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The Trauma Experience: Three Phases of Trauma Therapy
DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA introduces the three phases of trauma therapy and what to expect as you are going through them. Trauma by nature...
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The Trauma Experience: The Window of Tolerance
DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA on the window of tolerance and how it helps to process trauma in therapy. In therapy, we speak about the window of...
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The Trauma Experience: Our Brain in Three Parts: Reptilian, Mammalian, and Neocortex
DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA explains how our triune brain encodes trauma and contributes to trauma responses even years after our traumatic...
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The Trauma Experience: What to expect during your EMDR session
DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA shares what to expect in your EMDR sessions. Often, we go to therapy because we have been grappling with an issue...
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The Trauma Experience: How does EMDR help us heal from Trauma?
DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA explains what EMDR Therapy is and how it helps us to process Trauma in a healthy way. EMDR Therapy, or Eye Movement...
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The Trauma Experience: How can Trauma Therapy reduce our Physical Trauma Reactions?
DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA explains how Trauma Therapy can reduce our physical trauma responses. Trauma therapy tackles trauma and its effects...
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The Trauma Experience: How can Trauma Therapy reduce our Negative Thoughts
DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA explains how Trauma Therapy can help to reduce our negative trauma beliefs. Trauma therapy tackles trauma and its...
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The Trauma Experience: How Can Trauma Therapy Reduce our Distress
DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA explains how Trauma Therapy can reduce our emotional distress after a traumatic experience. Trauma therapy tackles...
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The Trauma Experience: Our Brain on Trauma - What Happens in Survival Mode?
DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA explains how trauma impacts our brains. When we experience a traumatic event, our coping abilities become...
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The Basic Vagus Nerve Exercise
A quick technique for reducing stress and anxiety For more information or to book a consultation with psychologist Dr. Esslin Terrighena,...
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The Trauma Experience: How Media & News can Trigger Trauma in Us
Psychologist DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA explains vicarious trauma and how we can experience a trauma response when engaging with media and...
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The Trauma Experience: Attachment Wounds - How Emotional Trauma Impacts Us
Psychologist DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA explores attachment wounds. Childhood trauma can also bring about persistent attachment wounds. The...
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The Trauma Experience: What are Trauma Wounds and How Do they Affect us?
Psychologist DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA discusses the impact of trauma wounds on our mental health. When we think of childhood trauma, we most...
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The Trauma Experience: Trauma in Adulthood
Psychologist DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA explores traumatic events that occur in adulthood and how they can impact us. Despite having built...
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The Trauma Experience: What is Childhood Trauma, and Why Does it Matter?
Psychologist DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA hones in on childhood trauma and the effects it can have on our mental health in adulthood. Events in...
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The Trauma Experience: What is Post-traumatic Stress Disorder?
Psychologist DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA explains what Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is and what symptoms to look out for. Post-traumatic...
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The Trauma Experience: How to Categorize your Trauma
Psychologist DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA explains different categories of trauma. Traumatic events and subsequent trauma can be placed into...
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The Trauma Experience: What is little t trauma?
Psychologist DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA explains what little t trauma is and how it affects our mental health. Little t trauma results from...
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The Trauma Experience: What is Big T Trauma?
Psychologist DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA explains what Big T Trauma is and how it impacts our wellbeing. Big T Trauma results from traumatic...
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The Trauma Experience: Fight-Flight-Freeze
Psychologist DR. ESSLIN TERRIGHENA introduces three survival responses that are triggered during a traumatic experience. When we...
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