Saj Razvi – Trauma Therapy: A Cutting-Edge Approach for Resolving Trauma & Healing PTSD

Outline

The Latest Research on TraumaThe Latest Research on Trauma

• The impact of trauma on mental illnessThe impact of trauma on mental illness
• The impact of trauma on physical illnessThe impact of trauma on physical illness
• Outcomes of unresolved traumaOutcomes of unresolved trauma

How and Where Trauma is StoredHow and Where Trauma is Stored

• How to navigate the three memory systems How to navigate the three memory systems
  • Semantic (narrative) memorySemantic (narrative) memory
  • Event (autonomic) memoryEvent (autonomic) memory
  • Procedural (behavioral) memoryProcedural (behavioral) memory
• Strategies for matching specific interventions to memory systemsStrategies for matching specific interventions to memory systems

The Autonomic Nervous SystemThe Autonomic Nervous System

• 5 discrete autonomic nervous system states used to respond to trauma5 discrete autonomic nervous system states used to respond to trauma
• Mild stress to full dissociationMild stress to full dissociation
• Bottom-up processingBottom-up processing

4 Essential Phases of Trauma Therapy4 Essential Phases of Trauma Therapy

1. ResourcingResourcing
2. (Re)establishment of boundaries, trust and attachment(Re)establishment of boundaries, trust and attachment
3. Containment through the autonomic nervous systemContainment through the autonomic nervous system
4. IntegrationIntegration

Trauma Therapy and Other Mental Health DisordersTrauma Therapy and Other Mental Health Disorders

• Addiction recovery Addiction recovery
  • ​How trauma can complicate recovery​How trauma can complicate recovery
  • Integrating recovery and trauma therapyIntegrating recovery and trauma therapy
• ​Differential Diagosis ​Differential Diagosis
  • Bipolar disorderBipolar disorder
  • Depressive disordersDepressive disorders
  • Anxiety-based disordersAnxiety-based disorders

Strategies for Traumatic TransferenceStrategies for Traumatic Transference

• Working with transference is essential for processing traumaWorking with transference is essential for processing trauma
• When and how to move away from and toward transferenceWhen and how to move away from and toward transference
• The 4 transferential “roles”: victim, perpetrator, bystander and saviorThe 4 transferential “roles”: victim, perpetrator, bystander and savior

Experiential Lab I – Somatic Containment of Stress and TraumaExperiential Lab I – Somatic Containment of Stress and Trauma

• Transform the theory into practiceTransform the theory into practice
• Traumatic change heals by sequencing through the bodyTraumatic change heals by sequencing through the body
• Mindfulness to track somatic processMindfulness to track somatic process
• Viscerally feeling the 5 different nervous system statesViscerally feeling the 5 different nervous system states
• Empathy for where you’re leading clientsEmpathy for where you’re leading clients
• An entirely new understanding of how to heal PTSDAn entirely new understanding of how to heal PTSD

Experiential Lab II- The Foundation of ResourcingExperiential Lab II- The Foundation of Resourcing

• Resourcing as the first phase of most trauma, exposure therapiesResourcing as the first phase of most trauma, exposure therapies
• The skill of autonomic regulationThe skill of autonomic regulation
• Self-soothing techniques to develop new habitual coping responsesSelf-soothing techniques to develop new habitual coping responses
• Trauma management vs. over-resolutionTrauma management vs. over-resolution
• Guide clients out of trauma and stress into their own refugeGuide clients out of trauma and stress into their own refuge