This is a description.

Drugs and medications have been used to change the perception of the world by means of reason and insight. The trauma response is a set of defensive bodily reactions that people use to protect themselves, both from threat and then later against feeling the crushing totality of their horror, helplessness and pain. As time goes on, this avoidance keeps them stuck in the past, unable to be fully present in the here and now, and unable to go forward in life. The shame, defeat and humiliation associated with the original event are fixed in the defensive trauma response. Dr. Levine explores how the brain and body deal with emotional information.

The educational objectives are listed.

1. Differentiate between top-down and bottom-up processing.
2. Utilize procedural (body) memory in resolving trauma.
3. Create new interoceptive experiences as a way of transforming traumatic experiences.

Session may be edited to preserve confidentiality.