Healing Trauma: 3 Powerful Therapeutic Techniques Explained

In this episode of "Don't Get a Therapist Yet," Wendy explores trauma and its impact on mental health. Learn about three powerful therapeutic techniques - Narrative Exposure Therapy, EMDR, and Visualization - that can help you process traumatic memories, reduce distress, and reclaim your emotional well-being. Whether you've experienced childhood abuse, bullying, accidents, or other challenging life events, this podcast offers insights into healing, understanding your experiences, and developing compassionate self-support strategies. Discover how trauma therapy can help you transform painful memories, improve sleep, and build emotional resilience.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

The goal is to move from feeling stuck and distressed to feeling empowered and at peace with past experiences.

Trauma can be caused by many different types of incidents. This includes abuse, witnessing violence, a difficult birth, seeing a loved one die, a car accident and more.

Trauma is complex and can manifest in various ways, including PTSD, sleep disturbances, and behavioural changes.

Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET): Retelling your story from a compassionate perspective can help to reframe things and address trauma.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is another way to effectively process traumatic memories.

The right therapy can help process trauma by reducing negative interpretations of past experiences.

Therapy can help you to improve your self-belief.

Even trauma that does not meet the clinical PTSD threshold can be difficult to live with. Fortunately, it is also treatable.

Work with a specialized trauma therapist.

BEST MOMENTS

“Trauma doesn't really go away, it sort of gets stuck in the emotional part of our brain.”

"Trauma is very, very distressing…. And there's all different types of trauma that people can have."

"The story is the same, but often the trauma is of your interpretation of the story as well."

"That's the power of your imagination."

"You don't have to suffer. Even if it's a distressing memory, a 5 out of 10, if it's really holding you back, you can often deal with that in a few sessions."

"Pursue some self-help strategies as well. Or, combine those with actually going to therapy."

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ABOUT THE HOST

Wendy Castelino has been working as a psychotherapist for over thirty-five years. As an accredited CBT and EMDR practitioner, she is committed to upholding the rigorous standards required for these accreditations and helping thousands of people reach their full potential.

Wendy currently runs a private practice where her focus is on CBT. Therapy is constantly evolving into developing new techniques, so she studies hard to integrate them into her therapy, to provide a rich and effective experience.

Wendy is aware that working in one-to-one therapy limits the number of people she can see. She has, therefore, created a range of online resources. These resources are designed to be easy to follow and provide clear, step-by-step instructions. This can help the individual to master skills and gain confidence, therefore optimising the therapy sessions. They are also suitable to be used on their own.

Further details are available at: WendyCastelino.com.

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