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45 Laney Rosenzweig: How Trauma Can Be Resolved in Just One Session With ART

August 7, 2023 By Nathalie Himmelrich Leave a Comment

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Laney Rosenzweig

How Trauma Can Be Resolved in Just One Session? With ART…

The episode with Laney Rosenzweig, founder of Accelerated Resolution Therapy ART has been one of those conversations that caught me by surprise. After hearing about Accelerated Resolution Therapy from one of my previous podcast guests, I was interested but after speaking with Laney I was completely intrigued by her experimental spirit which led to the potential of ART to help people heal from many challenges. 

ART has been proven useful to treat:

  • Post-traumatic stress (PTSD) 
  • Grief
  • Depression
  • Phobias
  • Anxiety 
  • Addictions, substance abuse
  • Eating disorder
  • OCD
  • ADHD

About this week’s guest 

Laney Rosenzweig is the Developer of Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). Developed in 2008, ART is an evidence-based, eye movement therapy that can resolve the symptoms of PTSD and other mental health issues. The research showed that one to five sessions with an average of three resolved the issues studied. Most past trauma can be resolved in only one session. Ongoing problems may take longer due to secondary gains. Her training company, Rosenzweig Center for Rapid Recovery (RCRR), has trained over 8,000 clinicians both in private practice and in numerous clinics. Her book, “Too Good to Be True” is an autobiographical account of her life, how she developed ART, and examples of ART’s healing power.

Laney’s Website: https://erasetraumanow.com
Laney’s TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP7dx03arxI

ART links: ART Website: http://www.acceleratedresolutiontherapy.com/ | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/acceleratedresolutiontherapy

Thank you for listening!

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Filed Under: podcast, counselling, depression, emotions/feelings, grief support, grief/loss, stress, trauma Tagged With: accelerated resolution therapy, adhd, art, depression, grief, Laney Rosenzweig, ocd, PTSD, substance abuse, trauma

Andrew Dupy on Dealing With Early Childhood Trauma, Losses, Divorce, and PTSD | Episode 43

June 19, 2023 By Nathalie Himmelrich Leave a Comment

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As you know, I thrive to have more male guests on the Podcast and I’m glad that Andrew offered to speak from his personal experience of dealing with grief and trauma in many different situations. He speaks about divorce, both the divorce of his parents as well as his own marriage, the death of both of his parents, and the loss of most of his family and friends as a result of that. 

As you will hear in today’s episode, having experienced quite significant early childhood trauma, Andrew knows his boundaries and is clear on what he can talk about and where he prefers not to go deeper, which I’m guessing many of you listeners can relate to. Having clear boundaries is so important, especially dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the aftermath of a chronically dysregulated nervous system.  

Find out more by listening to today’s episode. 

About this week’s guest 

Andrew Dupy is the CSO for Leaders Press with a demonstrated history working in the publishing industry and more than 15 years of developing extensive customer, sales, support, management, and executive experience.
Andrew has consistently fostered a productive and enriching work environment to upskill employees and grow business and leverages his knowledge, bearing, and charisma to generate return business by creating a community of long-term client relationships. 
Andrew became estranged from his biological father at an early age after the divorce of his parents due to the parents’ abusive relationship, which also led to the estrangement of other members of their extended family. As a young adult, his mother died from cancer and many years later Andrew also lost his stepdad from cancer. Just a few years after that, his own marriage ended in divorce.  

Andrew’s links: LinkedIn | Leader’s Press article 

Topics discussed in this episode

  • Divorce from his parents, estranged biological father
  • Death of both of his parents from cancer
  • Divorce leads to the loss of friends and support network
  • PTSD from early childhood trauma (abusive family relationship) and present-day reactions
  • Effects of PTSD on the nervous system
  • Sudden death versus long-drawn-out illness

Resources mentioned in this episode

  • Leader’s Press podcast
  • Nervous system regulation – find out more here
  • EMDR

Thank you for listening!

HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is produced and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich.

Filed Under: podcast, family of origin, grief support, loss of parent, love/relationship/marriage, parent loss, partner loss, separation/divorce, trauma Tagged With: abuse, boundaries, estrangement, nervous system regulation, post traumatic stress, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD

Meghan Jarvis on How a Therapist Deal With Grief and Trauma | Episode 41

June 5, 2023 By Nathalie Himmelrich Leave a Comment

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Meghan Jarvis

Another exciting conversation awaits you here today because Meghan and I have something central in common: our passion for grief and trauma. Speaking the same kind of language, our conversation flowed easily through her personal story of dealing with many losses and trauma, leading to her professional work with clients dealing with grief and trauma, especially in the workplace.    

