Are you ready to be responsible for your own healing from trauma, or any PTSD? Are you ready and willing to not to be just a survivor? Can you commit to moving on with wellness in the embodied unity of the emotions, intellect, body, consciousness, social relationships, and environment? Are you ready to invest in your own healing?
If so, that’s great! Because it’s work. Not a life time of it though. Dr. Peter Levine says,. “Trauma isn’t a life sentence.” He’s right. I didn’t have a lifetime to commit to healing. My position in 2013 was, either my trauma was over, or I was. And here I am.
If you’re ready to be empowered to heal your trauma, ready to commit, and follow up with consistent imperfect action, then take the following assessments here.
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That’s great! If however, you skipped that step, the rest won’t have much meaning for you.
What the numbers mean
The Holmes & Rahe test is an old one, but even back in 1968 they understood that high levels of stress meant a higher probability of getting a physical illness or disease. A couple things to note about the H&R test. One is that is a snapshot. The next time you take it, it could be higher or lower. You might have a high score one year like I did, and a lower score for a couple years, and then it might go up again. Like mine did. The H&R test does not have anything connected to adverse childhood experiences. Either they were unaware of it, or simply chose not to open that Pandora’s box. The higher the number, the higher the risk.
The ACE test is about those adverse childhood experiences that Holmes & Rahe didn’t mention. It’s easy to get the picture from the test that verbal abuse, drinking, drugs, jail, physical abuse, and sexual abuse is the type of family life you lived with. That is an inaccurate image. Some posit that neglect might be more harmful than abuse, and two of the questions deal with it, but only two. The point is to not fixate on the image the questions might foster. As you might have seen from the ACEs Too High page, they again indicate that the higher the score, “The higher your ACE score, the higher your risk of health and social problems.” Also, the higher the probability of developmental trauma, and for a good idea on how that works, I recommend reading, In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts, by Gabor Maté. He explains his developmental trauma despite having two loving parents, and the resultant addiction he developed. That could be followed by Lawrence Heller’s, Healing developmental Trauma. Even an ACE score of 1 can lead to trauma, so consider that possibility if you need to.
The Grazer assessment is about personality types. Which can be changed, as it’s a behavioral habit. Again, the higher the score, the higher the risk for an illness. The light here though is on adopted behaviors, and what kind of person we present ourselves as. These things change with people when they heal, so they become more authentic.
Program preview
The Resilience Toolbox training is a training program that is for those willing to be responsible for their own healing from trauma (including secondary), and not to be just a survivor. This is about living with the previously mentioned embodied wellness. As a neglected child, that later in life became a firefighter with PTSD, I know that this program heals developmental trauma as well as PTSDs.
The program teaches the use of several tools that create safety in the neurology, without which there is no healing at all. There are tools to deal with anxiety should it rear it’s head, and tools to help remain grounded in the present moment. In the 12 month duration there is practice of these tools, live connection with the trainer throughout, and a peer community to maintain follow up and build relationships.
Why 12 month? A few reasons. First, it allows time for the development of the relationship between the client and the therapist. This goes a long way to bring about healing in attachment wounds, attunement, and trust. Second, it allows for the time to develop habits with new tools that get introduced throughout the program. Third, it allows for seeing change over time - it lets you see that you’re healing,
The structure for the program is either in person or virtual setting, that meets weekly at predetermined times.
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Disclosure
Natural tremoring and TRE are members of a new class of treatment techniques and protocols referred to as body-based(somatic) therapy. Somatic means it comes from inside the body innately, rather than externally applied. While still considered experimental, these techniques are being used by therapists, nurses, physicians, psychiatrists, and lay people worldwide. There are theories about how they work, why they work, and why they sometimes don’t work, but there is no accepted scientific explanation.
To date, Natural tremoring and TRE have yielded exceptional results in the treatment of psychological and physical problems, but no one can know with certainty whether it will help a specific individual or address a specific problem.
Neither Natural tremoring nor TRE are meant to replace appropriate medical treatment or mental health counseling.
As with any exercise program, please consult your physician before starting a Natural tremoring practice. If your physician has approved basic physical exercise, you can safely begin.
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I acknowledge that I am voluntarily participating in private or group training in natural tremoring of my own volition. I am aware that, by practicing natural tremoring, I assume and accept the risk of any adverse outcome that might result. I understand that I can stop my participation any time I wish, and that I am in control of the intensity at which I perform natural tremoring. I accept full responsibility for any side effects or changes in my life that performing natural tremoring may cause.
I am aware that, although Leckey Harrison is a certified TRE provider, he is not a licensed physician and therefore does not provide medical advice. I recognize that he does not recommend that I stop using prescribed medicine, treatments, or mental health counseling without consulting my doctor or counselor.
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