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Reflections and practices on trauma, nervous system regulation, EMDR, and Brainspotting, in video, at your pace.

Autonomic regulation

The three states of the nervous system

A visual and accessible presentation of the three autonomic nervous system states: ventral vagal, sympathetic, and dorsal vagal, and how they relate to emotional experience and the sense of safety or threat.

Ventral vagal: safety, social connection, and rest
Sympathetic: mobilization (fight or flight) in response to threat
Dorsal vagal: immobilization and shutdown, the collapse response
How trauma keeps the body stuck in defense modes

Brainspotting · Neurobiologia

Talk therapy vs. Brainspotting: why talking alone is not always enough

Traditional talk therapy works from the neocortex, the part of the brain responsible for thoughts and narratives. Brainspotting accesses the subcortex, where body sensations and emotions that do not always reach language are stored.

Why talking about trauma does not always resolve it
What the subcortex holds that words cannot reach
How the visual field accesses deep memories
When to integrate Brainspotting into treatment

Trauma neurobiology

Cortical smudging: when trauma disorganizes the brain map

The term "cortical smudging" describes what happens when trauma disrupts the brain's internal representation of the body and space. The result may be diffuse pain, chronic tension, and a persistent feeling of estrangement from oneself.

What cortical smudging is and how it forms
Why trauma can generate physical symptoms with no apparent cause
How the sense of unreality and dissociation are related
Therapeutic paths to reorganize the cortical map

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