About this week’s guest 

Meghan Riordan Jarvis, MA, LCSW, is an author, podcast host, TEDx Speaker, and psychotherapist specializing in trauma, grief, and loss. After experiencing PTSD following the deaths of both of her parents within two years of each other, Meghan began speaking on a larger scale about the importance of understanding grief and supporting grievers. Founder of Tacking Point Partners, Meghan, and her team consult regularly with companies addressing grief in the workplace. Meghan’s “Grief is My Side Hustle” platform includes her popular podcast of the same name, her blog, and her free grief writing workshop “Grief Mates.” Meghan’s memoir. “The End of The Hour,” will be published in December 2023.

Meghan’s links: Website | Instagram

Topics discussed in this episode

  • Meghan’s personal and professional relationship with grief and trauma
  • Childhood trauma: Death of a close family friend through drowning
  • Break-up, therapy… ultimately leading to Meghan becoming a therapist herself
  • The death of her Dad (2017) and Mum (2019) and the different reactions Meghan experienced
  • When and how do you know you need help? 
  • Grief in the workplace
  • Why people don’t talk about grief

Resources mentioned in this episode

  • Anderson Cooper Podcast
  • Trauma therapies: EMDR, Sensory Motor Psychotherapy, Internal Family System, Touch Therapy
  • Help Text

Thank you for listening!

HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is produced and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich. Support the show

Support the show:

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  • Download the FREE grief resource eBook
  • Book a complimentary Discovery Call
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Filed Under: podcast, counselling, family of origin, grief support, grief/loss, loss of parent, parent loss, stress, trauma, writing Tagged With: childhood trauma, EMDR, grief and trauma, grief in the workplace, grief is my side hustle, post traumatic stress, PTSD

John Henry Parker on How Helping Troubled Veterans Helped Him Deal With Grief | Episode 37

May 8, 2023 By Nathalie Himmelrich Leave a Comment

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John Henry Parker

Today on the podcast I am speaking with John Henry Parker who has experienced multiple losses in his family. From avoiding grief and its emotionality altogether after the loss of his older brother Russel when John was just twenty years old, he could no longer do that when his son Danny died in 2009. Therapeutic writing and helping other troubled veterans as he calls them were his ways of dealing with his loss.

About this week’s guest 

John Henry Parker is a behavioral assessment analyst, writer, and audiobook narrator. For over 35 years, he has immersed himself in the work of personal transformation with a simple philosophy; Apply everything to self, first.
His passion ranges from writing, offering men’s transformational work to the philosophy in life of giving back and paying it forward. His passion for supporting and working with transitioning veterans and their families is in memory of his son Danny, who was killed in an adrenaline-seeking, excessive speed-related motorcycle accident after completing his military service. Danny was a Purple Heart Recipient and Combat Veteran of two deployments to Afghanistan with the Army 10th Mountain Division. John is a former peacetime Marine, and his father was a former Marine, Korean War Combat Veteran, and Air Force Reconnaissance photographer in Vietnam.

Check out John’s links:

  • www.harvestingwisdom.com
  • www.transitioningveteransbook.com

Topics discussed in this episode

  • Growing up with an alcoholic father and in a ‘bad’ neighborhood
  • His mother’s Parkinson’s disease for 35 years
  • Significant losses: John’s older brother Russel through a motorcycle accident when he was twenty, and his son Danny (highspeed motorcycle accident) in 2009
  • Aunt Glady’s influence on John’s view on life: God is love, the gift of empathy, and the law of reciprocity
  • Working with troubled veterans 
  • Epigenetic trauma

Resources mentioned in this episode

  • Bruce Lipton, Joe Dispenza

Thank you for listening!

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 If you need grief support, please contact me for a FREE 30 min discovery session.

 HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is produced and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich. 

Filed Under: podcast, child loss, coaching, family of origin, grief support, grief/loss, grieving parents, loss of parent, loss of sibling Tagged With: combat veteran, marine, motorcycle accident, peace corp, PTSD, veteran, veterans, war veteran, wounded warrior

38 Different Types of Trauma

April 10, 2023 By Nathalie Himmelrich 2 Comments

Trauma

The other day I received a request from a potential guest for the How to Deal With Grief and Trauma podcast. The first 3 lines from his email sufficed to create a shock response as the content traumatized me just by reading it. It started with ‘Imagine…’ followed by a short description of the horrific, ritualistic, and sadistic childhood trauma the person had experienced.

