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Trauma Treatment from a Global Perspective A conversation with Bessel van der Kolk, PhD Stephen Porges, PhD Joseph LeDoux, PhD Ian Macnaughton, PhD Somatic Psychotherapy Today | Fall 2015 | Volume 5 Number 4 | page 18
“To feel the presence of others, our brain has to feel our body.” Stephen W. Porges, personal communication, August 5, 2015 By Nancy Eichhorn, PhD We sluffed off our backpacks and pitched our tents in a grassy meadow along Bubbs River in Kings Canyon National Park. Several deer stopped to graze just beyond our campsite. A black bear and two cubs strolled by, unalarmed by our presence (though my breath momentarily clutched even as our cameras flashed). Animals and humans together without fear. Later that day another deer skittered into our camp wearing a thick leather collar with an antenna projecting off the right side. It inadvertently found itself between myself and another hiker. The deer tried to dart one way then another, perhaps it felt cornered, trapped. It froze. I backed away, created an escape path. Seconds passed before it fled. I felt fear permeated this creature’s existence: it was palpable, undeniable, real. What happens in a traumatizing instant that creates lasting change? Was it a memory of restraint, of human beings that triggered immobilization? Do I need to know what, if any, thoughts crossed this animal’s mind during its restraint or is the reality that its brain and body registered a connection between humans and a behavioral response that in my mind indicated fear enough? (A note: Joseph LeDoux states that behavior is not a reliable indicator of such feelings in animals or human beings; yet, for me, the deer’s movements appeared to be fear-filled.) Fear: A Biological Response to Trauma The biological nature of trauma (defined as a life threat in the face of helplessness) is on the forefront of therapeutic conversations. Proponents of body-based approaches accept that trauma is stored in the body and in the limbic system. It is noted as the major center for emotion formation and processing and for learning. The amygdala, located within the temporal lobe of the brain, is said to be a limbic Somatic Psychotherapy Today | Fall 2015 | Volume 5 Number 4 | page 19
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