narrative - DIALOGUE - Depth Psychology Alliance2024-03-29T12:28:11Zhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/forum/topics/feed/tag/narrativeGot Story? Listen to my interview with Kim Schneiderman LCSW on How to Step Out of Your Story!https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/forum/topics/got-story-listen-to-my-interview-with-kim-schneiderman-lcsw-on2015-08-06T14:19:16.000Z2015-08-06T14:19:16.000ZDavid Van Nuyshttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/DavidVanNuys<div><p><a href="http://shrinkrapradio.com/images/Kim-Schneiderman.jpg"><img src="http://shrinkrapradio.com/images/Kim-Schneiderman.jpg" alt="Kim Schneiderman" width="165" height="208" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4945"/></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.stepoutofyourstory.com/" target="_blank">Kim Schneiderman, LCSW, MSW,</a> is the author of Step Out of Your Story. She counsels in private practice and teaches as a professor and guest lecturer at venues including New York University. She also writes a biweekly advice column for Metro Newspapers and blogs for Psychology Today. Visit her online at <a href="http://www.stepoutofyourstory.com">http://www.stepoutofyourstory.com</a>.</p>
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<p>David Van Nuys, PhD<br/>Creator/Host of Shrink Rap Radio</p></div>Creating a Narrative for Trauma Seems to Help Victims of PTSDhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/forum/topics/creating-a-narrative-for2010-11-04T20:39:46.000Z2010-11-04T20:39:46.000ZBonnie Brighthttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/BonnieBright<div><p>There is a great article in the November 2010 "Mind" magazine (from Scientific American), <span style="font-weight: bold;">"</span>Soothing Traumatized Children: Coloring books developed by psychologists help kids avoid long-lasting emotional problems." <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=soothing-traumatized-children">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=soothing-traumatized-children</a>. It outlines how kids suffering from trauma--such as those in earthquake-ravaged Haiti--are benefiting from writing, coloring, and drawing in workbooks focused on the disaster. <br/><br/>Typically, individuals who suffer from PTSD and other stress-related disorders have been shown to have abnormal or increased activity in the right hemisphere of the brain which is responsible for nonverbal and emotional processing. Writing or drawing about what happened to them during the earthquake, or telling about what happened to their homes, families, and friends allows children to develop and articulate a narrative that engages the left brain and helps them make sense of what happened.<br/><br/>Putting the trauma into a story seems to help significantly. A study of 6th to 8th graders that experienced Hurricane Katrina indicates symptoms of PTSD in those who used the workbooks for 30 minutes a week decreased by 20%!<br/><br/>Storytelling and myth has been a human function since early humanity. Creating context and locating our lives and experiences in a greater fabric of being can be transformational.</p></div>