A New Perspective Psychotherapy

06/10/2025

🧠 Ever feel like your brain is on overdrive during stress?

Here’s what’s actually happening ⬇️

Your prefrontal cortex is the part of your brain that helps with planning, decision-making, and calming intense emotions. Think of it as the wise, thoughtful part of your brain.

Your amygdala is your internal alarm system. It reacts quickly to threats (real or perceived) and can send your body into fight, flight, or freeze mode.

Under normal circumstances, the prefrontal cortex keeps the amygdala in check — this is called top-down regulation. But when you're under chronic stress or experiencing trauma, this flips. The amygdala takes over, and suddenly everything feels urgent, overwhelming, or unsafe — even when you're not in danger.

✨ The good news? Therapy, mindfulness, and nervous system regulation can help rebuild that top-down connection — so you can feel more in control, calm, and grounded again.

You're not broken — your brain is doing exactly what it was wired to do under stress. We just need to give it new tools.

I am going to post a short video on boosting brain resilience tomorrow.

Two areas of the brain I will be discussing are the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala.

The prefrontal cortex, when working properly, exerts “top-down regulation” of the amygdala. This means that as long as the prefrontal cortex is working well, it can control unwanted, automatic thoughts, behaviors and actions.

In times of trauma or stress, we tend to lose this “top-down regulation” and the brain begins to work from the bottom up!

What are you doing to boost some brain resilience to be able to handle stressful times??

05/23/2025

04/11/2025

Exam season can crank anxiety into overdrive—so let’s reframe it.
Anxiety is your body’s way of saying, this matters. It’s your nervous system asking for support—not punishment.
Instead of pushing harder, try this:
• Inhale for 4, exhale for 6
• 5-minute walk
• Tell yourself: I care - that’s why this feels big. 🧠Learn how to turn stress into support.

🔗Tap the link in bio to learn how to work with your anxiety—not against it.
— A New Perspective Psychotherapy

05/30/2024

As Traumatized Children - by Alice Little
We always dreamed that someone would come see us.
We never dreamed that it would, in fact, be ourselves, as adults

05/18/2024

from THE EMBODY LAB.
"The number one myth about regulation is that to regulate means to calm down.”⁠ - Lisa Dion⁠
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To regulate means to connect authentically to ourselves. We call this mindful awareness. From this place we can show up as our authentic selves, hold space for others and let them feel safe around us.⁠"

05/18/2024

When we feel triggered by our child's behavior, it's often because it unconsciously reminds us of moments in our own childhood where we were shamed or criticized for similar actions.

For example, if a parent feels intense frustration or anger when their child expresses strong emotions like anger or sadness, it could be because the parent was taught in their own childhood that such emotions were unacceptable or met with punishment. Seeing their child display these emotions may bring up unresolved feelings or trauma from their own past.

The best thing was can do for our child is HEAL our own inner child ❤️

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