Heal the Hurts
By Lynda Foster
Three ways to develop emotional independence after childhood trauma
Have you ever struggled to have a relationship with your family that allows you to be yourself? In this blog, I explore why this might be and offer three ways that you could maintain your family relationships AND still be your own person. What is emotional independence? I often hear from people who would like […]
How I work with trauma and the body
Imagine if you could have trauma therapy that didn't involve just talking about your traumatic experiences. I work to help you to process and cope with the impacts of your experiences. This encompasses cognition, emotions and – crucially – the body. Here’s an outline of how I work at each level: Cognitive level Using cognition […]
How connecting to our bodies can help to resolve anxiety
Did you know? Anxiety actually helped you to survive. If you struggle with anxiety read on. Where does anxiety come from? The same system that helps you to survive traumatic experience, can also manifest as anxiety in our everyday lives. We can view anxiety as part of our natural fight or flight stress response. […]
How movement helps to release trauma from the body
You can’t think your way out of something that you didn’t think your way into. In trauma, it’s our emotions and nervous system responses which get trapped. And this can’t be resolved by relying on cognition alone. This is why I don’t believe that CBT is suitable for healing trauma, especially complex trauma. While cognition […]
How does trauma gets trapped in the body?
In the last blog I talked about how movement features in our ability to survive traumatic experiences through the activation of our nervous systems to run, fight, or freeze. All responses are automatic and out of our control, as our minds allow our bodies to take over. But what happens next? Even though we might […]
How moving (or not) helps us to survive traumatic experiences
A long time ago, staying in tribes and remaining vigilant to threats from predators ensured human survival. We’ve survived because our minds and bodies have evolved to deal with threats by either moving or not moving. Let me explain. Surviving by moving In the presence of threats to safety, the human alarm system is activated. […]
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