Understanding Trauma
SESSION 1 OF 7
Duration 24mins 02secs
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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 describes why trauma can leave lasting imprints if an event threatens our safety and survival. Dr Ogden shows us how we can manage the effects of our trauma using tools and techniques to help us become aware of our bodies and their responses.
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Understanding Trauma « you are here
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...
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....
Improving Your Relationships
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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