Yes, simple words in a couple of lines are enough to traumatize the reader. Why is that?

Trauma happens on different levels

Trauma does not just happen to the person experiencing it. It also happens to the person seeing it happen (witnessing by sight), or the person hearing it happen (witnessing by sound).

It does not even require the words ‘imagine this…’ – the brain automatically makes an internal image of what has been shared.

Take for example the events taking place on 9/11 – a historical event etched in the memory of every human being on the planet who was old enough to hear it and connected in some form or other to the world news. Even just referring to an event with a number (9/11) will bring up memories of where you were that day, who you were with, and what you did.

Who was affected by this traumatic event?

  • People directly at the different scenes of events (Twin Towers, Pentagon, etc)
  • Friends and family members of those people
  • Rescue teams, news reporters, medical care teams, etc
  • People watching the news
  • People hearing from those who were at the scene
  • People hearing from those who watched the news

Not all people who COULD be affected by a traumatic event
are necessarily affected,
and not likely in the same way.

What happens to people affected by trauma?

Depending on the level of involvement and closeness to the trauma, people either go into a full trauma response or a milder version. Immediate reactions after a traumatic event include shock and denial, while more long-term reactions may include mood swings, relationship challenges, flashbacks, and physical symptoms. These responses may be concerning to the person experiencing them and those around them, but they are normal responses to traumatic events.

People have different reactions to traumatic events. For example, those who live through the same natural disaster can respond very differently despite experiencing the same event.

Type of trauma (traumatic events)

Traumatic events include (but are not limited to):

  • Child abuse
  • Child neglect
  • Bullying
  • Being attacked
  • Being kidnapped
  • Harassment
  • Physical abuse
  • Domestic violence
  • Violence in the community
  • Natural disasters
  • Medical trauma
  • Sexual abuse
  • Sex trafficking
  • Substance use
  • Intimate partner violence
  • Verbal abuse
  • Accidents
  • War
  • Refugee trauma
  • Terrorism
  • Traumatic grief
  • Intergenerational trauma
  • Childbirth

Even a seemingly positive event such as childbirth can be traumatic, depending on the circumstances!

Duration of trauma: Acute versus chronic emotional trauma

Traumatic events can be isolated or repeated, ongoing events. A person can also experience trauma after witnessing something (by sight or sound) traumatic happening to someone else.

Trauma can either be physical or emotional. Physical trauma is a serious bodily injury. Emotional trauma is the emotional response to a disturbing event or situation.

 More specifically, emotional trauma can be either acute or chronic, as follows:

  • Acute emotional trauma is the emotional response that happens during and shortly after a single distressing event.
  • Chronic emotional trauma is a long-term emotional response a person experiences from prolonged or repeated distressing events that span months or years. Additionally, complex emotional trauma is the emotional response associated with multiple different distressing events that may or may not be intertwined.

Small ‘t’ versus Large ‘T’

Small ‘t’ traumas are events that exceed our capacity to cope and cause a disruption in emotional functioning. These distressing events are not inherently life or bodily-integrity-threatening, but perhaps better described as ego-threatening due to the individual left feeling notable helplessness. Some examples include:

  • Interpersonal conflict
  • Infidelity
  • Divorce
  • Abrupt or extended relocation
  • Legal trouble
  • Financial worries or difficulty
  • etc.

A large-T trauma is distinguished as an extraordinary and significant event that leaves the individual feeling powerless and possessing little control over their environment. Such events could take the form of, for example:

  • Natural disaster
  • Terrorist attack
  • Sexual assault
  • Combat
  • Car accident
  • Plane accident
  • Childhood ritualist abuse
  • etc.

Helplessness is also a key factor of large ‘T’ traumas, and the extent of experienced helplessness is far beyond that of a small ‘t’ trauma. Large ‘T’ traumas are more readily identified by the experiencer, as well as those who have any familiarity with their plight.

These might be 38 types of trauma but the list is not complete.

More articles to come on:

  • trauma symptoms
  • trauma-informed care
  • trauma in childhood
  • healing from trauma
  • complex trauma

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Filed Under: trauma, grief support, sexual trauma Tagged With: acute emotional trauma, childhood trauma, chronic emotional trauma, chronic PTSD, large t, large trauma, PTSD, small t, small trauma, trauma, trauma response, war

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