Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC

Evidence-based, trauma-informed, SOMATIC EXPERIENCING® and SOMATIC ATTACHMENT Counselor, helping people to slow down and connect to their own healing.

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

@Uber_Support I was charged $24.99 for an UBER pass that I never ordered and there is no section on the app to dispute it. Please help me solve this.

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

@Uber_Support @deepakcnw I was charged $24.99 for an UBER pass that I never ordered and there is no section on the app to dispute it. Please help me solve this.

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

@YFBClothing I received my order from YFB and it was not fabulous. Items severely crinkled, careless thrown into a box, with a cannot return slip. One item is of such bad quality, it has several wholes it. Customer service has not been helpful & I am still waiting my return label

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

#Therapy is work. That’s why Byron Katie called it #TheWork. The success of therapy depends about a third on the therapist’s skills, talent, and own work, and at least two-thirds on the client’s #motivation, #commitment and willingness to take some risks. #traumatherapist #ptsd

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

Who would not get #anxious if you live in your own head, divorced from your #body? Ultimately, you are disconnected from your #power and aliveness. #traumapsychology #traumaeducation #therapist #somaticexperiencing #traumatherapy #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor #cptsd #ptsd

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

What creates #health? Back when I studied #nutrition, I thought it was eating whole #organic foods. Today, after many years of studying #interpersonal neurobiology and #trauma therapy, I‘d add a resilient #nervoussystem and meaningful loving #connections. #cptsd #ptsd #traumacare

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

Healing the #nervoussystem is at the root of #traumahealing. Times of #stress give us the opportunity to become familiar with it. The more we reacquaint ourselves with how our #body responds to stimuli, the earlier we know when we are out of sync #somaticpsychology #therapy #ptsd

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

Anxiety is not an emotion that you can turn off by thinking about it. It is a full body visveral response to a stimuli that was threatening in the past. Before the #mind senses that it's anxious the body experiences sensations of #anxiety @myindigomuse #cptsd #stayathomechallenge

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

When it comes to issues #raisingchildren often the blame is put on the #mother, yet she needs a supportive #partner, other #family members, and a #community that #support her so that she has the capacity to regulate her #children #attachmenttheory #childhood #parenting #wellbeing

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

The whole organism of someone with #CPTD expects the past repeating itself. This activates the body’s #freezeresponse and shuts down the frontal parts of the brain that allow for #clearthinking. The cure for such freeze is #movement #ptsd #trauma #covid #Covid19 #dance #wellbeing

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

As the #COVID19 outbreak ramps up, people will go from #anxious to #ontheedge. The fear of losing #control over their life and body is reinforced by media coverage of an imminent #threat as well as a their own #trauma history. #anxiety #coronavirus #wellbeing #health #ptsd #cptsd

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

You cannot think yourself out of #childhoodtrauma. Traumatic memory sits in your body, in your fascia, in your organs, and in your #nervoussystem, and it rewires the #brain, hence it requires an approach that goes beyond mind. #cptsd #ptsd #somaticpsychology #traumatherapist

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

People who claim that we can outgrow #childhoodtrauma simply by reaching adulthood are under-informed. #Trauma changes the #brain, how the brain processes #stimuli and #emotions. Those changes, don’t magically disappear when a #child turns into an #adult. #CPTSD

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

#Gut #microbiota can influence our mood incl. #anxiety. #Vitamins B, C, and D as well as #folates, #magnesium, and #probiotics can lower anxiety. Best supplementation is with whole foods as you get the whole spectrum of vitamins and minerals. #integrativehealth #ptsd #cptsd

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

Collective #anxiety breeds foggy thinking more so for those who endured #trauma. Having encountered the worst in the past, they expect the worst today. Add the threat to one’s life reinforced by constant images of people dying of #COVID19 you get catastrophizing on steroids #PTSD

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

Those who experienced #trauma might experience #anxiety because of a dysfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis which controls the response to #stress negatively impacting #neurotransmitters that could lessen anxiety. #cptsd #ptsd #traumatherapy #chronicilllness

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

A flat facial expression can be a sign that a person is suffering from #PTSD, #CPTSD, or quiet #anxiety. The #frozenness is locked in the musculature throughout the entire #body, most prominently around the #eyes—facial muscles we use to #relate with each other. #traumatherapist

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

#Hyperfocus on #screens can put us into a predatory state where we stop breathing. Prolonged holding of #breath can result in the muscles of the diaphragm, neck, and shoulders tensing up, signaling our body defensive mobilization or immobilization. #fightflightfreeze #work #ptsd

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

For those who experienced #trauma focusing on the #breath can be very dysregulating causing #anxiety and #flashback. Understandably so, as our respiratory system is tied in with your sympathetic #nervoussystem which is inseparable from trauma. #cptsd #ptsd #Mindfulness #therapist

[Kerstin Hecker, SEP, HC @myindigomuse]

Moving from #thinking to #sensing is as simple as #relaxing the muscles around the #eyes. By letting the eyes #rest in the eye socket, we get out of a fixed orienting mode that activates the #fightorflight response #traumaresources #traumatherapy #somaticexperiencing #ptsd #cptsd