Welcome back to Trauma Chat! This week, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C thanks listeners for supporting the show and spreading the word. She talks about what is ahead and announces that this is the last episode of Season 1. Season 2 is anticipated to begin in October 2021.

While waiting for Season 2, take advantage of listener participation opportunities! Leave a message on Speakpipe or send a message through the Trauma Therapist Network site to let Laura know about a resource you think should be included on the site, or a subject you want covered on Trauma Chat. Or if you have a question, feel free to ask! If you give permission, your message may be used on the show!

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Thanks again for listening to Season 1 of the Trauma Chat Podcast!

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To listen to Laura's other podcast, Therapy Chat, go to: www.therapychatpodcast.com 

If you like Trauma Chat please go to iTunes and leave a rating and review and subscribe to receive each episode as soon as it comes out.

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In this week's episode, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C, a trauma therapist, consultant and coach, offers a basic overview of Polyvagal Theory using Deb Dana LCSW's Polyvagal Ladder concept. In this episode you will hear Laura talk about:

• What Polyvagal Theory is
• How it relates to the Window of Tolerance mentioned in Episode 10
• How it relates to the Trauma Defenses explained earlier in the season

Resources for this Episode: 

Deb Dana, LCSW and Dr. Stephen Porges

Deb Dana's book, Polyvagal Theory in Therapy

Deb Dana's book, Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Exercises

Additional Links:

Leave a message with a question to be included in a future episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/traumachatpod

Follow Trauma Chat on Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumachatpod

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Get more information on Trauma Chat at: www.traumachatpod.com. Sign up for the email list to stay in touch and receive a free gift!

New website coming soon: www.traumatherapistnetwork.com - a community for finding information, resources and help for trauma. Sign up for the email list to be notified when the website goes live and receive a free gift!

To listen to Laura's other podcast, Therapy Chat, go to: www.therapychatpodcast.com 

If you like Trauma Chat please go to iTunes and leave a rating and review and subscribe to receive each episode as soon as it comes out.

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In this week's episode, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C, a trauma therapist, consultant and coach, explains the Window of Tolerance. In this episode you will hear Laura talk about:

• What is the Window of Tolerance?
• Hyperarousal definition and examples
• Hyperarousal definition and examples

Resources for this Episode: 

Window of Tolerance Graphic from NICABM

Dr. Daniel Siegel's Mindsight website

Additional Links:

Leave a message with a question to be included in a future episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/traumachatpod

Follow Trauma Chat on Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumachatpod

Follow Trauma Therapy Coaching & Consulting on Facebook: www.facebook.com/traumatherapyconsulting 

Get more information on Trauma Chat at: www.traumachatpod.com. Sign up for the email list to stay in touch and receive a free gift!

New website coming soon: www.traumatherapistnetwork.com - a community for finding information, resources and help for trauma. Sign up for the email list to be notified when the website goes live and receive a free gift!

To listen to Laura's other podcast, Therapy Chat, go to: www.therapychatpodcast.com 

If you like Trauma Chat please go to iTunes and leave a rating and review and subscribe to receive each episode as soon as it comes out.

Podcast Produced by Pete Bailey - https://petebailey.net/audio

In this week's episode, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C, a trauma therapist, consultant and coach, talks about Childhood Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and Adverse Babyhood Experiences (ABES). In this episode you will hear Laura talk about:

• The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study - what it is and why it matters
• The list of questions included in the original ACE Study
• Adverse Babyhood Experiences, a term coined by Dr. Veronique Mead - what this means

Resources for this Episode: 

Dr. Veronique Mead's interview on Therapy Chat Podcast

Dr. Veronique Mead's blog on ABES

Episode 19 of Therapy Chat (note, it had a different name when this episode was released).

Link to Abstract of ACES Article from 1998

PACES website

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris's TED Talk

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris's book, The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity

Recent Therapy Chat interview with Sarah Peyton about the Neuroscience of Connection

Additional Links:

Leave a message with a question to be included in a future episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/traumachatpod

Follow Trauma Chat on Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumachatpod

Follow Trauma Therapy Coaching & Consulting on Facebook: www.facebook.com/traumatherapyconsulting 

Get more information on Trauma Chat at: www.traumachatpod.com. Sign up for the email list to stay in touch and receive a free gift!

New website coming soon: www.traumatherapistnetwork.com - a community for finding information, resources and help for trauma. Sign up for the email list to be notified when the website goes live and receive a free gift!

To listen to Laura's other podcast, Therapy Chat, go to: www.therapychatpodcast.com 

If you like Trauma Chat please go to iTunes and leave a rating and review and subscribe to receive each episode as soon as it comes out.

