036: Treating Trauma with Somatic & Talk Therapy

In Treating Trauma with Somatic & Talk Therapy, Andrea Szasz talks about healing the split between somatic and talk therapy.

Andi (Ondi) is a clinical psychotherapist in private practice in Sydney, specialising in the treatment of trauma. Her work is grounded in the Conversational Model of psychodynamic psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing® and is informed by attachment theory and interpersonal neurobiology. She holds a Master of Science degree in Medicine (Psychotherapy), Graduate Diploma of Psychology a Bachelor’s in Counselling and she is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner®. Andi is a reliable coder of the Adult Attachment Interview and currently working on her PhD at the Brain and Mind Centre, collaborating in a research combined with the Westmead Psychotherapy program. Her passion is integrating her academic knowledge with the deeply known wisdom of the body, and her own experiences as a practicing psychotherapist over the last ten ++years.

In Treating Trauma with Somatic & Talk Therapy, Andi also talks about:

What brought Andrea to this work?
What is attachment?
What are the attachment styles?
The secure base
Fight, flight and freeze
Why and how do we bring the body into the room?
Emotions, feelings and the body
Somatic Therapies: Somatic experiencing, Sensorimotor, Hakomi, Embodied Imagination
Trauma informed yoga
Emotional regulation
Somatic therapy versus talk therapy
Healing the split between somatic and talk therapy
Healing the split by Nelson
Master talk therapists, relationship and attunement
Pat Ogden, Bessel van der Kolk, Norman Doidge
Bad talk therapy doesn’t work
Disconnection and connection
Psychotherapy wars / Kung Fu wars
EMDR and brainspotting
Long-term trauma therapy
University of Sydney Trauma Informed Psychotherapy
The Daring Way
Adult Attachment Interview

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Jodie Gale is the founder of TraumaWarriors.Online, host of the Trauma Warriors with Jodie Gale podcast, an Eco-Psycho-Spiritual Psychotherapist, Complex Trauma Expert, Mind Body Eating + Plant-Based Nutrition Coach. She is a leading specialist in women’s emotional, psychological and spiritual health and well-being. Over the last 20 years, Jodie has helped women to transform and heal their lives from complex trauma, disordered eating and the trance of unworthiness. She has a private psychotherapy, counselling and life-coaching practice in Manly, Frenchs Forest and Allambie on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. Jodie is passionate about helping women befriend, connect and nourish their whole selves: body, feelings, mind and SOUL!

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