Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

(from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition) – 2000

When an individual who has been exposed to a traumatic event develops anxiety symptoms, reexperiencing of the event, and avoidance of stimuli related to the event lasting more than four weeks, they may be suffering from this Anxiety Disorder.

Psykoterapi og neuroaffektiv udvikling

Bentzen, Marianne og Hart, Susan – 2005

I de sidste tiår er der sket en kolos- sal udvikling af vores viden om neuro- affektive processer, der er centrale for følelseslivet og personlighedsdannelsen. Vi ved nu langt mere om, hvordan med- fødte forudsætninger og miljømæssig stimulering påvirker hinanden, hvilket kan få vidtrækkende konsekvenser for
den terapeutiske proces.

Shapes of Experience

Bentzen, Marianne – 2004

This article compares findings in developmental neuroscience and infant research from 0-2 years with five basic somatic character structures derived from the slightly varied descriptions of development in three somatic character systems: Bioenergetics, Hakomi and Bodynamics.

The Invisible Epidemic: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Memory and the Brain

Bremner, J. Douglas – 2000

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is something of an invisible epidemic. The events underlying it are often mysterious and always unpleasant. It is certainly far more widespread than most people realize. For example, a prime cause of PTSD is childhood sexual abuse. About 16% of American women (about 40 million) are sexually abused (including rape, attempted rape, or other form of molestation) before they reach their 18th birthday.

Stephen Porges og Poly-Vagus Teorien

Bodil Claësson, 2003 –

Stephen W. Porges ph.d. og professor, og leder af Center for Developmental Psychobiology ved University of Illinois: Hans forskning i Vagus-nervens

fylogenetiske udvikling kaster nyt lys over menneskets
stress- og chokreaktioner.

SE metoden generelt

Fürstenwald, Ursula – 2002

Traumebehandling med kroppen som udgangspunkt Somatic Experiencingâ (SE) er en metode til at behandle traumer via fokusering på kropslige fornemmelser, somatisk erfaringsdannelse, hvor man sætter kroppens selvregulerende processer i gang. I 1997 inviterede OASIS, som yder tværfaglig behandling til traumatiserede flygtninge, Dr. Peter Levine, grundlæggeren af SE, til en gæsteforelæsning og en workshop i anledning af OASIS’ 10 års jubilæum.