Immobility, Helplessness and Loss of Self-regulation in the time of COVID-19 – Bessel van der Kolk and Peter Levine
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Join renowned trauma experts and Meadows Behavioral Healthcare Senior Fellows Peter Levine, PhD and Bessel van der Kolk, MD as they explore our present “normal” in this time of Covid-19. A discussion on immobility, helplessness and the loss of self-regulation, and how connection to body/self, family, friends, community, nature, and spirit is a fundamental resource in the process of healing. Movement, breathing, singing, interaction with each other—can help us to discover natural resources of self-regulation especially when life is challenging.
- Attachment and Trauma
- Connection /Disconnection
- Self-regulation
- Movement / immobility
- Analyze the differences between disrupted attachment and traumatic stress
- Apply somatic techniques to calm the body to promote self-regulation, integration and empowerment.
- Examine the role of interpersonal rhythms and attunement in establishing a sense of self and community
- Identify ways to gain access to innate self-regulatory systems—including movement, breathing, singing, interaction with others
