Memory Without Words: Repairing the Legacy of Trauma
- Speaker:
- Janina Fisher, PhD
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 05 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
-
Jun 29, 2025
- Product Code:
- POS150296
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
Rather than struggling to get clients to talk about what happened, a somatic approach emphasizes attention to the physical and emotional responses that keep the trauma ‘alive’ in our bodies for decades. Challenging their tendency to interpret nonverbal memory as a sign of defectiveness or danger, a repair model prioritizes attention to body and feeling memories rather than to the events that caused them. What is our end in mind? It is to transform the clients’ relationship to the traumatic effects left behind. By addressing the legacy still held in body and mind, we can help clients repair their feelings of inadequacy, fear, or shame, leaving them with an embodied sense of “I survived – I made it – and I’m safe now.”
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Handouts/Brochure
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Memory Without Words (1.7 MB) | 22 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Transcript - Memory Without Words: Repairing the Legacy of Trauma (150.3 KB) | 10 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Speaker
Janina Fisher, PhD Related seminars and products
Janina Fisher, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and former instructor at The Trauma Center, a research and treatment center founded by Bessel van der Kolk. Known as an expert on the treatment of trauma, Dr. Fisher has also been treating individuals, couples, and families since 1980.
She is past president of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation, an EMDR International Association Credit Provider, Assistant Educational Director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, and a former Instructor, at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Fisher lectures and teaches nationally and internationally on topics related to the integration of the neurobiological research and newer trauma treatment paradigms into traditional therapeutic modalities.
She is co-author with Pat Ogden of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Attachment and Trauma (2015) and author of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation (2017) and the forthcoming book, Working with the Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma (in press).
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Janina Fisher is an international expert and consultant on Trauma and Dissociation. She is a consultant for Khiron House Clinics and the Massachusetts Department of MH Restraint and Seclusion Initiative. Dr. Fisher receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium, recording royalties and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. Dr. Fisher has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Janina Fisher is on the advisory board for the Trauma Research Foundation. She is a patron of the Bowlby Center.
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Objectives
- Articulate research findings on the encoding of traumatic memories.
- Differentiate the effects of implicit versus explicit traumatic memory.
- Identify 2 somatic interventions for resolving implicit trauma memories.
Outline
- Help clients recognize somatic and emotional memory
- Challenge their tendency to shame and self-blame
- Transform their relationship to the traumatic past
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