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Preview · 12 tracks

From Amanda Penalver, Dr Richard Schwartz and more

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Preview 20 Trauma Courses

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9 min

What Is Trauma?

Amanda Penalver

Understand trauma as an intelligent survival response and learn to meet your nervous system with gentle self-compassion.

Explore the Internal Family Systems model to build trust with your parts and embody core self-leadership.

You will visualize your inner child, connect with them through dialogue, and offer them compassion and understanding, fostering healing and integration.

Use the EMDR butterfly hug to regulate your nervous system and find peace through gentle, rhythmic tapping.

Visualize a secure container to store distressing thoughts and regain your sense of calm and control.

Explore how childhood attachment wounds shape your adult relationships and learn how to heal them through relational trauma repair.

Explore your inner parts with curiosity to transform triggers into opportunities for compassion and healing.

Use the EMDR spiral technique to visualize and redirect distressing energy to find emotional relief.

Use somatic techniques to ground your body, orient to safety, and settle your nervous system with ease.

Extend compassion and gratitude to your wounded and protective inner parts to foster deep healing.

Understand how trauma physically affects your body and discover how somatic movement can restore your nervous system to safety.

Practice pendulation to release tension and restore flow by shifting focus between discomfort and ease.