Healing the Nervous System from Trauma- Somatic Experiencing

Therapy in a Nutshell

Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 9 June 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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I review the book Moving Beyond Trauma by Ilene Smith, which teaches about using somatic experiencing to heal the nervous system from trauma. Buy Moving Beyond Trauma by Ilene Smith here: https://amzn.to/33FS7HG Not a sponsor, but I do get a few cents in affiliate links. Thanks to BetterHelp for sponsoring the video: BetterHelp: Professional, affordable online counseling starting at around $65 a week: https://www.betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=06092020 Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanutshell Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapyinanutshell.com?utm_medium=YTDescription&utm_source=podcast Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/best-self-help-books Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC, and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction. And deeper than all of that, the Gospel of Jesus Christ orients my personal worldview and sense of security, peace, hope, and love https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believe If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC Music licensed from www.Bensound.com or Artlist.io Images from Freepik.com (premium license), Pixabay, or Wikimedia commons

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to therapy in a nutshell. I'm Emma McAdam, a licensed marriage and
0:13.0	family therapist, and this is the podcast where I condense mental health skills into bite-sized
0:19.0	nuggets of health.
0:27.8	Hi, everyone. Emma McAdam here. I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist.
0:35.3	I just read the book Moving Beyond Trauma by Eileen Smith. And it's left me thinking quite a bit about one really massive aspect of mental health that
0:38.4	most people don't even know about, which is how your nervous system and whether you can regulate
0:43.8	it has a huge impact on mental health.
0:46.5	And this is an emerging approach.
0:48.0	It's called somatic experiencing.
0:50.1	It targets treatment for trauma, but it also does a great job with anxiety and depression
0:55.2	and other mental health issues.
0:57.5	And the way it does this is through the body and nervous system regulation.
1:03.8	So in this video, I'm going to share some of what the author Eileen Smith talks about,
1:10.0	which is why traditional Western psychology has failed
1:12.7	many people, and how healing is possible when we get out of our head and into our body.
1:18.7	Real quick, I want to remind you, I've got a bunch of courses up online. I'm moving from
1:24.1	Udeme to teachable. The links are down in the description below.
1:28.0	I've got to change your brain course on mental health and neuroplasticity.
1:31.2	We've got a coping skills and self-care course and a how-to-help course,
1:34.5	which is how to help family members and friends who are experiencing mental illness.
1:41.7	So check those out if you want to learn more.
1:43.9	Okay, back to the video. So the main idea of
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