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Dr. Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Psychotrauma & Psychoneuroimmunology
From August 2019 posts are posted on the ETI Psychology Today blog
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Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Oct 26, 20176 min read
Introduction to Trauma and the Brain 1-2-3
One of the pillars of effective trauma therapy is psychoeducation. Many studies and reports now confirm that survivors benefit from a...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
May 8, 20173 min read
Expressive Trauma Integration (ETI) - An Intervention Framework
I have spent over a decade researching trauma. My sources have been writings of pioneers in the field, fellow practitioners reflecting...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Apr 2, 20175 min read
Expansion After Trauma
For those who experience trauma in the pre-verbal stage of childhood, life seems more challenging than for those who have not. As such a...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Mar 19, 20176 min read
Stress Spectrum: From Eustress to Traumatic Response
Different kinds of stress: At almost every moment of our lives, we are affected by stress. Whether enjoying a sense of thrill - one end...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Mar 7, 20174 min read
Stress Triggers Traumatic Memories
Something I experience as both a gift and challenge of being a therapist is that I get to practice, every day, the tools of my trade. On...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Feb 19, 20176 min read
How Can You Argue With Gratitude?
Recently a friend going through hard times shared her experience with several of us. As we were comforting her she played for us a voice...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Feb 5, 20173 min read
You Don’t Get to Choose Your Trauma Symptoms
Sometimes you can be triggered by your symptoms It is now widely recognized that traumatized people are easily triggered by external...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Jan 3, 20174 min read
Why Self-Care Plan is Crucial to Trauma Therapy
Have you ever vowed, “Tomorrow I am going to begin a healthy lifestyle” or “Starting tomorrow I’m only eating healthy foods….” and...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Dec 6, 20163 min read
Self-Compassion vs. Self-Criticism
In my last post, “The Stress and Trauma Loop” I described my struggle with a stressful transition. I pointed out that stress responses...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Nov 6, 20167 min read
G.E.N.A. Four Step Mind/Body Activity Facilitates Neuroplasticity
Have you ever known of a successful gymnast who doesn’t work constantly to build and maintain flexibility using a variety of exercises? ...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Oct 4, 20165 min read
Why Diet Needs to be Included in Trauma Treatment Plans
Individualized Sustainability Plan (ISP) I’ve often asserted my conviction – based on personal experience as a trauma survivor,...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Sep 3, 20161 min read
Six Stages of Trauma Integration
In my last post I introduced Expressive Trauma Integration, a framework for working with trauma that draws on insights of various...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Aug 26, 20165 min read
Trauma (also) Brings Emergence of New Life
Trans-generational Trauma In one of my earlier blog post I wrote about transgenerational trauma: “Three generations removed from...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Aug 10, 20166 min read
The Egg and the Chicken - Trauma & Sensory Integration
Not enough adults understand how trauma silently handicaps some children in day-to-day functioning that appears to have nothing to do...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Jul 18, 20166 min read
Trauma Recovery is an Oxymoron
Definitions and labels are important when you are in pain and trying to figure what to do about it. An important step in my journey of...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Jun 27, 20164 min read
After Trauma II: Basic Info for Trauma Survivors
In my last post I presented reasons why trauma survivors often fail to get the support they need, what it feels like after trauma, how...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Jun 27, 20164 min read
After trauma I: Basic Info for Trauma Survivors
Why trauma survivors often fail to get the support they need A lot of trauma survivors fail to get the support they so much deserve,...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Feb 9, 20162 min read
Mindfulness. Not So Easy After All
Meditation and mindfulness get a lot of press these days. For example, here’s yet another study, this one from Harvard showing that...
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Oct 25, 20156 min read
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Trauma and the Brain
Another cycle of violence Yet another cycle of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Yet again angry, fearful voices from each side....
Odelya Gertel Kraybill
May 25, 20155 min read
Psychosocial Support Outside the Box
Another Conference on Trauma? Will children be well-served by a global symposium on the devastation wrought by trauma and conflicts...
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