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Improving Your Relationships
SESSION 9 OF 46
Duration 13mins 57secs
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In this session, Dr Pat Ogden discusses how we can improve our relationships. We learn about how we form our relational patterns through early attachment, and how these formative relationships when we are young can impact on our adult relationships. Dr Ogden shows us how these relationships can affect us pre-verbally when we are babies. We also learn how to be aware of our bodies responses in relationships. By exploring how our own bodies hold patterns, we can start shifting the imprint of past relationships of attachment on our present relationships.
ALL SESSIONS IN THIS MODULE: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
01
Understanding Trauma
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden walks us through the theory of understanding trauma. She outlines why our instinctive responses to trauma can affect us and explains why trauma is often misunderstood. Dr Ogden takes us to the root of trauma and shares why some people are traumatised and why other people are not. She...
02
Depression
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates the root causes of depression and offers skills and techniques for dealing with depression. Sometimes it can be difficult for us to identify the cause of our depression. Dr Ogden explains the different root causes, including; our personal histories, trauma and grief. We learn how hypo-arousal (low arousal)...
03
ADHD
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates ADHD. She provides us with skills for managing hyper-reactivity, high energy and distraction, commonly associated with ADHD. Dr Ogden explains how children with ADHD don’t want to misbehave and how it can be very frustrating for both the child and the parent or caregiver. She discusses the importance...
04
Loneliness
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden explores loneliness. She provides us with an understanding of loneliness and identifies where feelings of isolation and emptiness may come from. Dr Ogden shows us tools and actions that we can work with to help us feel less lonely. We learn about how we embody loneliness, and the way...
05
Overwhelming Emotions
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates the overwhelming emotions that arise in the experience of a traumatic event. We discover why our emotions can seem out of control after we’ve experienced trauma. Dr Ogden explains the reasons for this and provides us with tools to regulate those emotions, so they don’t feel so overwhelming....
06
Social Anxiety
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates the common experience of social anxiety. Most people will experience social anxiety at some point in their lives. Unfortunately, social anxiety interferes with our enjoyment of life and can negatively impact on our daily activities. Dr Ogden outlines the many causes of social anxiety and explains the impact...
07
Mindfulness
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden explores a new way of using mindfulness to help us work through our difficulties. Mindful attention is an effective tool to assist us in understanding our problems and our reactions, and may help us discover the root of our problems. Dr Ogden shows us how to use practical tools...
08
Autism
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates autism. She outlines ways to manage autism and shows us how to regulate and improve our ability to be socially engaged. Dr Ogden offers people with autism, and their caregivers, tools for building self-confidence and social skills. Eye-contact and verbal communication can be triggering for people with autism,...
09
Improving Your Relationships « you are here
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden discusses how we can improve our relationships. We learn about how we form our relational patterns through early attachment, and how these formative relationships when we are young can impact on our adult relationships. Dr Ogden shows us how these relationships can affect us pre-verbally when we are babies....
010
Regulating Your Rage
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden explores how to regulate our explosive behaviours behind dysregulated emotions that feel like rage. Dr Ogden discusses why rage appears in our body and explains the triggers in our daily lives that may be a precursor to the arousal of rage.
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Conflict in Relationships
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates conflict in relationships. She discusses the difficulties that we all experience in our relationships, and helps us understand conflict from a different perspective. Dr Ogden shows us tools and techniques to help us work through our conflict. She explains how we communicate on different levels, including verbal and...
012
Angry Kids
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates ways to regulate children’s anger. She shows us a variety of skills we can use to decrease children’s agitation and help channel their energy in a more appropriate manner. Dr Ogden discusses acceptable ways for children to express their anger, using activities that support and strengthen the connection...
013
Setting Boundaries
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden shows us how to set boundaries with ourselves and others, and how to have those boundaries respected. She investigates the difficulty of setting boundaries and saying no to people, and how we could be stuck in a pattern of not asserting ourselves. Research shows that boundaries are communicated non-verbally...
014
Dealing with Rape
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates the traumatic experience of rape. She walks us through what happens inside of us during these experiences and offers tools to help us heal from rape.
