From Fragmentation to Wholeness through Hypno-Physis

A trauma-informed brief therapy approach to Psyche ‘Defragmentation’, working (hypno-)therapeutically with the traumatised Inner Child

Trauma changes the brain. So does hypnosis…

Developmental trauma is the pervasive sense of threat and unsafety that a child experiences when subjected to overwhelming interactions, leading to dissociation and psyche fragmentation.

Trauma is not ‘the event’ as such, but the resonance in the body of a perceived threat – the source of unsafety. It is a fact that no caretaker was able to help the child process the overwhelming emotions resulting from a ‘small t’ or ‘big T’ event, which leads to trauma.

The memory encoding function of the hippocampus is affected by the intense emotions associated with traumatic stress. The devastating intensity of a traumatic experience generates implicit, unprocessed memories. Cortisol release inhibits the consolidation of explicit memory, while the amygdala’s activation and adrenaline release facilitate the formation of implicit memory.

The implicit memory is a ‘frozen past’ leading to psyche fragmentation or trauma splits, often only felt somatically (stored in the body), but not accessible through cognitive-oriented talk therapies.

It is in the skilful alchemy of the implicit memory becoming explicit that trauma resolution resides…. (including preverbal trauma).

Hypno-Physis comes to orchestrate a (hypno-)therapeutic ritual that allows for a gentle exploration of early scenes, leading to catharsis, cognitive-behavioural reframe and a powerful redecision process that changes the future by restoring the ability to live in the present.

Transpersonal psychologist, clinical hypnotherapist and urban mystic, dr. Anemona Peres left a 20+yrs international career as police psychologist and applied psychology lecturer for law enforcement, to follow her passion: bridging science and ancient wisdom in her clinical practice, drawing from a wide range of modalities, i.a: gestalt, TA Redecision, parts work, NLP, RTT, relational neuroscience, transpersonal psychotherapy, systemic constellations, core shamanism. Dr. Peres is a master hypnosis trainer, registered supervisor, counsellor, author, researcher and educationalist.