Journaling for Trauma

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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🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Learn Grounding skills for trauma and anxiety in my FREE course: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/grounding-skills-for-anxiety-stress-and-ptsd Do you ever have an intense emotional reaction that just seems disproportionate to the situation? Does some little thing set you off? And you can’t figure out why? Do you get anxious, a flash of anger, or an unexplainable feeling of fear? Or do you experience a feeling of “shut down”, exhaustion, or withdrawal? When we can’t figure out where these emotions are coming from, sometimes these feelings are related to childhood trauma or unresolved painful experiences from our past. In this video, you’ll learn 7 journaling prompts to help you explore how big emotions might be related to past trauma. Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanutshell Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapyinanutshell.com Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/best-self-help-books Therapy in a Nutshell 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

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Therapy in a Nutschell podcast. I'm Emma McAdam, a licensed marriage and family therapist,
0:06.0	and it's my mission to create easy to understand educational content about therapeutic skills and topics that anyone can use in their daily life.
0:14.0	Stay tuned till the end of the video to learn more about my mental health courses, discounts, and other news related to therapy in a nutshell. I hope you
0:22.2	enjoy the episode. Each podcast episode comes from a corresponding video you can find on the
0:28.0	Therapy in a Nutshell YouTube channel. Also, these podcasts are educational and don't replace the
0:33.7	advice or direction you may be receiving from a therapist or other health professional.
0:38.3	Alright, let's jump in.
0:40.3	Do you ever have an intense emotional reaction that just seems disproportionate to the situation?
0:45.3	Or do some little things set you off?
0:49.3	Or you can't figure out why you're upset?
0:52.3	Maybe you feel anxious or like this flash of anger or an
0:55.5	unexplainable feeling of fear. Or maybe you experience this like feeling of shut down, like
1:01.3	where you just feel exhausted or like withdrawing, curling up into a ball, right? When we can't
1:09.0	figure out where these feelings are coming from, sometimes these
1:12.4	feelings are related to childhood trauma or unresolved painful experiences from our past. Trauma
1:18.2	changes our nervous system to make us super sensitive to situations that in any way remind us
1:24.6	of the pain or danger of our past trauma. And this is supposed to help us,
1:29.9	right? Like we're supposed to be able to identify dangerous situations very quickly and respond
1:35.7	to them very quickly. But when we can't identify what's underneath those emotions, we often
1:41.5	feel out of control in our own body. So in this video,
1:45.5	you'll learn seven journaling prompts to help you explore how big emotions might be related
1:50.7	to past trauma. And you'll hear about a man whose fear of flying mostly went away when he
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