Trauma, attachment & emotional healing to recover from dizziness: interview w/ Mariclare Dasigenis

This fabulous interview is with Mariclare Dasigenis, LCSW, a psychotherapist, AEDP therapist and mindbody coach who helps people with chronic dizziness, chronic pain and other medically unexplained chronic symptoms recover. In this discussion, we talk about why people with traumatic experiences and/or difficult experiences are so much more likely to develop chronic physical symptoms. We explore when it is appropriate to dig into emotions and past experiences rather than just focus on our reactions to symptoms (also important, but often not adequate). Mariclare provides actionable tools that you can use to start processing your own difficult experiences, and we talk about how and when to use them. There is so much to learn from this interview- please enjoy! Find out more about Mariclare on her website, therapywithmariclare.com and on her group practice website (The Better Mind Center) bettermindcenter.com ! Find out more about me and access my free course on my website, https://thesteadycoach.com It's Not Always Depression by Dr. Hilary Jacobs Hendel (Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Its-Not-Always-Depression-Authentic/dp/0399588140) Unlearn Your Pain by Dr. Howard Schubiner (Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Unlearn-Your-Pain-process-reprogram-ebook/dp/B0743ZJMYP) 00:00:00 Intro & Mariclare's history of mindbody symptoms 00:05:45 Why someone's emotional history can lead to chronic symptoms 00:08:29 Trauma can be anything that disrupts safety and can include "a lack of" needs being met 00:10:32 How emotional traumas can lead to chronic symptoms 00:12:27 How do you know if you need to do emotional "work" to get better? 00:18:06 Emotional maps are programmed in childhood 00:20:08 "Anxiety" is not something that people are always aware of 00:21:54 Defenses cut us off from the compass our emotions provide us 00:24:29 Step one to processing your emotions is to start practicing being in your body right now and becoming aware of your experience 00:28:58 How to use portrayals to reach some of the past experiences you need to process 00:33:33 How to deal with strong feelings about your symptoms 00:40:45 Using current situations to access the emotional map that was created earlier in life 00:43:37 Why cognitive behavioral and "talking about" approaches are less effective in changing emotional maps 00:45:22 When you might decide to work with a therapist or coach rather than do this on your own 00:49:31 What it means to "process" emotions and past experiences 00:55:29 What this looks like in a therapy session 00:59:22 PPPD and other forms of chronic dizziness as vestibular post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 01:03:48 The vestibular diagnostic journey/medical treatment as contributors to long-term symptoms 01:10:05 Trauma and emotions can be overcome and recovery is possible! DISCLAIMER: Please note that Yonit Arthur, The Steady Coach and any of our other guests are not acting as an audiologist nor offering audiology or medical services services or advice on any public videos or on any other content. This channel provides wellness education and personal opinion only, and are not meant to be a substitute for medical or mental health instruction or intervention. Use any tools discussed at your own risk.