Summary of Courtney Armstrong's Rethinking Trauma Treatment

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#1 Rethinking Trauma Treatment is a book that provides you with the answers to the questions of how to best help your clients with their trauma, from the brain’s perspective. It provides you with practical strategies and focuses on what the best trauma therapy methods have in common.

#2 There are many techniques you can use to help clients regulate their emotions, and I have included them in the book. You will also learn why you are your most valuable tool when treating trauma.

#3 I was called to help a family member with road rage, and when I met with the couple, Dixon explained that he was always angry driving, and would often insult and threaten other drivers.

#4 Post-traumatic stress disorder is a disorder of memory integration between the three levels of our triune brain. It typically affects people who have been through a traumatic event, and it can cause them to be frozen in time, unable to move on.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 11, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822511590

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#1

Rethinking Trauma Treatment is a book that provides you with the answers to the questions of how to best help your clients with their trauma, from the brain’s perspective. It provides you with practical strategies and focuses on what the best trauma therapy methods have in common.

#2

There are many techniques you can use to help clients regulate their emotions, and I have included them in the book. You will also learn why you are your most valuable tool when treating trauma.

#3

I was called to help a family member with road rage, and when I met with the couple, Dixon explained that he was always angry driving, and would often insult and threaten other drivers.

#4

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a disorder of memory integration between the three levels of our triune brain. It typically affects people who have been through a traumatic event, and it can cause them to be frozen in time, unable to move on.

#5

The thalamus is the first relay station between the brain and the body, and it is also involved in sensory processing. It helps to send sensory information from the body to the cerebral cortex. -> The human brain is essentially three brains in one that develops in stages from the inside out and bottom up. The reptilian brain supports our most basic survival needs, while the mammalian brain supports our social and emotional needs.

#6

The thalamus sits at the top of the brain stem and receives sensory input from both the external world and within our bodies. It acts like a gatekeeper, determining which sensory information is relevant and needs our conscious attention versus sensory information we can let fade into the background.

#7

The amygdala is located in the brain, and it is involved in emotional learning. It assesses the emotional significance of a stimulus and prompts the hypothalamus to tell the nervous system whether we should