Healing and Exorcism

The predominant goal of most psychologists and mental health practitioners is to help the trauma survivor practice the self-help techniques that expand the window and/or return inside the window, which allows the body to self-regulate enough not to get hyper- or hypo-aroused.

In doing so, the clinician helps the patient re-train the mind and body t... See more

Traumatisation is most usually presented as an unassailable, concrete fact, and this is where I need to be respectful. If someone brings a firm conviction of their religion, politics or the genesis of their suffering, it is not for me to deny it. But it is for me to offer the possibility to open up the conviction in order to transform it from a sed... See more

Severance is interested in a lot of Big Ideas®, chief among them the impact of trauma on an individual. One very loose definition of trauma is feeling a sustained lack of control in a stressful or distressing situation, and the Innies certainly meet that requirement. A Kier maxim that’s often shown in print or spoken aloud on the show is “We must b... See more