Comments on: Beyond Sandy Hook: How Somatic Experiencing Can Help Us Heal https://traumahealing.org/beyond-sandy-hook/ Somatic Experiencing International is the educational and humanitarian home for the SE™ method of trauma resolution Fri, 01 Apr 2022 17:21:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: EmotionFocused https://traumahealing.org/beyond-sandy-hook/#comment-326 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:28:27 +0000 http://ac6.ab6.mwp.accessdomain.com/beyond-trauma-blog/?p=593#comment-326 There is no question that trauma involves devastating physical and emotional damage and treating trauma sometimes can be an emotional process.
A traumatic event is one that is so emotionally or physically stressful that it swamps your coping abilities, leaving you feeling isolated, helpless and vulnerable. However trauma is also a subjective experience which means that each person will be affected to varying degrees. Your reaction to a trauma is what determines how the situation will affect you from a psychological standpoint, as well as from a physical standpoint.

]]> By: felicity fernandes https://traumahealing.org/beyond-sandy-hook/#comment-325 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:17:47 +0000 http://ac6.ab6.mwp.accessdomain.com/beyond-trauma-blog/?p=593#comment-325 Wish it was available to body workers in South Africa.

]]> By: Francis Console LMFT https://traumahealing.org/beyond-sandy-hook/#comment-324 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:47:32 +0000 http://ac6.ab6.mwp.accessdomain.com/beyond-trauma-blog/?p=593#comment-324 Some of our returning Marines and Navy Corpsmen, having experienced combat-related traumatic events have transferred their pain onto family members, the most impressionable being their kids. This is complicated by their original familyunresolved issues. We treat the troops and refer out the family members; there are ample choices around here to serve everyone, but, that said it is not easy to keep track of everyone; privacy, sheer volume, etc. We do the best we can. Everyone can be helped.

]]> By: Larry Kessler https://traumahealing.org/beyond-sandy-hook/#comment-323 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:51:54 +0000 http://ac6.ab6.mwp.accessdomain.com/beyond-trauma-blog/?p=593#comment-323 “Trauma-Proofing Your Kids” is a must-read for all parents and should be a mandatory read for all teachers. What I loved about the book were all the techniques and exercises that can be applied to adults. As an SEP who work mostly with adults, I constantly find myself returning to it as a great resource book.

]]> By: Shawna Rudnisky https://traumahealing.org/beyond-sandy-hook/#comment-322 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:38:07 +0000 http://ac6.ab6.mwp.accessdomain.com/beyond-trauma-blog/?p=593#comment-322 I have read Peter Levine’s book, ‘Healing Trauma; A Pioneering Program for restoring the Wisdom of your Body’ and even wrote a blog based on it; http://shawnarudnisky.blogspot.ca/2012/11/what-is-trauma.html His book helped me work through trauma I was experiencing from a car accident I was in with my 4 month old daughter.

I was an elementary school teacher, but since the end of my mat leave a year and ½ ago I’ve been running a small daycare in my home. I have purchased his book ‘Trauma-Proofing Your Kids’ to educate myself on how trauma can effect children, but I have just begun to read it. I think every teacher, parent, and anyone who has ever been in a traumatic experience would greatly benefit from reading his books!

S. Rudnisky

]]> By: Kris Downing https://traumahealing.org/beyond-sandy-hook/#comment-321 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:03:53 +0000 http://ac6.ab6.mwp.accessdomain.com/beyond-trauma-blog/?p=593#comment-321 The book, Trauma-Proofing Your Kids, would be an excellent read for a campus based book-club, for faculty to read a chapter at a time and then come together to discuss it. What an amazing way for a school to support healing for all kinds of trauma in their student body (as well as build essential co-regulation skills for teachers).

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