Liz Stanley
"Being able to access choice in every moment is the biggest possible protection we have against trauma."
Trauma Specialist
What is Trauma?
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Any experience that overwhelms the brain's capacity to cope
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Trauma fosters feelings of helplessness
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Trauma can be developed in many different ways
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Trauma impacts every part of the brain
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Please check out this tab to discover more about the impact of trauma on the Nervous System
Self Regulation Therapy
Self Regulation Therapy (SRT) is a non-cathartic mind/body approach aimed at diminishing excess activation in the nervous system. SRT has its basis in neurobiology and reflects an individual's innate capacity to flexibly respond to novelty or threat. Significant, overwhelming events can result in changes to the nervous system that negatively impact the way a person feels and relates to others. SRT enables the nervous system to integrate overwhelming events to bring balance to one's functioning. SRT works by providing a safe, contained environment in which individuals can complete the thwarted responses of fight, flight, or freeze. By resourcing the client, new neural pathways are developed to flexibly manage daily challenges and stressors. Once the nervous system is balanced, individuals are able to experience joy, closeness in relationships, and vitality and resilience in the body.