Trauma Geek Nervous System Study Group - more notes to come

https://www.traumageek.com/

The NZ Trauma Conference 2024 - Bessel van der Kolk

• See blog post for summary

• Useful and interesting day. Emphasis on somatic aspects and resourcing before doing trauma processing. Relevant for my work.

Deb Dana and Grief

• Summary: Being informed by the nervous system in the grief process, listening to it’s cues, notice name and normalise nervous system shifts; Grief is not a straight line, the nervous system is trying to find a way back to feeling safe, connected and regulated enough; Neuroceptive cues, shifting between states; glimmers

• Reflection: really engaging talk and a new way for me to think about grief from a nervous system perspective. It was useful to think about being present and curious, listening to your body’s signals, understanding the states to be able to have self-compassion and having limited capacity. Concepts that I can use in practice to support clients, whether the grief process is about a loss or about a new diagnosis