Blog

This blog hosts articles that discuss a variety of topics related to trauma,

based on both research and lived experience.

SELF-CARE: Due to the issues they address, some articles may be difficult to read. You may wish to visit our Self-Care Space at the bottom right of the page before and/or after engaging with our content.

Ngozi "N/A" Oparah

4 days ago3 min read

Healing

Navigating life after therapy

In our final session, my most recent therapist (second favorite overall) attempted to sign off with a small, unexplained laugh. It wasn’t...

Embodied healing: dance therapy, therapeutic dance, and the Traumascapes approach

Dylan Reddish

Jan 288 min read

Healing

Embodied healing: dance therapy, therapeutic dance, and the Traumascapes approach

This blog can serve as a road map on your quest for embodied healing through dance and movement.

I watched myself direct my own memory: creating a trigger device vs creating healing

Julian Triandafyllou

Nov 21, 20246 min read

Healing

I watched myself direct my own memory: creating a trigger device vs creating healing

Between 2018 and 2019, I was enrolled on an MA in documentary film directing. I spent the year shooting material for a short hybrid document

Non-violent communication: understanding our needs and feelings

Lou Robbin

Sep 11, 20249 min read

Healing

Non-violent communication: understanding our needs and feelings

There is something about a loss of words that highlights their power. That in being tongue-tied, we can find ourselves just outside of...

Shaking loose: disentangling trauma from the nervous system

Dylan Reddish

Jul 30, 20247 min read

Healing

Shaking loose: disentangling trauma from the nervous system

I will always remember the first time I tried shaking in the studio. It was a grey Sunday morning, and I stood in the middle of a...

Trauma and the SDGs: change on a global scale

Karin Hagemann

Jun 28, 20243 min read

Global Health

Trauma and the SDGs: change on a global scale

Since 2015, we have had the UN’s 17 Social Development Goals (SDGs). They are positively worded, but what they say is that conditions for...

The story of the Joker, the cripple, and the boy: reclaiming and integrating all parts of myself

Julian Triandafyllou

Apr 17, 20244 min read

Healing

The story of the Joker, the cripple, and the boy: reclaiming and integrating all parts of myself

The Joker As a child, I reported to my mama that I had seen a ghost. I later found the story of them in one of my primary school...

Breaking a cycle of violence: from an external aggressor to an internal one to none at all

Julian Triandafyllou

Mar 19, 20244 min read

Healing

Breaking a cycle of violence: from an external aggressor to an internal one to none at all

Intrinsically I know that the abuse I experienced wasn’t my fault. I can even say that to people: “It wasn’t my fault”. I can say it to...

Trying to be a storyteller in times of war and devastation in Syria

Julie-Yara Atz

Nov 30, 20238 min read

Collective Trauma

Trying to be a storyteller in times of war and devastation in Syria

“War is primarily experienced through a body that walks and it is recounted as a bodily experience. It is the devastating, sudden...

Blog

Navigating life after therapy

Embodied healing: dance therapy, therapeutic dance, and the Traumascapes approach

I watched myself direct my own memory: creating a trigger device vs creating healing

Non-violent communication: understanding our needs and feelings

Shaking loose: disentangling trauma from the nervous system

Trauma and the SDGs: change on a global scale

The story of the Joker, the cripple, and the boy: reclaiming and integrating all parts of myself

Breaking a cycle of violence: from an external aggressor to an internal one to none at all

Trying to be a storyteller in times of war and devastation in Syria

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