In Babette Rothschild’s book, The Body Remembers, there were multiple examples of principles that could be applied to any person dealing with trauma. The five principles that will most inform my work in the future with trauma patients include; somatic trauma therapy, somatic trauma therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy, following the client, transactional analysis with gestalt theory and psychopharmacology, and psychodynamic psychotherapy with attachment theory. Somatic trauma therapy focuses on allowing a client to become aware and in control of their body after they have been exposed to trauma. This new “bottom up” approach, working with the body while slowly re-incorporating the trauma while the client is in control of their body