015
Dissociation
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates dissociation. She explains what dissociation is and why it occurs after trauma. Dr Ogden describes how we may become stuck in our instinctive, defensive responses. When we are stuck in this state, we tend to compartmentalise our trauma so we can get on with our daily life without...
016
Chronic Pain
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates chronic pain. Often when we have experienced trauma we can develop patterns in our body that lead to chronic pain. Dr Ogden shows us different ways to connect with our body. She outlines the sources of pain and how it can be relieved by specific actions in our...
017
Increasing Your Happiness
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden explores how we can cultivate more happiness and a greater sense of wellbeing in our lives. When we have experienced trauma or negative experiences, we tend to focus on those negative memories. Dr Ogden shows us how to uncouple memories to shift our negative focus and explore new ways...
018
Self-Harm
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates the distressing phenomena of self-harm. She provides us with a deeper understanding of self-harm, outlining some of the related issues and reasons why we might cause harm to ourselves. Furthermore, Dr Ogden explores the relationship between trauma and self-harm. When we experience trauma, we can become disconnected from...
019
Past Surgery Trauma
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates the psychological impacts of surgery. She explains why surgery can be a form of trauma and explores how we might experience post-traumatic symptoms after our surgical procedure. We find out how to identify these symptoms, developing a deeper understanding of how the effects of trauma are felt in...
020
The Language of the Body
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates the wisdom of the body. She explains the intelligence that we all have inside our bodies and discusses how our body adapts to different environments.
021
Regulating Your Arousal
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden shows us how we can modulate our arousal. After we experience trauma it is a natural occurrence that our arousal becomes either too high or too low. Dr Ogden explains why our arousal becomes dysregulated after we experience trauma. She provides us with tools and techniques to help us...
022
Understanding Your Memories
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden provides us with a deeper understanding of our memories. She explains two different categories of memory; explicit memories and implicit memories, showing us tools and techniques that we can use to recognise these kinds of memories. Dr Ogden explores the signals and signs of those memories, so we can...
023
Addiction
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates addiction. She explores the root cause of what drives our addictive behaviour, and shows us ways to help us overcome our addictive habits. Research shows a correlation between addiction and trauma, Dr Ogden describes how when we experience trauma our arousal becomes dysregulated. She explains the significant role...
024
Cultivating Wellbeing
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates how we can cultivate more wellbeing in our lives. We are shown a variety of skills to enhance our wellbeing at a core level. Dr Ogden examines the role our body plays in enhancing our wellbeing and explains the importance of resources, focusing on two categories; survival resources...
025
Healing Your Shame
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates the difficult emotion of shame. She explores the thoughts and defences behind shame and provides us with tools to help heal this. Dr Ogden describes the difference between guilt and shame, and teaches us about how our attachment figures in early childhood relationships may have impacted on us...
026
Reconstructing Your Memories
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates how we can reconstruct our traumatic memories. When we experience trauma, we tend to focus on the worst parts of the event and play it over repeatedly in our minds. Dr Ogden explains how these traumatic moments then become more deeply wired into our system. She shows us...
027
Domestic Violence
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates the dynamics of domestic violence. She explains how domestic violence can be a relational attachment issue and discusses why we might have difficultly leaving these relationships. Victims of domestic violence often suffer from self-blame and shame, Dr Ogden shows us how to release our judgements and have compassion...
028
Connecting with Others
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates connection in relationships. We develop a deeper understanding of how to connect with others whilst maintaining our sense of self. Dr Ogden discusses how our childhood may have an impact on our ability to seek connection. She explains proximity seeking actions and how our instinctive actions of seeking...
029
Building Resilience
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates how we can build more resilience in our lives. She explains what resilience is and shows us skills to help us overcome life’s challenges and struggles. Dr Ogden discusses the qualities of resilient people, showing us ways to cultivate optimism, gratitude, self-compassion and seek social support in our...
030
Anorexia
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates the eating disorder anorexia. Anorexia may be associated with past trauma or with past relational issues, and can be associated with other aliments including depression and anxiety. Dr Ogden outlines possible causes and triggers for anorexia, highlighting how they are individualistic and can vary from person to person....
