We are Vega Therapy is bringing accessible & usable therapy to you. This is an alternative to regular therapy where we do things differently. We’re demystifying trauma, attachment & anxiety, & providing affordable resources for people who don't have access to therapy. We’ll teach you how to tune in & listen to what your body is telling you, helping you understand how past experiences shape your life.
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy is a body centred therapy, showing you how you're affected and what works to settle anxiety and manage your nervous system. Regaining control over your responses and behaviours allows you to feel more confident and build your resilience, so no matter what life throws at you, you'll feel ready.
When you learn how to trust your instincts and not be thrown by what your head tells you, you'll break negative cycles. When you have a better relationship with yourself, you'll see a big improvement in the relationship you have with others, and with your body.
My therapist wants to do EMDR with me, but she says I dissociate too much, so we are kind of working on that... maybe when I'm ready I can work on my self-compassion with the help of EMDR
Thank you, Catriona! I have been watching your videos and they are helping me stay calm during a very anxious and scary time in my life after many traumas, a hysterectomy and starting my journey with EMDR. You are a blessing!
5:44 she says it's a little bit brutal, but when I started, I was prepared that I was going to go to that point in time, so I was prepared. I was in control. I could stop at any time. Unlike flashbacks where they appear suddenly, and because I'm caught off guard, it's hard to stop it. I think that's one good reason to have a counselor with you and not do this on your own. They are watching you and I think if my physical response got high, she would interrupt with questions. Because I don't ever remember thinking "this is brutal". EMDR really helped me stop the flashbacks. 💕🌞🌵😷
Absolutely, at a certain point (if one is stuck) it can be extremely helpful to experience the power that comes from taking responsibility, becoming more resourced, and experiencing the joys of self-efficacy and confidence
Hello, we have DID and value your content and time. We hope it’s ok to feedback that we find the split screen format a bit distracting - appreciate everyone is different and wondered if there is an accessibility need we are missing that leads you to present in this style? Thanks again for your work in this field
Thank you. When i was very young i had a really bad experience. Nobody involved remembers anymore. I still do. And when i speak about it i still cry. I am close to 40 and it still bring me to tears.
Thanks so much! It gives me some understanding of what my body has gone through. It's been difficult not to blame others for the triggers that I have experienced. Not realizing that this was not a universal experience that I shared with others. The overview this video provides has helped me to see my situation differently. Thanks so much!
I’m only just coming into full awareness now in my 40s…after my father died coincidentally. It’s making so much sense of questions I’ve had and couldn’t verbalise
Wonderful video.💎 I appreciate all your videos and the warm, insightful way you explain things simply and clearly. I'm surprised you don't have more subscribers this is a gem of a channel.💎It's helped and consoled me alot.😊
When i did my second round of adanced emdr 2.0. I woke up and lost all memory before 19 years old. I woke up from a dream with a new name and a new me. Taxed so much working memeory and im okay with that. I look at photos of myself as a child and dont recognise myself and my sister will occasionally talk about a tramatic memory and i just have no memory of it. Still think advanaced flash technqique and emdr 2.0 was the best thing i ever did. All the somatic work i did though brought up all the my childhood stuff. I had a inplicit memeory come up all the way from the original attachment trauma, i was a baby crying in a cot wanting to be picked up, i felt that pain and was able to cry with it and hold it compassionatly. ❤
I'm not sure if I have D.I.D. or not but I definitely suffer from dissociating. It has presented in different ways for me throughout the years. I was abused in several ways growing up, particularly S. A. from age 6 to 14. I remember in highschool I would spend as much time as I could in my head talking to someone named Thomas. This is strange to me because I'm not a very creative person, I've never been good at playing imaginary games like dress up or house. I also had family inside my head, a dad and a mom that dont exist in real life. I spoke to those individuals until I was about 20. Ever since I was 18 I noticed that anytime I felt anxious my voice would change and it felt strange, I would speak with a voice that felt unrecognizable to me. Sometimes I would act like a young child and I felt so embarrassed by it but I didn't know how to stop myself or I would speak uncontrollably to people, talking a lot. I've noticed more that whenever something very stressful happens, I get a brain fog afterward. For example, if I go to a job interview or a therapy session I have to make sure to write everything down in a notebook during the conversation otherwise I forget what we spoke about. I also have to set alarms for anything important otherwise I will forget to do it. I also don't remember much of my childhood except the traumatic parts. A lot of my childhood memories are completely missing.
It sounds like she loves Christmas and the therapist is trying to let her know that Christmas got those commercial hyper things up that might make people couldn’t feel her love that she is pouring her complete body into; I kinda feel the girls want to celebrate Christmas as a kid but also feel that the experience might feel very culturally framed and stagnant
All of this resonates. Feeling judged or even disliked by a therapist can leave you feeling worse and put you off seeking further help. Also, it takes courage to stand up to a highly qualified professional and tell them what they're doing is not working for you. That courage is hard to find when you're feeling fearful and vulnerable. You need to have it acknowledged that what you're going through is a normal reaction to abnormal events. I came to that place on my own , but it took longer than it might have with the right help. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge and compassion.
This was great, for me affirms the need for the integration of these modalities and including IFS in terms of the parts work. I know for me a synthesis is needed.
It seems to me that it is grateful to acknowledge the parts disassociation early on in life, it is like meeting an old friend out of a blue either in the worst scenario possible(crime scene) or in their best dressed Hollywood scene at the same time
Thanks for making this video Catriona. Perfect timing, and very relevant to what I've experienced in the past (and experiencing now) in therapeutic settings. All the therapy I've had in the past for addressing and healing from childhood abuse and trauma has been talk-based. This therapy was somewhat helpful for gaining new insights, reframing thinking and assigning responsibility/blame to the perpetrator(s) where it rightfully belongs. However, I still experience lingering effects from abuse and some situations as traumatic in the present at an automatic and/or visceral level, below the level of conscious rational thinking. The next time I seek therapy to address this, I think some sort of somatic approach alongside talking would be more effective. Two points that weren't mentioned in this video that I think are relevant and I would love to hear your perspectives in a future video, include: 1) The right therapist is just as important as the right therapy. Any kind of trauma therapy needs a high level of trust in the therapist on the side of the person seeking therapy in order to feel safe, relaxed and let their guard down in order for the therapy to be most effective. 2) Neurodevelopmental conditions like autism can affect what a person perceives as traumatic, and how their mind and body experiences and responds to trauma. Everyday experiences (e.g.sudden/unexpected changes, adverse sensory input like harsh lighting and loud noises, insults or criticism) that may be "water off a duck's back" to most people, can be traumatic and dysegulating to autistics, especially if repeatedly experienced over a period of time. If an autistic person encounters in therapy disbelief in such events as traumatic, blamed or told to snap out of it, or exposure/flooding therapy is tried; that is not only unhelpful for past/ongoing trauma, but is in itself extremely re- or newly traumatising.
As someone with DID, thank you for this validation and for making a video that sums up everything I say when I describe DID to others. We decided to take off our mask about 3 years ago and it’s hard to describe. I’m sure on the outside looking in, I appear to have regressed. But on the inside, the work we have done, the healing and, well, all of it - I’m so proud of all of my parts. I’m also so glad you discussed fusion. My therapist and I talked about that and it scared us. Just as we were finally communicating - as odd as that likely seemed to the outside world - the idea of “what if a therapist wants us to bind together? We didn’t want that!” I discussed it with my therapist and he said we should all focus on doing what is best for Sam. So now that is what we try to do ❤.
