Self-Regulation Therapy (SRT) is a non-cathartic mind/body approach
aimed at diminishing excess activation in the nervous system. It has
its basis in neurobiology and reflects our innate capacity to flexibly
respond to novelty or threat. Significant overwhelming events at
anytime in one's life can result in changes in the nervous system that
negatively impact the way a person feels and relates to others.
SRT
enables the nervous system to integrate overwhelming events and brings
balance to the nervous system. SRT works by providing a safe, contained
environment in which the individual can complete the thwarted responses
of fight, flight or freeze. By resourcing the client, new neural
pathways are developed to flexibly manage daily challenges and
stressors.
Once the nervous system is balanced, individuals are able to
experience joy, closeness in relationships, and vitality and resilience
in the body.
What is Trauma? Trauma is an event or events that completely overwhelm the individual's ability to cope or integrate the ideas and emotions involved with that experience. Trauma is the experience of an event being too much, too soon, too fast. Examples of Trauma
Falls or motor vehicle accidents
Attack, rape, or abuse
Surgeries, anesthesia, or other medical or dental traumas
Near drowning, electrocution, or poisoning
Hallucinations, psychosis, or high fever
Natural disasters
Horror or survivor's guilt
Loss or abandonment
War, torture, or ritual abuse
Developmental derailments
Can We Heal From Trauma?
Yes, it is biologically and physiologically based fact of the autonomic nervous system that we, like animals, have the ability to flexibly respond to novelty or threat - to self regulate and return to homeostasis. Self-Regulation Therapy interrupts dysfunctional patterns of psychophysiological responses bringing people through overwhelming experiences without causing retraumatization.
From Trauma to Transformation Successfully negotiating trauma can lead to experience of a much broader range of resiliency, wisdom, and vision. Healing trauma is a process restoring what was lost:
confidence
capability
sense of control
awareness of choices and options
a movement towards empowerment
joy
When our nervous system has been affected by trauma, we can often get overwhelmed even by good things like falling in love, planning a vacation, dancing, having friends, or spending time doing things we enjoy. We get a sense that we are already too full. Self-Regulation Therapy helps make room in the nervous system for your innate vitality. As the healing process continues, you will be surprised at just how vital you truly are.