Traumatherapie
Trauma therapy
A new therapy fashion
or is there really something to it ...?
A trauma arises whenever we are overwhelmed by the situation without being able to process it. Then the unprocessable topic “encapsulates” itself inside and “ferments” like a wound infected with bacteria that is closed too early.
This applies not only to disaster and violence experiences, but also to all everyday situations in which we are “overrun” by a situation in a feeling of being at the mercy of a situation because we lack the coping skills to deal with it actively and self-confidently. We literally freeze.
This is where trauma therapy helps as the discovery of our time.
Completely new techniques were developed for this, such as EMDR or meridian tapping, but also many long-known methods had proven themselves over the years as trauma work, such as hypnotherapy and, above all, regression therapy and various forms of imagination. All body therapeutic approaches such as breathing techniques, body awareness exercises, relaxation exercises and all forms of stress reduction when approaching the trauma can also be effective.
But at the same time I could see that a real “fashion” was developing on the therapy market - as I have experienced with several forms of therapy over the years of my work, e.g. family constellations. People hope to find comprehensive help for their problems with this method - without having to "look in the eye" of their own shadows, fears and comforts. Just as in the case of family constellations, the majority of the work seems to be done by proxy for you, trauma therapy seems to be able to “remove the bad” - and is therefore harmless for the ego, because you don't have to deal with your own shadow. You are the poor “victim” who is not to blame and has to get help. (Of course, this does not apply to experiences of violence and other terrible traumas.)
But in real life the roles of victim and perpetrator are usually much more differentiated: the victim is also a perpetrator and the perpetrator is also a victim.
Above all, however: Unfortunately, healing does not come about simply by “clearing away a trauma”, because coping skills must also be developed, especially when it comes to everyday trauma that can recur.
Healing has a lot to do with “becoming stronger”, as modern resilience research shows, and also with the ability to enjoy the beautiful in life and to be able to accept the bad in life. Helping here is the essential step in the healing process.
