1. W OUNDEDNESS AND TREATMENT APPROACHES Missing Experiences necessary events and interactions that did not happen cause failure of experiential content for living lack of brain development can be traumatic Violations events and interactions that were invasive, confusing and/or damaging cause trauma, fragmentation of consciousness and create need for adaptive DEC Two Sources of Wounding Three Kinds of Woundedness Fragmented States of Consciousness Derivative Experiential Content (DEC) Neurological TraumaAttachment Neural Patterns each kind of woundedness is held by habitual neural patterns neural patterns form networks with other patterns, creating DEC associated links (attractors) cause new events to be translated according to the habitual responses of the woundings e.g. intimidated person assumes new people he meets will be threats Tyranny of Meaning: we assign meaning to events based on old patterns and frameworks Myth of Core Material: we come to believe in the actuality of these perspectives because of their constancy, when in fact they are just habituated patterns that don’t express our true nature omissioncommission

2. W OUNDEDNESS AND TREATMENT APPROACHES Three Kinds of Woundedness Neurological TraumaAttachment Qualities Reptilian brain, limbic Physiology-based Survival response to overwhelm 3 responses - flight - flee - freeze Generates self-states and content Loss of individual and self identity Symptoms - archetypal gestures - hyper-arousal - anxiety & terror - numbness - dissociation Treatment - somatic releasing (Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, EMDR, etc. Fragmented States of Consciousness Derivative Experiential Content (DEC) Neurological

3. W OUNDEDNESS AND TREATMENT APPROACHES Neurological TraumaAttachment Qualities Reptilian brain, limbic Physiology-based Failure of infant to bond securely Failure of infant to internalize self- regulation fully Failure to form relational wiring 3 categories of attachment wound - insecure avoidant - insecure ambivalent - disorganized Generates self-esteem & content Symptoms - disconnected - overly self-reliant - dismissive, angry - clingy, inconsolable - pursuing, etc. Treatment - reattachment through mindful relationship with secure other Three Kinds of Woundedness Fragmented States of Consciousness Derivative Experiential Content (DEC) Neurological

4. W OUNDEDNESS AND TREATMENT APPROACHES Qualities Limbic system Emotion-based Generate limbic & cognitive content Feeling/trance states (self-states) Perceive reality through specific orientations of states Identity defined by state Symptoms - changes n perspective & mood - conflicting positions Treatment - shifting states (R-CS) Three Kinds of Woundedness Fragmented States of Consciousness Derivative Experiential Content (DEC) Neurological Fragmented States of Consciousness

5. W OUNDEDNESS AND TREATMENT APPROACHES Qualities Limbic, cortical & motor Habituated experiential context for self-states: thoughts, posture, beliefs, attitudes, etc. Form operational sense of reality Sense of identity defined by experiences Symptoms - limiting thought patterns - habitual tensions & emotions - limiting beliefs Treatment - access experience to core material - create new core framework via providing missing experiences (Hakomi) Three Kinds of Woundedness Fragmented States of Consciousness Derivative Experiential Content (DEC) Neurological Derivative Experiential Content (DEC)