Positive Psychology: Childhood Trauma, Psychedelics & EMDR

Monday, July 18, 2022

Childhood Trauma, Psychedelics & EMDR | Dr Bessel van der Kolk

In PART 2 of his How To Academy event, Bessel and Benjamin discuss CBT, LSD and EMDR, yoga and coping mechanisms, how every child has the birthright to be adored and how the body keeps the score.

https://youtu.be/XIH5taudtH0

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."