294: Bottom-Up + Top-Down Psychotherapy Methods For Trauma with Robyn Brickel

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews returning guest Robyn Brickel, LMFT about Top-Down and Bottom-Up psychotherapy methods for trauma. In this conversation, Laura and Robyn described what the terms "Top Down" and "Bottom-Up" mean in reference to trauma therapy; how each type of trauma therapy can help trauma survivors; and what types of therapies fit into each category.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://brickelandassociates.com/">Robyn Brickel, MA, LMFT,</a></span> <span class="s1">is the founder and clinical director of Brickel and Associates, LLC in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia. She and her team bring a strengths-based, trauma-informed, systems approach to the treatment of mood disorders, addiction, trauma, self-harm, eating disorders, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and other mental health conditions. She is deeply committed to clinical practice, professional education and better public awareness of mental health issues. Robyn is a writer who regularly <a href= "https://brickelandassociates.com/blog/"><span class= "s2">blogs</span></a> about trauma and trauma-informed care.</span></p> <p class="p1"><strong><span class= "s1">RESOURCES:</span></strong></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s3">Link to Robyn Brickel's previous Therapy Chat Interview,  <a href= "https://traumatherapistnetwork.com/podcasts/signs-you-might-be-a-trauma-survivor-need-more-self-care/"><span class="s4">Signs You Might Be A Trauma Survivor and Need More Self Care</span></a>.</span></p> <p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>Thank you to this week's sponsors!</strong></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Sunset Lake CBD is created on a small farm outside of Burlington, Vermont that is a producer for Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. </span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Sunset Lake CBD customers support regenerative agriculture that preserves the health of the land and creates meaningful employment in the community. Farm</span></p> <p class