It has recently been discovered that chronic, unpredictable, psychological stress in early life can lead to inflammation in the brain. This has come as something of a surprise to many researchers as it had previously been believed by most … Read the rest
The term neurocounseling refers to a form of therapies that seek to take advantage of the relatively recent neuroscientific discovery that the human brain has far more
NEUROPLASTICITY than was previously believed to be the case.
What Is Neuroplasticity?
The … Read the rest
How Useful Is Right Brain Therapy For Trauma Survivors?
Why is it that right brain therapy may be more appropriate for trauma survivors as opposed to therapies that concentrate largely upon the left brain?
Three critical brain regions that may be adversely affected by significant and chronic childhood trauma are :
1) The thalamus
2) The amygdala
3) The hippocampus
Below, I will briefly describe the main functions of each of these three crucial … Read the rest
If we have been unfortunate enough to have been subjected to severe and chronic childhood trauma, it is possible that this adversely affected how our brain physically developed during our early life.
And, if we have been … Read the rest
We have already seen in other articles that I have posted on this site that significant and protracted childhood trauma can physically damage the developing brain and have an adverse effect upon the body’s physiology as a whole. In … Read the rest
We know that severe and protracted childhood trauma can give rise to toxic stress that, over time, can harm the physical development of various brain regions such as the amygdala,
This can result in conditions such as complex PTSD or… Read the rest
Approximately 2℅ of boys who have experienced just one ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) go on to develop chronic depression. In the case of girls who have experienced one ACE, however, this figure dramatically increases to 18%.
And, in … Read the rest
We have seen in many other articles that I have posted on this site that there is a strong association between the experience of childhood trauma and the development of BPD.
Sadly, compounding their problem, those suffering from BPD … Read the rest
We have been programmed by evolution to have physical responses to perceived dangers and threats. These evolved to prepare our ancestors for ‘fight or flight’, when, for example, they were being stalked by a predator. The bodily responses we … Read the rest
We have seen from other articles I have published on this site that psychological experiences, especially when young, can actually alter the physical structure of the brain, as well as its neural connection (i.e. how the brain cells are interlinked) … Read the rest
A study carried out at University College London (UCL) has found that when a child is continually exposed to domestic violence, such as the father regularly beating the mother, their brains are negatively affected in a similar way to … Read the rest
THE BRAIN AND NEUROPLASTICITY :
I have previously written articles on how early life trauma can adversely affect the physical development of the brain leading to, for example, psychological difficulties in adulthood such as finding it hard to control our … Read the rest
