Attachment and the Body
Day 6: Attachment and the Body
Attachment Adaptations: What Are They, What Do They Mean
With Dr. Aimie
You will learn:
- How attachment pain leads to adaptations that protect us but also limit our growth
- Tools and techniques for safely working with attachment adaptations and bracing patterns
- Mind body dialogue and communication exercises to work with somatic parts
- Exercises to guide the healing of attachment pain
- Methods for continued work with adaptations to accelerate healing
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Cravings and Addictions: Insights Into Our Biochemistry
Training with Dr. Aimie
You will learn:
- How trauma impacts the body's biochemistry and stress response systems, leading to cravings and addictions
- The underlying biology of how sugar, gluten, dairy, and alcohol consumption can help the body cope with stress and overwhelm
- The difference between stress that is within the body's homeostasis versus toxic stress that exceeds its capacity
- How working through emotional avoidance and numbing is important for healing from trauma and its impacts
- The importance of pacing the healing process to allow the body to stay within its window of tolerance as it expands over time
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Emotional Eating and Grief and Attachment
Training with Dr. Aimie
You will learn:
- How emotional eating and restrictive eating can be coping mechanisms related to early life experiences and attachment issues
- How neurotransmitter imbalances and biochemistry can impact cravings and addictions
- How to use a nervous system tracker to understand cravings and their impact on the body
- The crucial role of the brain's energy metabolism and gut health in mental clarity, decision-making, and overall well-being
- How brain inflammation can impact glucose levels and cognitive function
- The complex relationship between the digestive system and nervous system states like constipation and diarrhea
- Long-term approaches to addressing underlying contributing issues like attachment and trauma through parts work
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Applied Neuroscience For Creating An Immediate Sense of Safety After Fear & Loss
Interview with Jodi Cohen
You will learn:
- How essential oils can provide powerful safety signals to the nervous system to promote relaxation and healing from trauma
- Techniques for applying essential oils to specific areas of the body like the heart, hips and neck to open tissues and improve fluid movement
- Blends containing properties like sesquiterpenes that can help relax the body and signal safety
- Ways to support lymphatic flow during deeper trauma processing using essential oils
- The importance of establishing feelings of safety first through tools like essential oils before exploring traumatic memories
- Integration of aromatherapy into trauma healing work
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Working with Syndromes through Somatic Experiencing
Interview with Peter Levine
You will learn:
- How early life stress and trauma can contribute to developing syndromes and chronic illnesses later in life
- The importance of addressing the autonomic nervous system and somatic aspects of the body in healing from trauma
- Techniques for bringing the nervous system back into a regulated state
- How acknowledging, expressing, and resolving grief and loss can aid the healing process
- The value of incorporating somatic modalities like Somatic Experiencing alongside conventional medical treatment for syndromes
- Establishing sufficient safety and trust is crucial before doing deeper somatic work involving trauma or difficult emotions
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A Guided Somatic Mind-Body Dialogue For Repairing Attachment
with Dr. Aimie
You will learn:
- How to use touch and connection to work with adaptive bracing patterns
- How to validate and acknowledge tense bracing patterns for their hard work
- How to have a mindful dialogue between the mind and bracing patterns
- How to understand a bracing pattern's perspective and support it has provided
- How to offer support to bracing patterns without demanding change or relaxation
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#1 Supplement to Consider for Attachment Issues
with Dr. Aimie
You will learn:
- The role that magnesium could play in attachment trauma and how it addresses both the psychological and biological aspects
- How magnesium deficiency impacts people experiencing chronic stress or trauma through its effects on adrenaline, cortisol, and neuroplasticity
- Specific ways that magnesium improves relaxation and detoxification, reduces inflammation, and increases neuroplasticity
- How magnesium supplementation can complement therapies for attachment trauma by addressing nutritional deficiencies and chronic stress patterns
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A Compilation of Success Stories
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UPGRADE HEREYOUR BIOLOGY OF TRAUMA® HOST:
Dr. Aimie Apigian
Dr. Aimie is a double Board-Certified medical physician who specializes in trauma, attachment, addictions and addressing trauma on a cellular level. She earned her medical degree at Loma Linda University and has a Masters in Biochemistry as well as a Masters in Public Health. She trained for three years as a general surgeon before changing her career path.
In addition to her medical studies, Dr. Aimie has studied with and participated in Dr. Allan Schore’s Attachment Regulation Theory Study Group. She is a highly-trained somatic experiencing practitioner, trained in NeuroAffective Touch™, Internal Family Systems (Parts Work) and the Instinctual Trauma Response Model™. She continues to attend advanced trainings in Somatic Experiencing™ with Dr. Peter Levine and acts as an editor for Somatic Experiencing International.
She is not one to sit back and talk about problems. She is a solution-focused action taker- always looking for ways to improve our current method and accelerate the healing journey back to our best health and our best selves.