Podcast Produced by Pete Bailey - https://petebailey.net/audio

In this week's episode, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C, a trauma therapist, consultant and coach, talks about an alternative diagnosis which is not yet official in the US - Complex PTSD or C-PTSD. In this episode you will hear Laura talk about:

• The additional criteria that go along with a C-PTSD diagnosis as written in the ICD-11.
• What is emotional regulation/dysregulation?
• The negative self-perception aspect of C-PTSD with examples
• Idealization/Vilification of parents 
• Loss of a sense of self/connection 

Resources for this Episode: 

Link to explanation of C-PTSD from Healthline.com

Lisa Ferentz/s workbook, Letting Go of Self Destructive Behaviors: A Workbook of Hope & Healing

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk's book, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind & Body in the Healing of Trauma

Additional Links:

Leave a message with a question to be included in a future episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/traumachatpod

Follow Trauma Chat on Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumachatpod

Follow Trauma Therapy Coaching & Consulting on Facebook: www.facebook.com/traumatherapyconsulting 

Get more information on Trauma Chat at: www.traumachatpod.com. Sign up for the email list to stay in touch and receive a free gift!

New website coming soon: www.traumatherapistnetwork.com - a community for finding information, resources and help for trauma. Sign up for the email list to be notified when the website goes live and receive a free gift!

To listen to Laura's other podcast, Therapy Chat, go to: www.therapychatpodcast.com 

If you like Trauma Chat please go to iTunes and leave a rating and review and subscribe to receive each episode as soon as it comes out.

Podcast Produced by Pete Bailey - https://petebailey.net/audio

In this week's episode, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C, a trauma therapist, consultant and coach, gives a thumbnail sketch of the complicated topic of Dissociation. In this episode you will hear:

• What Dissociation is
• That Dissociation occurs on a spectrum from being preoccupied to having a totally different identity with its own name, behaviors, manner of dress - and you don't know it, and many examples in between
• Laura gives real life examples of how Dissociation can show up in our lives

Resources for this Episode: 

Dr. Janina Fisher's book, Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Self-Alienation

Susan Pease Banitt's book, The Trauma Toolkit: Healing PTSD from the Inside Out

System Speak Podcast

Additional Links:

Leave a message with a question to be included in a future episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/traumachatpod

Follow Trauma Chat on Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumachatpod

Follow Trauma Therapy Coaching & Consulting on Facebook: www.facebook.com/traumatherapyconsulting 

Get more information on Trauma Chat at: www.traumachatpod.com. Sign up for the email list to stay in touch and receive a free gift!

New website coming soon: www.traumatherapistnetwork.com - a community for finding information, resources and help for trauma. Sign up for the email list to be notified when the website goes live and receive a free gift!

To listen to Laura's other podcast, Therapy Chat, go to: www.therapychatpodcast.com 

If you like Trauma Chat please go to iTunes and leave a rating and review and subscribe to receive each episode as soon as it comes out.

Podcast Produced by Pete Bailey - https://petebailey.net/audio

In this week's episode, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C, a trauma therapist, consultant and coach, explains the diagnosis of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as written in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition - also known as the DSM-5, the manual published by the American Psychiatric Association  that is used in the US to guide mental health diagnoses. In this episode you will hear:

• Laura explains the diagnostic criteria that has to be met in order to confirm a PTSD diagnosis
• That people can have severe trauma symptoms that don't meet the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis
• Laura gives examples of how various trauma symptoms may show up in our lives

• This information can be helpful for anyone who is wondering whether they are affected by trauma symptoms, even if their symptoms don't meet the criteria for a full blown PTSD diagnosis (there are other trauma related diagnoses).
• This diagnosis has some limitations.
• In a future episode we will talk about the Complex PTSD Diagnosis that is not in the DSM but is in the ICD

Resources for this Episode:

Link to DSM Diagnostic Criteria

Additional Links:

Leave a message with a question to be included in a future episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/traumachatpod

Follow Trauma Chat on Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumachatpod

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Get more information on Trauma Chat at: www.traumachatpod.com. Sign up for the email list to stay in touch and receive a free gift!

New website coming soon: www.traumatherapistnetwork.com - a community for finding information, resources and help for trauma. Sign up for the email list to be notified when the website goes live and receive a free gift!

To listen to Laura's other podcast, Therapy Chat, go to: www.therapychatpodcast.com 

If you like Trauma Chat please go to iTunes and leave a rating and review and subscribe to receive each episode as soon as it comes out.

Podcast Produced by Pete Bailey - https://petebailey.net/audio