So much of our work with traumatized patients is often centered around trauma stabilization and processing. . .

. . . but if we don’t help patients move beyond these early stages of recovery, they’re at risk of staying stuck in the past, repeatedly re-engaging with their trauma.

So in the video below, Bessel van der Kolk, MD shares what can help patients reclaim their vitality and move beyond experiences of trauma.

Not only that, he’ll reflect on how he approached treatment earlier in his career, and why he thinks this (common) approach kept his patients from feeling fully alive after trauma.

You can read the full blog and more from NICABM here: https://www.nicabm.com/aliveness-and-...