EMDR and C-PTSD Treatment with Dr. Arielle Schwartz

Now available: The Art and Science of EMDR book: amzn.to/3SQa4eV
In this video, Dr. Arielle Schwartz, an expert on topics of C-PTSD, EMDR therapy, and somatic psychology, shares the most important aspects of effective treatment for complex trauma.
Topics discussed in this video-
0:00 - Introduction by Dr. Arielle Schwartz
02:04 - The limitations of top-down therapies
03:15 - The functions and the effects of the freeze response
07:00 - How to integrate somatic therapy with EMDR therapy
11:35 - Dual awareness
14:25 - Somatic resourcing
19:50 - Somatic interweaves
22:30 - The satisfaction cycle
34:00 - Resilience informed therapy
Resources:
The Complex PTSD Treatment Manual: An Integrative, Mind-Body Approach to Trauma Recovery - amzn.to/3lygkJR
A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD: Compassionate Strategies to Begin Healing from Childhood Trauma - amzn.to/3rUjyIN
EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology: Interventions to Enhance Embodiment in Trauma Treatment - amzn.to/3AgPVEi
Trainings and presentations by Dr. Arielle Schwartz - drarielleschwartz.com/trainin...
Therapy, consultation, and supervision by Dr. Arielle Schwarz - drarielleschwartz.com/
For more interviews with EMDR experts - emdartnscience.com/

[@rosannasun99]

The Satisfaction Cycle is extremely illuminating. Love how the somatic aspect is so deeply interconnected with the psychological aspect. Thank you!

[@emdartnscience]

Hey Rosana, I agree with you. The Satisfaction can be extremely helpful and Dr. Arielle Schwartz is illuminating! Somatic work is so helpful when combined into EMDR. You are very welcome!

[@gordonanderson3111]

Thank you for opening up a whole new world of helping and therapy for me! I had heard of this, seemingly quite rare and exclusive, form for years and now I see what it is all about - for one the movement of hands rapidly in front of a person's face engages the parts of the brain associated with movement, actions and even threat analysis. Also the way you move your hands is so beautiful - it may will change the way I move, from here on. In a good way.

[@maryamasim6140]

Thank you...

[@justinkovanis7148]

Thank you

[@AmyPantele]

This is filled with great information, thank you both!

[@JS-ld2qd]

thanks

[@EvgeniiaDolinenko]

Thank you for the video. I have some trauma which I cannot verbalize, it manifests Cleary in my body. So I try to work with body sensations. I have no other option. 😢

[@andys7937]

You can try craniosacral therapy

[@jacobsl3499]

Somatic Experiencing is also wonderful for working with trauma without going into the story (for any reason).

[@Gotprivacy-noyoudont]

Working from a distance- does not feel safe to me AT ALL. If feels like a punishment. I have such an aversion to zoom anything- I refuse to do it anymore.

[@kalavathi7406]

👍 Awesome

[@emdartnscience]

Thanks 🤗

[@miadodson1938]

Being held captive for 7 years, tortured, beaten, starved, raped by my captors and their friends, unable to escape, I had to live in this state, finally managing to escape, but ended up in another type of captivity - that of psychological and emotional abuse by adoptive mother, whom I was given to by save the children fund, and being unable to escape, I have lived this way for the last 40+ years. I can only escape when she dies.

[@EvgeniiaDolinenko]

I hope you can do something with this. You have to get out of this situation.

[@Gotprivacy-noyoudont]

Yes. I only released ( much lesser trauma) once my mother passed. I’ll say a prayer for her passing soon. Too bad these people are allowed to keep existing.

[@Kitsaplorax]

From talking to other service members with similar experiences that caused our PTSD, EMDR is the very last thing in the world I would sign up for. Ignoring the inability to ever discuss some service connected traumas, the EMDR tapping and all of that replicates many parts of the multiple trauma experiences I had. Then again, the VA has told many of us that we have "The wrong kind of PTSD-the VA is for combat veterans and women. We can't help everyone."

[@hmmcinerney]

Bessel Van Der Kolk speaks a lot on military ptsd in his book ‘The body keeps the score’. ❤️

[@miadodson1938]

Want to add that EMDR did not work on me

[@lori6352]

There are a lot of reasons that can happen. I had a bad experience with it years ago. I became a therapist, trained in EMDR, and finally understood why. Some therapists never follow the procedure or learn how to prepare the client for the work. There are clients that I will use other modalities with. There are clients who need additional interventions with EMDR. There are modifications that can be made to the standard protocol for some. Deep Brain Reorienting for example was a modality developed by an EMDR therapist in the UK. I also learned how to use the Flash Technique, developed by a therapist in San Francisco. All that to say - it wasn't because you're untreatable. It can be a number of things including lack of due diligence on the part of an inexperienced therapist. There are other things that might help you. From a different therapist to a different somatic technique, of which there are now quite a few.

[@miadodson1938]

@@lori6352 Thank you

[@davew8269]

@@lori6352 EMDR didn't work for me either and I had several therapists try. Two were doing it wrong as they went so fast I couldn't follow their hand. One of the better ones tried the paddles instead of hand movement. I have had so many traumas over several decades, fixing 1 incident did nothing. Someone suggested ART, a mix of EMDR and IRT. I was able to make IRT work on my own to stop nightmares from my childhood. One ART session seemed to tweak something but an incident a month later triggered many flashbacks and I regressed several months. For me, talk therapy was useless as were all the anti-depressants. I learned far more on my own than any therapist helped me. However, 2 therapists did inform me of Gabor Mate and Bessel van der Kolk, which helped considerably. From there I found many more people who had the knowledge I was seeking. Many excellent books on the market and many fantastic KZbin videos.

[@lori6352]

@@davew8269 EMDR doesn't work for everybody, which is why EMDR therapists continue to innovate and develop new techniques such as the Flash Technique, Deep Brain Reorienting, and to use additional techniques to augment EMDR. Internal Family Systems has been incredibly useful for some EMDR therapists; it integrates quite well with EMDR. For me, as I consistently get clients who have not succeeded with other therapies, I find DBR has been a game changer. Some of my clients get Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and then finish with EMDR. Some get ketamine or psychedelics and then do trauma therapy. Everyone's path to healing is unique. Neuroscience has afforded us many new methods that have nothing to do with talk therapy, none of which are a cure-all for everyone.

[@petyabor5223]

​@@davew8269Hello! How are you? Are ypu doing some therapy at the moment?