Kathie Overeem PhD

09/11/2022

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08/04/2022

I hope you're having a nice end to your week.

Enrollments for our next 10-week trauma-sensitive yoga course are now open.

Classes start Thursday 21st of April and are held online and/or in person at 6:30 pm in the BrisWest Community Centre in Paddington.



Join us for 10 weekly sessions of trauma-sensitive yoga where you will learn:

- The role of our bodies in processing emotion

- How emotional trauma can affect our bodies

- How trauma sensitive yoga works as a therapy for complex trauma and PTSD

Experience trauma-sensitive yoga practices that include:

- Invitational language

- Different options and choice over what you do with your body

- Small class size



-Participants do not have to talk about their trauma history

-No previous yoga experience is required

-Previous attendees are more than welcome to join again


Book now to join:

https://www.kathieovereem.com/class-bookings

https://www.kathieovereem.com/so/f4O06NPQd?languageTag=en #/main

Brisbane, Paddington, yoga courses and classes that combine evidence-based yogic and psychological techniques to support mental and physical health.

08/04/2022

I hope you're having a nice end to your week.

Enrollments for our next 10-week trauma-sensitive yoga course are now open.

Classes start Thursday 21st of April and are held online and/or in person at 6:30 pm in the BrisWest Community Centre in Paddington.



Join us for 10 weekly sessions of trauma-sensitive yoga where you will learn:

- The role of our bodies in processing emotion

- How emotional trauma can affect our bodies

- How trauma sensitive yoga works as a therapy for complex trauma and PTSD

Experience trauma-sensitive yoga practices that include:

- Invitational language

- Different options and choice over what you do with your body

- Small class size



-Participants do not have to talk about their trauma history

-No previous yoga experience is required

-Previous attendees are more than welcome to join again


Book now to join:

https://www.kathieovereem.com/class-bookings

https://www.kathieovereem.com/so/f4O06NPQd?languageTag=en #/main

Dear ${contact.Name.First}, I hope you're having a nice end to your week. Enrollments for our next 10-week trauma-sensitive yoga course are now open. Classes start Thursday 21st of April and are held online and/or in person at 6:30 pm in the BrisWest Community Centre in Paddington. Join us for 10 we...

14/02/2022

About 50% of the time our minds are wandering- during this time we gravitate towards daydreaming. This could happen during a meditation practice, while practicing physical yoga shapes, or any number of tasks during the day.

But why do we have this tendency, how does mind-wandering effect our mood, and how does it relate to negative thoughts.

It's been shown that about 50% of our thoughts are off task. But why are we prone to lose focus and what effect does this have on our mood? I've come across an article by the neuroscientist Patricia Sharp (1). It's about meditation and why it feels blissful. But, within the article she also gives an...

09/02/2022

Can we store memories in our bodies?
This is the topic of a blog post I'm working on. The idea that our bodies influence and ground higher order mental processes is called embodied cognition. Is there anything you want to know about body memories and how our bodies influence thought? Please comment below. I'll keep comments in mind while I'm reading through the research.

05/02/2022

Livestream trauma-sensitive yoga. Nearly 50% of my clients reach me via Zoom. It's convenient but it also offers some flexibility and safety in uncertain times. I'm really hoping this year we'll find a new, steady, normal! But I think that the option of live sessions are here to stay.
But you can also meet with me here in this tranquil green yoga space ,
where I have some times available to see clients in person.

04/02/2022

Trauma sensitive, trauma aware, trauma informed, do the all mean the same thing? No, there are differences, especially when it comes to yoga. This is the topic to my latest blog post.

Long story short- one has an evidence-base for reducing symptoms of PTSD, while the others do not.

29/01/2022

Trauma responses are automatic mind and body responses that protect us when our lives are at risk. For those that suffer from PTSD these responses, that once increased our chance of survival, become persistent and symptoms of PTSD.

Here I talk about 6 trauma responses. This is a defensive cascade of trauma responses suggested by Sachauer and Elbert, 2010 (article link below)
1. Freeze
2 and 3. Fight or Flight
4. Fright
5. Flag
6. Faint

Not everyone experiences the same PTSD symptoms. This is related to the types of trauma response they experienced during the trauma event. Not everyone will experience all 6 trauma responses described above. Individuals that went as far as sympathetic nervous system activation (i.e., fight or flight) will show similar responses when exposed to trauma cues. Those that experienced dissociative shut-down will also show a corresponding response when reminded of their trauma.

These are trauma responses discussed in this video are associated with a single trauma event. Complex trauma, complex PTSD, and developmental trauma can result in additional or different trauma responses.

You can find more of Kathie's work at www.kathieovereem.com

Dissociation Following Traumatic Stress Etiology and Treatment
Maggie Schauer and Thomas Elbert (2010) Journal of Psychology, Vol. 218(2):109–127. DOI: 10.1027/0044-3409/a000018
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc...

20/01/2022

I've recently been interested in the types of trauma responses. So I did some digging and came across an interesting work published in the Journal of Psychology.

Writing what I learn is one of the best ways for me to really take in a topic. It also means that I can share what I find with you!

Please feel free to comment or DM me with questions or comments. (PS- I don't spend as much time on FaceBook, so contacting me via my website (link below) is your best bet!)

Understanding the Types of Trauma Responses: Healing through Awareness

13/01/2022

We are now taking bookings for our first 10-week trauma-sensitive yoga course for 2022.

Classes are held both on-line and/or in person at the BrisWest Community Centre in Paddington Thursday's 5:00 and 6:30 pm starting January the 27th.

Join us for 10 weekly sessions of trauma-sensitive yoga where you will learn:

- The role of our bodies in processing emotion
- How emotional trauma can affect our bodies
- How trauma sensitive yoga works

Experience trauma-sensitive yoga practices that include:

- Invitational language
- Different options and choice over what you do with your body
- Small class size

-Participants do not have to talk about their trauma history
-No previous yoga experience is required
-Previous attendees are more than welcome to join again

Book now to join...

https://www.kathieovereem.com/class-bookings