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3 Things Bessel van der Kolk Did To Help Him Through His Recent Trauma – SC 191

By Jayson
April 11, 2018

Apple Podcast buttonGoogle Podcast button A new study shows child abuse should be considered the second largest cause of illness in the U.S.. That’s big!  And yet, our diagnostic system ignores trauma completely. Bessel van der Kolk is a professor, best-selling author and clinical psychiatrist. He’s dedicated his life to trauma research and is considered a leader in the field of trauma work. Bessel’s been dealing with his own trauma after being wrapped up in controversy, resulting in his departure from the Trauma Center he founded in Massachusetts. Are you a therapist or individual helping someone cope with trauma? Struggling with your own history of abuse? Listen up and learn how to turn traumatic pain into personal power!

Here are a few of the highlights: SHOWNOTES

      • Bessel Responds to The Allegations Against Him [10:00]
      • 2nd Largest National Health Problem: Child Abuse  [17:00]
      • Avoiding Seeing Trauma Victims as Broken People [20:00]
      • Why Meds Don’t Cure Trauma [28:00]
      • Explained: Why Child Abuse Can Lead to More Abuse [38:00]
      • The Harm in Telling a Trauma Story Over and Over [43:00]

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Bessel van der Kolk MD has spent his career studying how children and adults adapt to traumatic experiences, and has translated emerging findings from neuroscience and attachment research to develop and study a range of potentially effective treatments for traumatic stress in children and adults. In 1984, he set up one of the first clinical/research centers in the US dedicated to study and treatment of traumatic stress in civilian populations, which has trained numerous researchers and clinicians specializing in the study and treatment of traumatic stress, and which has been continually funded to research the impact of traumatic stress and effective treatment interventions. He did the first studies on the effects of SSRIs on PTSD; was a member of the first neuroimaging team to investigate how trauma changes brain processes, and did the first research linking BPD and deliberate self-injury to trauma and neglect in early childhood. Much of his research has focused on how trauma has a different impact at different stages of development, and that disruptions in care-giving systems have additional deleterious effects that need to be addressed for effective intervention. In order to promote a deeper understanding of the impact of childhood trauma and to foster the development and execution of effective treatment interventions, he initiated the process that led to the establishment of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), a Congressionally mandated initiative that now funds approximately 150 centers specializing in developing effective treatment interventions, and implementing them in a wide array of settings, from juvenile detention centers to tribal agencies, nationwide. He has focused on studying treatments that stabilize physiology, increase executive functioning and help traumatized individuals to feel fully alert to the present. This has included an NIMH funded study on EMDR and NCCAM funded study of yoga, and, in recent years, the study of neurofeedback to investigate whether attentional and perceptual systems (and the neural tracks responsible for them) can be altered by changing EEG patterns. His efforts resulted in the establishment of Trauma Center that consist of a well-trained clinical team specializing in the treatment of children and adults with histories of child maltreatment, that applies treatment models that are widely taught and implemented nationwide, a research lab that studies the effects of neurofeedback and MDMA on behavior, mood, and executive functioning, and numerous trainings nationwide to a variety of mental health professional, educators, parent groups, policy makers, and law enforcement personnel.  

 

2 Comments

  1. MFA Portz

    Hello!

    What is the name of researcher in case of trauma /eating too much being overweight.

    Foletti?

    YOUTUBE interview Bessel van der Kolk 12-04-2018

    Reply
    • meg@relationshipschool.com

      hey I’m sorry not sure off hand, perhaps give this episode another listen? Feel free to hit us back in the comment if you do. Take care-Meg

      Reply

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