Trauma: Get Over It
(Page 8 of 9)
July / August 2006
Joseph Hart Utne magazine
Five years later, there are some signs that as a culture we are,
as Robert Scaer puts it, beginning to wake up from the trauma of
9/11. But it's one thing to wake up and something else again to
reach for the kind of spiritual growth that individuals like Hector
Aristiz?bal have achieved.
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A Practical Guide to Getting Over It
We don't have to be ruled by our fear or trapped by trauma.
Spiritual and emotional renewal lies on the other side of healing.
These organizations and resources can help:
International Trauma-Healing Institute
Promotes awareness of trauma and uses healing as a means to peace
and conflict resolution.
www.traumainstitute.org
Foundation for Human Enrichment
Provides information about the groundbreaking work of Peter
Levine, whose 'somatic experiencing' techniques attempt to heal
trauma with body work.
www.traumahealing.com
Instinct to Heal
A website that offers information and self-exam tips related to
the book by the same title (Rodale, 2004), which argues that each
of us has the capacity to heal our anxieties without drugs.
www.instincttoheal.org
Healing Sex: The Complete Guide to Sexual
Wholeness
Under the motto 'You are more powerful than what happened to you,'
this film mixes documentary-style drama and mind-body exercises to
educate and help survivors of sexual abuse.
www.healingsexthemovie.com
EMDR Institute
Provides information about eye movement desensitization and
reprocessing, a trauma-healing technique that combines traditional
talk therapy with eye movements that mimic REM sleep.
www.emdr.com
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
The 'first and largest group dedicated to the troops and veterans
of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and [their] civilian
supporters,' offers resources for coping with the trauma of
war.
www.optruth.org
Theatre of the Oppressed
Uses theater to turn oppression into political action
worldwide.
www.theatreoftheoppressed.org
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