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Integrating Neurological Findings with Transactional Analysis in Trauma Work: Linking “There and Then” Self States with “Here and Now” Ego States

Pages 303-319
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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Advances in neuroscience continue to expand our understanding of brain functions and responses during and after traumatic experiences. Memories of trauma are encoded primarily within the fight, flight, or freeze reflexive areas of the brain and play out in affect rather than cognition. This article provides an overview of recent neuroscientific research and uses this to explain the impact trauma has on both therapist and client when addressing trauma in psychotherapy.

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Edward T. Novak

Edward T. Novak, M.A., is in private practice as a psychotherapist in Akron, Ohio. He can be reached at 1653 Merriman Rd., Suite 212, Akron, OH 44313, U.S.A.; e-mail: . The author is grateful to Dr. Anna Janicki of the Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center for their collegial debates, disagreements, and agreements about neuroscience and trauma, which has helped him clarify and specify his thoughts about neuroscience and trauma.
 

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