Traumatic events occur during different stages of development and result in discrete changes in brain structure and functions most vulnerable at that stage. The experience can derail the normal trajectory of emotional, social, and cognitive development.
Read MoreWhat does neuroscience, art, music, expressive dance, and memoir writing have to do with therapy? And what does therapy have to do with writing your own story? It is our story that we bring to a therapy session. We sit and try to express bits and pieces of it in an hour and if we are lucky the therapist – who does not know all the facts – can help us re-write the scenes and events and change the images in our mind that disturb us – so we can leave and make sense of the chaotic mess of emotions we walked in with.
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