes of practitioners to what actually happens in the brain of someone who has experienced trauma.
And according to Bessel van der Kolk, MD, there are three major ways that the brain changes in response to trauma.
To find out what they are (and their impact on the body), take a look at the video below – it’s just 3 minutes.
Bessel is one of the world’s leading experts in trauma and PTSD. Because of his research, we have a deeper understanding of how trauma impacts both body and brain.
And this is crucial – it can help us target our interventions more effectively.
So now, we’d like to hear from you . . .
When it comes to the treatment of trauma, what do you want to know most? Please leave your comment below.
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How to promote more understanding & empathy from family & friends of people with PTSD. It think it’s possibly as difficult as treating the patient because a lack of understanding & empathy from significant people in the patients life invaidates & cause more barn.
I want to know how to help someone having a flashback when they call me at the suicide hotline, thx!
That makes total sense with what can be done in occupational therapy as a treatment with child and adult! What do you think ?
What are the best meds to combat these triggers. All I know is I have a lot of them from a lifetime of abuse and at the age of almost 43 I feel like I have a psychotic episode daily. I received a speeding ticket the other day and almost went to jail I feel because of the lack of help and the fact that I’m now receiving a harsher punishment for a speeding ticket then the many men who physically and sexually assaulted me ever did.
Methods of treatment that are wholisitic in approach instead of medicinal.
Good tips. Please can you speak about gaslighting and the traumatic effect that has on the victim.
Please look up Dr. Karyl McBride. She is a renowned expert in this area.
She explains it from the DSMV-5 researched perspective as well as from examples from her own work. She is based in Arvada, CO and actively runs support groups for clients who have been traumatized by gas-lightening. She is real, she is active in her work, and continues to research.