Trauma & Eating Disorders
SESSION 2 OF 8
Duration 13mins 54secs
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In this session, Dr Fisher investigates the relationship between trauma and eating disorders and how they work to help relieve the painful distressing emotions and the numb disconnected dead feeling inside. She provides insight and clinical examples of how eating disorders can provide a specific and unique way of regulating painful emotions and physical activation.
Dr Fisher looks at the various triggers and cause of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and over eating. She gives examples of the patterns that surround these behaviours and offers understanding and clinical skills for changing these patterns.
ALL SESSIONS IN THIS MODULE: Advanced Trauma Therapy 3
Trauma & Alcoholism
In this session, Dr Janina Fisher investigates the relationship between trauma and the overuse or addiction to alcohol. She provides a clinical example of alcohol being used as a very effective means of relieving the anxiety and/or numbness. Dr Fisher explains the nature of addiction and why addictive substances become so and how alcohol initially...
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In this session, Dr Fisher investigates the relationship between trauma and eating disorders and how they work to help relieve the painful distressing emotions and the numb disconnected dead feeling inside. She provides insight and clinical examples of how eating disorders can provide a specific and unique way of regulating painful emotions and physical activation.
Recovery From Eating Disorders
In this session, Dr Janina Fisher reviews recovery from a trauma-related eating disorder and evaluates various therapy modalities. Dr Fisher investigates the patterns that surround eating disorders and the automatic beliefs and impulses that maintain them. She shows how eating disorders are driven by thoughts which trigger alarms, resulting in the eating disorder. She explains...
Trauma & Addictions
In this session, Dr Janina Fisher reviews the relationship between addictions and trauma and the role of the nervous system. Dr Fisher investigates the basis of addiction and considers the reasons for continuing with addictions. She looks at several addictions including the abuse of gambling and sex.
Recovery from Addictions
In this session, Dr Janina Fisher reviews recovering from a trauma-related addiction and considers how recovery can be as frightening as the addictive behaviour. She considers the use of being curious about our behaviours (see session 4) and investigates how commitment to change can be easily eroded leading to heightened sensitivity, strong emotional reactions, and...
Trauma & Self Harm
This session is an audio-only session, not a video. In this session, Dr Janina Fisher reviews self-harm and self-injury. Whether it’s cutting, hitting or burning, self-harm is often associated with a history of trauma. Dr Fisher investigates the origins of this self-harm, the adaptation and of how when you hurt your body it produces relief.
Suicidality & Unsafe Behaviour
In this session, Dr Janina Fisher investigates suicide and unsafe behaviour and how it is well established that suicide and trauma go hand-in-hand. She considers the overwhelming feelings and the sense of just feeling dead inside. Janina offers clinical examples and looks at the challenges surrounding therapy.
Recovery from Suicidality and Unsafe Behaviour
In this session, Dr Janina Fisher reports that understanding the patterns of suicide attempts, suicide ideation, and self-destructive behaviour is a very important part of suicide recovery. Dr Fisher looks at the impact on the body and considers the input from both left and right hemispheres of the brain in the decision-making process.
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