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Arielle Schwartz

What Arielle Schwartz thinks about Trauma

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Clinical psychologist, EMDR consultant and yoga teacher in Boulder, Colorado. Author of The Complex PTSD Workbook and EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology; writes on trauma, attachment and the nervous system.

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7 dated positions, 2017 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Arielle Schwartz has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our reading"The body keeps the score" is only half the story, and the missing half matters: a body described only as a harbinger of the past is a body people learn to avoid.

    Their wordsthe issue that I take with some of the language around "the body keeps the score" is that it maybe doesn't also recognize that the body also carries so much wisdom and so much intelligence and kind of helps guide us towards healing

    ↗If the Body Doesn't Keep the Score, What Does?drarielleschwartz.com

  3. Our readingThe body is not an archive of trauma: what feels like a memory stored in the hips or the jaw is a mind-body feedback loop, and the loop is what therapy interrupts.

    Psychotherapy

    Their wordsIt may not be stored there, but what you're tapping into, it's not a repository of the memory, but it's part of this mind-body feedback loop where there's a sensation that your brain has an association to that might have a familiarity to a time in which you felt sad or scared.

    ↗If the Body Doesn't Keep the Score, What Does?drarielleschwartz.com

  4. 2 years earlier

  5. Our readingThe corpus callosum is especially vulnerable to traumatic stress.

    Their wordsOne area that is particularly vulnerable to traumatic stress is the corpus callosum, which sits in between the left and right hemispheres of your brain.

    ↗Brain and Body Integration for Trauma Recoverydrarielleschwartz.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  6. 7 years earlier

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    Our readingTraumatic memories are poorly integrated and cannot take in new information.

    Their wordsThese memories are not integrated with other positive experiences and are limited in their ability to accommodate new information.

    ↗How Does EMDR Therapy Work?drarielleschwartz.com

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    Our readingHow EMDR works is still being discovered, and the proposed mechanisms are not mutually exclusive.

    EMDRPsychotherapy

    Their wordsthe field of neuroscience is still new; therefore, the physiological foundations of traumatic memories and how EMDR Therapy works are still in the process of being discovered.

    ↗How Does EMDR Therapy Work?drarielleschwartz.com

  10. 6 months earlier

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    Our readingWith complex trauma, EMDR needs resource development and careful pacing so clients feel safe in the present.

    EMDRPsychotherapy

    Their wordsTherapists must emphasize the importance of resource development and careful pacing of EMDR Therapy so that clients feel safe in the present moment.

    ↗EMDR Therapy for Complex PTSDdrarielleschwartz.com

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    Our readingSuccessful trauma treatment requires building tolerance for the emotions and body sensations that accompany the memories.

    Their wordsA successful treatment outcome requires that you build tolerance for the emotions and body sensations that accompany traumatic memories.

    ↗EMDR Therapy for Complex PTSDdrarielleschwartz.com