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What is SE Touch?

Somatic Experience Touch Table

If you’re a client at Life Care Wellness you may have noticed the presence of what appear to be massage tables in some of the therapy offices. Are we offering massage now? No, afraid not. So what are the tables for then? Touch can be one aspect of Somatic Experiencing (SE), a type of therapy […]

What is Rapid Resolution Therapy?

guest post by Marina Lisjonok MSW, E-CYT, RRT   I first came across Rapid Resolution Therapy (RRT) in the spring of 2018, when I was looking for an effective approach to resolving emotional trauma. I remember my first Rapid Resolution Therapy training, where I got to see the video of Dr. Jon Connelly doing a […]

Why Understanding What Trauma Does to the Brain Helps You Heal

Monarch butterfly symbolizing the rime required for change

Trauma happens when you experience an event as physically or emotionally harmful or even life-threatening. Your body’s ability to cope is overwhelmed. Even though the event passes, trauma has lasting adverse effects on a person’s mental, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual well-being. With nearly 61% of men and 51% of women experiencing trauma in their […]

Can Trauma Be Passed On Through Our Genetics?

  Blog by Karen Kuhlman, LSW, CADC “Once again, the body keeps score, at the deepest levels of the organism.” (Bessel Van der Kolk in The Body Keeps the Score, p. 154) Sometimes clients have asked me, “Can trauma be passed down genetically?” Research has made it increasingly clear that trauma from your hardships not […]

Why Does Childhood Trauma Affect Adulthood?

childhood trauma - depression and anxiety

Why does childhood trauma affect adulthood? The simple answer is how the brain and nervous system encode memory. But like trauma, the simple answer is a bit… complicated. To understand why childhood trauma can affect adulthood you first need to understand a few things.  First, how the brain and nervous system process memory.  Second, about […]