Summary: Integration in PTSD and trauma recovery is one of those topics that's really essential to the process and that we don't talk about often enough. But I did this week! One of the things I love about my job interviewing experts about how to change direction in recovery is that I get to connect with cutting-edge, leading experts with ideas that inspire, activate and support new ways for you to move forward. Today I interviewed Dr. Daniel Siegel, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine where he is on the faculty of the Center for Culture, Brain, and Development and the Co-Director of theMindful Awareness Research Center. Our conversation covered two of Dr. Siegel's books: MINDSIGHT: The New Science of Personal Transformation and BRAINSTORM: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain. Some highlights of our conversation include: a definition of mindsight and how to apply it in trauma and PTSD recovery an explanation of integration and its purpose in healing five myths about the development of the adolescent brain the role and process of identity in teenage development My favorite quote from our conversation: Dr. Siegel said, "If you have a trauma it's never too late to integrate." Find out what he meant by that and how you can start doing it today by listening in on our conversation.
