The Truth About Trauma Healing: MDMA, EMDR + What ACTUALLY Works! | Bessel van der Kolk

About this episode

The episode explores various methods of trauma healing beyond traditional talk therapy with expert Bessel van der Kolk.

What if trauma healing isn't just about talking about the past, but helping the body feel safe again? In this episode of The Healing + Human Potential Podcast, I sit down with Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world's leading trauma experts, to explore 7 powerful ways to heal trauma without medication. Bessel shares why trauma is not just a story from the past, but a pattern the body and nervous system keep replaying in the present. We talk about why true healing often requires more than talk therapy, and how approaches like EMDR, yoga, breathwork, neurofeedback, movement, community + psychedelics can help people process trauma in a deeper way. If you've ever wondered why trauma can still live in the body, why certain patterns keep repeating, or what actually helps people heal, this episode offers a much more hopeful + expanded path forward. === Guest Bio: Bessel van der Kolk MD is one of the world's leading trauma experts and author of The Body Keeps the Score . He has spent his career studying how trauma impacts the brain and body and developing treatments that help people heal from traumatic stress. ==== Connect with Guest: Website: https://www.besselvanderkolk.com === Want 3…

People in this episode

Host: Alyssa Nobriga

Guest: Bessel van der Kolk

Topics covered

• trauma healing
• EMDR
• psychedelics
• body awareness
• mental health
• community support

Keywords

• trauma
• healing
• EMDR
• psychedelics
• neurofeedback
• breathwork
• yoga
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Body Keeps the Score

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