Welcome to The Video Cafe, a collection of important, educational, and illuminating videos that speak to various aspects of psychological trauma.
The amazing story of the First Nations people of Hollow Water. Theirs is a story unlike any other. Their entire community suffered an intergenerational traumatic legacy of sexual abuse. They took matters into their own hands. What resulted, was a gift of healing and redemption not just for their community, but to the world and the birth of Restorative Justice. Here is their story... For more, please click on the above tab The Legacy of Hollow Water.
A talk with Judith Herman, the famed psychiatrist that literally wrote the book on trauma Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence-From Domestic Violence to Political Terror. This is one of her few recorded presentations.
Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk is one of the leaders in the field of psychological trauma and has contributed more to our collective understanding than most anyone else in the field. Here he presents one of his more important and well-known talks.
Psychiatrist Drew Pinsky talks with author and psychiatrist Daniel J Siegel who runs the Mindsight Institute and heads the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA. Here he talks about the effects of stress and arousal dysregulation.
One of the more well-known and respected medical biophysicist, psychologist, and author, Peter Levine, talks about childhood sexual abuse and relational trauma.
Research professor, author, presenter Brene Brown gives one of her important and enlightening TED Talks on Shame.
Amazing TED Talk with Sue Klebold, the mother of Columbine mass shooter Dylan Klebold. This is a powerful, authentic presentation on living through trauma and a move forward.
Expert on PTSD, HOD psychologist Janet Seahorn discusses the deleterious effects of PTSD on the human body, brain, and emotions in this powerful TED Talk.
Spend the next 13 minutes being entertained and informed from "anger researcher" psychologist Ryan Martin talk about the importance and motivating force of anger.