- Parenting with ACEs & Invisible Heroes
- Isn't Trauma to Tough for Something as Gentle as Guided Imagery?
- Challenges and tools for parents with Parents with PTSD and/or ACEs
- Time for Q&A
...trauma isn't even stored in the parts of the brain where language can access it. Instead it's been cached as frozen, primitive, pre-language experience - sensation, perception, emotion, images and motor reactivity - in the survival-based structures of the brain. What does help are tools that target the affected parts of the brain. Belleruth Naparstek
Four Threads Run through Effective Approaches to Treating Post-Traumatic Stress:
- They first and foremost find ways to re-regulate the nervous system.
- They destigmatize and normalize the experience by explaining PTS as the somatic and neurophysiologic condition it is.
- They offer simple, self-administer-able tools that empower the end-user and confer a sense of mastery and control.
- The interventions are cast as training in skill sets, not the healing of pathology.
How to Attend ACEs Connection Online Chats?
- Go to "Chats" (top of page) where all upcoming chats are listed.
- Link to this chat.
Note: We've moved the chat series to our home page (from the Parenting with ACEs Community) to make it easier for our entire community to participate. All are welcome.
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