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Part one: Definitions; research by Bessel van der Kolk; Post traumatic stress disorder; Complex post traumatic stress disorder; Developmental trauma disorder; Adverse childhood experiences; the impact of childhood trauma; the prevalence of trauma.
Part two: Trauma in early childhood; somatic trauma & body work; The Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor; toxic shame; the feeling of abandonment - physically present but emotionally absent; the impact of gaslighting; children from dysfunctional families.
FREE PREVIEWPart three: A list of different types of trauma; William’s experience of trauma; The Angel of the Aftershock by William Ayot.
Part four: Continuation of the list; shame and war; poverty and trauma; inherited and historical trauma; trauma as part of the human condition.
Part five: Intergenerational trauma; the neurochemical connection to our grandmothers, and prenatal trauma; collective trauma; Solitary by William Ayot.
Part six: Conversations around shame; The Pesso Boyden System; the traumatised becoming perpetrators; identification with the aggressor; learned helplessness; a list of submit responses.
Part seven: An experience learning to grieve in a Pesso Boyden session; shame freezing other emotions; letting go of carrying another’s baggage; another example from a Pesso Boyden session; Cut Grass and Nicotine by William Ayot.
Part eight : Q&A; helping the traumatised client learn to communicate; other poets to explore; ritual & intergenerational trauma; the undamaged self beneath the trauma survivor; Things to Carry with You as You Leave the Ruins by William Ayot.
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Resources: The poems William shared and a link to purchase his collections; links to other Shame talks, the talks mentioned in this episode, workshops, relevant websites and our mailing list; definitions; information on PTSD, CPTSD, DTD, and ACEs.
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This talk focuses on the impact of vicarious trauma, giving examples of how it can be resonating with our personal history – out of our awareness – re-stimulating our fears and anxieties.
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Sandy Cotter describes the work of Al Pesso and the Pesso Boyden System of Psychotherapy and how it works with trauma. This course includes a real client session demonstrating the PB structure, as well as a Q and A session.
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