45 min
What Is Dissociation? with Gordon Barclay The Sacred Womb
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- Mental Health
In this introduction to dissociation, Gordon talks us through:
What is dissociationHow do we know if we’re dissociatingStarting to relate to what we have pushed away‘Separating to connect’ & finding ways to respond to the patterns of reaction, rather than just reactingLow arousal dissociation and high arousal dissociationWhy dissociation is there for a reasonCreating a sense of safety before connecting to what was previously too much to feel (creating a mis-match)When and how dissociation dismantlesA scale of dissociation and how it can manifest in daily lifeThe difference between re-membering whilst present and becoming lost in the experienceNormalising dissociation and how we can start thinking about it in our mental health systems.ABOUT GORDON BARCLAY
Gordon Barclay was an NHS consultant psychiatrist in Argyll on the west coast of Scotland until 2019, now works privately in Glasgow and is an active CRM® Trainer and Supervisor, and has a special interest in the treatment of psychological trauma and dissociation.
Contact Gordon on dr@gordonbconsulting.com
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Melanie Swan is an internationally renowned leader in healing the physical womb, restoring the metaphysical womb, and connecting with the cosmic womb.
She’s a Womb Medicine Woman and Mulit-dimensional Womb Healer with 20 year’s experience – who guides and empowers women to come home to their true nature.
She hosts The Sacred Womb Podcast and founded The Womb Medicine Woman Training®, which she's been running for the last 7 years and is currently writing her first book The Sacred Womb, which is, at its core, a handbook for the empowerment of womankind; due for release in late 2024. Having traveled extensively she currently lives in Thailand, with her two much loved cats, Sophia and Lyra.
In this introduction to dissociation, Gordon talks us through:
What is dissociationHow do we know if we’re dissociatingStarting to relate to what we have pushed away‘Separating to connect’ & finding ways to respond to the patterns of reaction, rather than just reactingLow arousal dissociation and high arousal dissociationWhy dissociation is there for a reasonCreating a sense of safety before connecting to what was previously too much to feel (creating a mis-match)When and how dissociation dismantlesA scale of dissociation and how it can manifest in daily lifeThe difference between re-membering whilst present and becoming lost in the experienceNormalising dissociation and how we can start thinking about it in our mental health systems.ABOUT GORDON BARCLAY
Gordon Barclay was an NHS consultant psychiatrist in Argyll on the west coast of Scotland until 2019, now works privately in Glasgow and is an active CRM® Trainer and Supervisor, and has a special interest in the treatment of psychological trauma and dissociation.
Contact Gordon on dr@gordonbconsulting.com
Support the show
Melanie Swan is an internationally renowned leader in healing the physical womb, restoring the metaphysical womb, and connecting with the cosmic womb.
She’s a Womb Medicine Woman and Mulit-dimensional Womb Healer with 20 year’s experience – who guides and empowers women to come home to their true nature.
She hosts The Sacred Womb Podcast and founded The Womb Medicine Woman Training®, which she's been running for the last 7 years and is currently writing her first book The Sacred Womb, which is, at its core, a handbook for the empowerment of womankind; due for release in late 2024. Having traveled extensively she currently lives in Thailand, with her two much loved cats, Sophia and Lyra.
45 min