by Roderick Logan | Apr 6, 2023 | Blog
PPL: Past Painful Learning inflicts all of us. In one moment we feel safe and we are engaging with the world, then a trigger occurs…Our present is interrupted by sentiments, scenes, smells, sounds, or sensations of the past. One or more of which transports our...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Sep 7, 2022 | Blog
When working with clients who have experienced trauma, it is important to keep in mind that the goal should be increasing capacity and transformation, not simply recovery. The medical model of recovery assumes that people can go back to the way things were before, but...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Aug 8, 2022 | Album
If you don’t follow us on social media you may have missed our growing collection of Dr. Rhoton Quotes! Dr. Rhoton is the owner, and CEO of Arizona Trauma Institute, as well as the President of Trauma Institute International. He has been inspiring students...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Jun 19, 2022 | Blog
Celebrate Juneteenth by becoming more informed about bias and historical trauma. Juneteenth is observed on June 19, every year, and is the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in America. It commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that Union soldiers arrived in...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Jun 17, 2022 | Blog
Or is that our bias? We are all motivated by different things. For some of us, motivating factors might include wanting to feel happy, wanting to help others, or wanting to achieve a goal. Often people with complex or chronic trauma histories are frequently motivated...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Jun 10, 2022 | Blog
It is estimated that 95% of the thoughts we have each day are the same thoughts we had yesterday. This means that most of our thoughts are not helpful, tend to be habitual, and are not part of our conscious awareness and that may even be harmful. Do you ever feel...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Apr 23, 2022 | Blog
The inner critic is a well-known concept in psychology, referring to the part of the psyche that judges and criticizes our behavior. One might think of this as a form of radar, and while there may be many things showing up on the radar system, not everything is of...
by Lucille | Jun 16, 2016 | Articles
Recently speaking to a number of therapists in the southern part of Arizona gathered together for training on the neurobiology of trauma, the question was asked why one needs to understand so much about the brain and it’s functioning in order to be a more...
