[Audio] BT18 Speech 05 – The Living Legacy of Traumatic Experience – Janina Fisher, PhD

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• Archive: Topic Areas:SpeechCategory:Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2018Faculty:Janina Fisher, PhDDuration:1:05:26Format:Audio OnlyOriginal Program Date :Dec 09, 2018 Description Description: Neuroscience research has established why it is that trauma results in a fragmented narrative along with a ‘living legacy’ of enduring effects.

• The survival responses that preserve life and integrity under threat do not diminish once safety is obtained.

• Meant to warn us of impending danger, these easily re-activated survival responses continue to re-evoke the events of long ago decades after they are over.

• Once baffling and frustrating to treat, the evolution of new neurobiologically-informed treatments offers new, hopeful answers to the aftermath of trauma: the chronic fear of danger, dread of impending doom, loss of hope or energy, the longing for human connection, and self-destructive and addictive behavior.

• Differentiate spontaneous emotion from trauma-related implicit memories.