031
Bulimia & Binge Eating
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates bulimia and binge eating. She explains the importance of becoming curious about our eating patterns and how the root causes of these conditions are individualistic. Pat discusses how these eating disorders often relate to our own self-concept, which may trace back to our traumatic experiences and negative relational...
032
Obesity
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates the eating disorder obesity. This condition often affects our self-esteem and we may experience painful self-judgements, Dr Ogden addresses these issues and shows us tools we can use to cultivate self-compassion. She explores possible causes and triggers of obesity, including our childhood and past traumas.
033
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). OCD is a common difficulty that can be very disruptive to our life. Dr Ogden discusses the many various forms of OCD and provides us with a deeper understanding of this disorder. She outlines the affects OCD may have on our body, focusing on...
034
Emotional Abuse
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates emotional abuse. She explains different types of emotional abuse and explores helpful ways to work through emotionally abusive behaviour. Dr Ogden discusses the importance of self-care, offering us skills and techniques we can use to self-soothe and regulate our arousal. She provides us with examples of emotionally abusive...
035
Shyness
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates shyness. She explains that there is nothing wrong with being shy, however we might want to feel more confident and comfortable in public spaces. Dr Ogden shows us how we can overcome the difficulties and judgements often associated with shyness. She illuminates the important role our body plays...
036
Parts of Yourself
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates different parts of the self. She explores how we develop our different parts, explaining how negative childhood experiences might lead to us abandoning parts of our self. Dr Ogden examines how trauma can cause a dramatic configuration of parts. She discusses the natural instincts that arise in response...
037
Boundaries with Children
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates setting boundaries with children. Many of us may experience difficulties setting boundaries with children, we might have trouble teaching children about boundaries or helping children learn how to set their own healthy boundaries. Dr Ogden discusses how some kids may set boundaries aggressively, while other kids might be...
038
Stress
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates the common phenomena of stress. She outlines the many different sources of stress and explains how most people will experience some form of stress in their lives. Dr Ogden explores how stress can take it's toll on our physical, psychological and emotional health, and offers us tools and...
039
War
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates the trauma of war. She discusses the nature of war and the difficulties we might face when we re-enter civilian life. Dr Ogden highlights challenges regarding our values and morality. We find out about how combat stimulates our instinctive survival responses, especially the fight response. It can be...
040
Limiting Beliefs
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates limiting beliefs that can prevent us from living a full and satisfying life. She explains how these beliefs are unconscious and how they live not only in our mind, but also in our body. Dr Ogden discusses the significant impact both trauma and our relationships have on forming...
041
Reconnect With Your Body
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates how we can reconnect with our body. There are many conditions and circumstances that can contribute to disconnecting from our bodies. Dr Ogden explains how it’s an instinct to disconnect from our bodies when we experience trauma. She discusses how we can become insensitive to our bodies, and...
042
Panic Attacks
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates the common difficulty of panic attacks. She provides us with an understanding on the nature of panic, outlining the signs and contributing elements of panic attacks. Dr Ogden discusses the connection between panic and trauma, highlighting the effects both have on our body. She explains how panic is...
043
Physical Abuse
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates physical abuse. She explores different kinds of physical abuse and offers us an understanding on how all these forms of physical violence can affect our body. Dr Ogden discusses our mobilising and immobilising defence responses and how we are programmed to choose the best response for our situation....
044
Anxiety
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates anxiety. We all experience anxiety at some time in our lives and this is not necessarily a bad thing. When anxiety is temporary it can be helpful, motivating us to face challenges and helping us focus. However, for some of us anxiety can be so strong it becomes...
045
Self-Esteem
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates self-esteem. She explains how our self-esteem develops and how we learn our value from a very early age by the way we are treated. Dr Ogden discusses the significant impact trauma and abuse can have on our self-esteem, and how our relationship dynamics may interfere with a healthy...
046
Movement
In this session, Dr Pat Ogden investigates movement. Movement is important because it closely relates to our mental health. Dr Ogden explores five basic developmental movements that were identified by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. She discusses how these five movements can support us with any issues that we may be dealing with. We discover how each...
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