System Speak: Complex Trauma and Dissociative Disorders

Prior to airing this episode, we explain some issues and terminology related to the interview.  Dr. Roger Solomon shares with us about the loss of Francine Shapiro, as well as the history and work of…

Emma uses one of Nathan’s musicals to find words for inner strength after recognizing she got herself out of danger in Africa, and that she isn’t helpless anymore.  Content note:  toward the end of t…

Emma talks about chosen family and self-care, including staying present to set boundaries in parenting.

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We read and respond to listener emails after our Africa trip.

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We talk with Mary and Nathan about what happened in Africa.

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Dr. E interviews special guest Susan Pease Banitt, LCSW, author of “The Trauma Toolkit” (for survivors) and “Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy” (for clinicians).  They talk about attachm…

We talk with the Adaption System.

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Emma talks about therapy progress: internal communication, getting grounded, memory time, triggers, and accepting diagnosis.

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Sasha talks about Mother's Day and Father's Day, and how important it is to care for the body when struggling.

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Sasha reads and responds to listener emails.

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Emma talks about being afraid she is not strong enough.  It's two months after the avoidance episodes and she is struggling with how real the pain is.  She briefly mentions outside children having tr…

We invite Dr. Peter Barach to speak with us again about a reader’s question regarding regression in treatment, which he explains as dissociative response to stressors.  We use the experience of torna…

Pat Ogden, PhD, is our guest to explain sensorimotor psychotherapy.  She tells her story of learning about trauma work, and the recognition of the body as an ally in healing.  She explains how somati…

Emma reflects post-girls-weekend, including about getting to know others inside.  She talks about relationships internally, and trying to participate and repair internally.  The outside kids sing two…

Emma talks about trying to spend a weekend with friends, and learning how to make mistakes and recover from them.  Emma reflects on others inside and trying to track what is happening when she can't …

We talk to the Infinite System.

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We talk to the Labyrinth System.

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Emma opens up about the ways Mother’s Day has been difficult in the past (trigger warning for references to miscarriages, deceased parents, infertility, and abuse dynamics).  These issues are only re…

We speak with local clinician Robert Cox.

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Emma reflects on therapy.  She talks about learning to accept the others.  She talks about the overlap of memory time and now time.  She shares an experience of sensing one of the others inside, in a…