Trauma Expert Reveals How Trauma Sabotages Your Mind & What You Can Do To Rebuild Your Brain w/ Andrew Sozomenou

<p>About This Episode:</p><p>In this episode Andrew explains how trauma can disrupt these connections and lead to symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and ADHD. The guest introduces EMDR therapy as a way to process trauma and integrate different parts of oneself. Andrew emphasises the significance of working with these parts and building a compassionate relationship with them. The episode highlights the impact of trauma on mental and physical well-being and the importance of addressing it through therapy.</p><p>About The Guest: </p><p>Andrew is a Senior Registered Psychologist and co-Director of the READ Clinic, the largest Psychology Practice on the Central Coast of NSW. He has over 25 years-experience and is known for working with individuals who have previously struggled to achieve results in therapy. Andrew is passionate about treating individuals who have experienced trauma: including Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex Trauma, Trauma that stems from events experienced as an adult or in childhood, including adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and attachment trauma. He also has experience in working with Dissociative Identity Disorder, Functional Neurological Disorder, Personality Disorders, and treatment resistant Depression and Anxiety. He predominantly works with adults with complex presentations, but has previously worked with children, adolescents, families and couples from diverse backgrounds.</p><p>Andrew is a trauma informed therapist who works from a broad therapeutic base specialising in: Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR); Parts Work – Internal Family Systems (IFS); Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT); Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT); and Schema Therapy.</p><p>See more about Andrew here:</p><p><a href="https://thereadclinic.com/practitioners/andrew-sozomenou/">https://thereadclinic.com/practitioners/andrew-sozomenou/</a></p><p>Timestamps: </p><p>00:00:00 Introduction and discussion on the innate need for attachment and connection</p><p>00:03:26 The impact o