The Therapeutic Lens
Watch Now! When Pain Feels Like Home!
Therapy helped me see that I wasn’t just feeling it—I was holding onto it. Not because I wanted to, but because it felt familiar, even safe in a strange way.
Watch Now! When Pain Feels Like Home!
Therapy helped me see that I wasn’t just feeling it—I was holding onto it. Not because I wanted to, but because it felt familiar, even safe in a strange way.
Watch Now: Your Body Is Not Your Enemy: Learn w...
Trauma can create disconnection-from the world, from the people around us, and even from ourselves. It's as if pieces of who we are have been torn away, and we don't...
Watch Now: Your Body Is Not Your Enemy: Learn w...
Trauma can create disconnection-from the world, from the people around us, and even from ourselves. It's as if pieces of who we are have been torn away, and we don't...
Watch Now: Hygiene and Healing -Small Steps
Self-care after trauma can be an uphill climb. Trauma is often followed by exhaustion, confusion, sadness, anxiety, and even dissociation. These are all normal initial reactions-your body and mind are...
Watch Now: Hygiene and Healing -Small Steps
Self-care after trauma can be an uphill climb. Trauma is often followed by exhaustion, confusion, sadness, anxiety, and even dissociation. These are all normal initial reactions-your body and mind are...
Watch now! When Trauma Hits Us All: How to Rebu...
Trauma impacts not just individuals but entire communities. From wars to disasters, collective trauma shakes us all—but there is hope. Explore tools and strategies to heal and rebuild...
Watch now! When Trauma Hits Us All: How to Rebu...
Trauma impacts not just individuals but entire communities. From wars to disasters, collective trauma shakes us all—but there is hope. Explore tools and strategies to heal and rebuild...

How Cognitive Science Supports Cognitive Therap...
Like sunlight breaking through the forest, cognitive science allows us to transform fragmented trauma memories into coherent, integrated narratives.
How Cognitive Science Supports Cognitive Therap...
Like sunlight breaking through the forest, cognitive science allows us to transform fragmented trauma memories into coherent, integrated narratives.
References & Literature
The literature and the scientific articles below informed the content of our animations:
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- Murray, H., & El-Leithy, S. (2021). Behavioural experiments in cognitive therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: Why, when, and how? Verhaltenstherapie.
- Ehlers, A. & Murray, H. L. (2020). Cognitive therapy. In C.A. Courtois & J.D. Ford (Eds.),
Treating complex traumatic stress disorders (adults): Scientific foundations and
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