Stress & Trauma

This section will help you understand what stress is, where it comes from, and what it can lead to.

• Understanding Trauma, Anxiety, and Burnout in your Nervous System (video, 15m25s):

  Emma McAdam LMFT describes what our nervous system is, how it can function well and also dysfunction to create trauma, anxiety, and burnout

• The Mind-Body Connection: How Emotions Get Trapped in the Body (video, 14m30s):

  Emma McAdam LMFT describes the connection between the mind and the body; between feelings in our body and feelings in our mind. Also shows how to change tension in your body. Changing tension in body lets us know we are ok and it's safe and okay to relax. 

• What is trauma? The author of “The Body Keeps the Score” explains (video, 7m48s):

  Bessel van der Kolk, author of 'The Body Keeps the Score', explains what is trauma and how it affects our mind, thereby affecting our bodies.

• 6 ways to heal trauma without medication (video, 8m53s):

  Bessel van der Kolk, author of 'The Body Keeps the Score', explains how to recognize the trauma you've been through and help yourself heal without medication.