Trauma Healing

Trauma Healing

In this film, we take a deep dive into the work of Dr. Nadine Burke Harris MD MPH FAAP, presently serving as First Surgeon General of California, and author of The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity, with whom we’ve been working for a decade. Dr. Burke Harris’ work is grounded in the ACES study, the largest epidemiological study of trauma ever conducted, by Dr. Vincent Felitti MD and Dr. Robert Anda. The ACES study reveals a graded-dose response relationship between early childhood exposures, and adverse health outcomes throughout the lifetime. It is more deeply a story of the relationship between the mind and the body, and how fundamental dysregulations of autonomic physiology transform biology in ways that devastate health long-term, and which, if unaddresssed, do not go away. Dr. Burke’s work identifies six basic requirements for healing from childhood adversity (which 80% of Americans have experienced.). These include healthy relationships, mental health, mindfulness, proper nutrition, sleep, and exercise. In this session, we’ll look at each of these recommendations through the lens of the Restorative Practices model.