Tulips and Stuffies Therapy PLLC

07/27/2024

You've probably heard that trauma rewires the brain…it actually rewires all parts of you!
If you've been trying to make long-lasting changes through years of talk therapy, there's a reason why you may not be making progress.

Trauma leaves an imprint in our amygdala, the brain's fear center, making us easily triggered. The brain signals danger, setting off a cascade of physical responses.

Trauma can affect:

🧠 Thoughts & Beliefs: Your ability to think clearly and make decisions deeply influences your beliefs, like "I'm not good enough."
❤️ Emotions: Overcoming emotional turbulence, those sticky feelings such as shame, guilt, fear, anger, and pain.
💪 Physical Well-Being: Creating physical tension in muscles and joints, affecting metabolism, sleep, body temperature, and the immune system.
👥 Connections: Compromising connection with both ourselves and others, shifting from protective patterns to a focus on genuine connection.

The amygdala doesn't respond to talking.

Many of us have felt disheartened when seeking help for trauma and life's challenges. Conventional wisdom often emphasizes talking as the primary path to healing. However, True healing begins by helping the body find calm and safety. This basic step comes before involving the thinking part of the brain.
It's about restoring inner peace and laying the groundwork for lasting transformation.
𝘼𝙍𝙏 speaks to your whole person.
It cuts to the chase, and when it's this effective, it works quickly.
Learn more about how your therapy can address all of you. Visit www.ARTworksnow.com

03/05/2024

Therapists have referred to types of trauma as “little T” trauma or “Big T” trauma to discuss the severity of its impact.

Trauma is an emotional response to a distressing event where we perceive ourselves as “unsafe”. During trauma, your body enters a state of arousal, fight or flight as your brain scans for signs of danger.

When we hear the word “trauma,” it is common to think of experiences in war, natural disasters, sexual abuse, neglect, or violence. However, even if you are someone who has never experienced any of these occurrences, you are still most likely affected by the effects of trauma in your life. Your day-to-day experiences, including your ability to emotionally regulate and control your stress.

“Little t” traumas, or “microtraumas,” can often occur in even the most emotionally healthy childhoods, as you lacked a comprehensive understanding of events you were experiencing as a child.

Examples of microtraumas can include:

💔Being interrupted or talked over
💔Being treated with disrespect
💔Incessant criticism
💔Being yelled at or scolded often
💔Being left out
💔Being ignored
💔Having your boundaries violated
💔Not having your needs met

The extent of trauma’s impact is contingent upon how distressing you perceived the situation during its occurrence. Two people may interpret the same circumstance in very different ways. Types of trauma are not comparable, and all stem from states of affairs where you felt unsafe or uncared for.

Learn more about how even "small" Traumas could be affecting you and what to do about it.

Read our blog: https://acceleratedresolutiontherapy.com/trauma-affects-everyone/

02/18/2024

02/16/2024

You've tried these things…and they're not helping.

🚫Talking it over and over
🚫Rationalizing your fear
🚫Positive Affirmations
🚫"I'm OK" Mantras"

It's not your fault.
Your body doesn't understand these things.
You cannot reason yourself into a sense of safety.

Because it doesn't align with the language of your nervous system.

To move beyond the survival mode that keeps us stuck, you have to create a genuine sense of safety.
When you feel unsafe, you're trapped in a looping threat response.

In this dysregulated state, the lower parts of the brain, responsible for survival instincts, take control, urging us to react. Meanwhile, the higher brain functions, responsible for reasoning and decision-making, are offline, shutting down these essential functions.

Talking alone cannot alleviate these feelings, as our nervous system doesn't communicate through verbal language; its language is the felt sense.

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (𝘼𝙍𝙏) speaks the bodily language of trauma. 𝘼𝙍𝙏 addresses trauma through bottom-up approaches and bodily sensing, effectively speaking the language of trauma. By providing cues of safety and expanding our window of tolerance, 𝘼𝙍𝙏 offers a solution in navigating your trauma recovery.

If other therapeutic approaches haven't been hitting the mark for you, 𝘼𝙍𝙏 can help.

Visit www.ARTworksnow.com to learn more and find an 𝘼𝙍𝙏-trained therapist near you.

02/11/2024

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02/11/2024

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02/11/2024

Some true and fun descriptions about play therapists!! 👏👏

The play therapy community shares some essentials and creative toys.