Pathways to Healing: Trauma, Addiction, and Recovery StrategiesPathways to Healing: Trauma, Addiction, and Recovery Strategies
Heal Your Roots Podcast
Laura Schneider shares her journey from addiction to therapist, highlighting trauma's role in addiction and offering practical recovery strategies.
39:47•6 Dec 2023
Healing Trauma and Addiction: Laura Schneider’s Journey and Strategies
Episode Overview
- Laura Schneider shares her journey from addiction to becoming a therapist, driven by her own experience.
- The episode explores the cyclical relationship between trauma and substance use disorder, emphasizing the need to address trauma for effective recovery.
- Insights into therapeutic approaches such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and inner child work are provided.
- Practical tips for navigating the challenges and triggers associated with the holiday season, offering valuable guidance to individuals in recovery.
- Laura's compassionate and empowering approach to healing trauma and addiction shines through, offering hope and guidance to those on their recovery journey.
“So these things are going to keep coming up and you're going to keep using substances more and more to kind of treat the mental health symptoms that come with trauma. And then as the addiction is getting worse, you're probably going to use more and then you're going to just be numbing things until it kind of explodes.”
Laura Schneider, a Clinical Supervisor at Valley Spring Recovery Center, joins the 'Heal Your Roots Podcast' to share her deeply personal and professional journey through trauma and addiction. In this episode, Laura opens up about her own battles with substance use and how these experiences shaped her career in nursing and social work. Her story isn't just about struggle; it's about resilience and the transformative power of therapy.
She offers a candid look at how trauma often precedes addiction, creating a cycle that's hard to break without the right support and understanding. Laura discusses therapeutic techniques like Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and inner child work, shedding light on how these methods can help in healing deep-seated trauma. She also touches on the unique challenges the holiday season can bring for those in recovery, providing practical tips to navigate this potentially triggering time.
This episode is a heartfelt conversation that underscores the importance of empathy and comprehensive care in the journey to recovery.
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