About Tian Dayton
http://tiandayton.com
Tian Dayton, MA, PhD, TEP, is the Director of the New York Psychodrama Training Institute and the Program Development for Breathe Life Healing Centers and executive editor of the Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy. She serves on the board of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics and is the author of 15 books. Dr. Dayton is the creator of the Internet's first interactive self-help website, www.emotionexplorer.com. Learn more at www.tiandayton.com.

(Note, continued training along with streaming video available on “The Workshop” on the www.tiandayton.com membership site) Relationship trauma is the kind of emotional and psychological trauma that occurs within the context of relationships. We are biologically wired to seek close and ongoing connection. It’s nature’s way of insuring that parents stay committed enough to children …
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body memories, codependency, emotional trauma, Experiential healing, fight or flight, Post Traumatic Stress Reaction, prefrontal cortex, psychological trauma, ptsd, relationship trauma, repetition compulsion, self medication, serotonin management, survival bonds, transference, unconscious body memory
April 29th, 2014 | Posted by Tian Dayton in ACoA | Grief | PTSD | Relationships - (Comments Off on Forgiveness: Why It’s Worth It)

Life is full of pain. About this we have no choice, it comes with the territory. What we do have choice around is how much we suffer. Life is full of ups and downs and feeling wounded occasionally doesn’t necessarily indicate that we’re doing anything wrong. Forgiveness allows us to be in charge of our …
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anger, forgiveness, forgiveness is a gift, forgiveness is a process, forgiveness is a verb, hurt, immune system response, internal stress, loss, memories, pain, resentment, sadness, self esteem, self value, stress, suffering, vulerablility, withheld emotions

Understanding Children of Wealth It is no social secret that having wealth can provide a person with status, power, and open the doors to acquiring education and polish. If the rest of a person is attended to by maintaining healthy moral and personal values the wealthy person will generally have a strong enough inner world …
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1%, 12 step program, 12 steps, affect regulation, affluenza, children of wealth, counter-transference, entitlement, expectations, frustration tolerance, how to self-regulate, mood regulators, ptsd, relational issues, self esteem, self-indulgence, transference, wealth, wealth addiction

It has long been understood in the vernacular of the addictions field that those whose “lives become unmanageable” through excessive use of drugs and alcohol may be trying to “drown their pain.” While initially, addicts may feel they have found a way to manage a pain-filled inner world, this synthetic form of mood management can …
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"depression", abusive family, ACOA, Addiction, anxiety, avoidance, childhood development, constriction, cycles of reenactment, developmental deficits, emotional triggering, fight or flight, high-risk behaviors, hypervigilance, impulsive behavior, learned helplessness, modulate emotions, mood management, numbness, physical abuse, rigid psychological defenses, self-medicating, sexual abuse, substance abuse, survival guilt, traumatic bonds, traumatic memory, trust issues

Nearly a million people have watched Chiara de Blasio describe her journey of recovery on YouTube since the video was released over the holidays last month. Chiara wanted to speak out to help all those who are suffering in silence. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, approximately 3.1 million Americans need …
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alcoholism, drug abuse, Drug Addiction
September 9th, 2013 | Posted by Tian Dayton in Addiction | Trauma - (Comments Off on Journaling: Weaving Together Thoughts and Feelings through Writing)

The translating of emotion into words is both illuminating and healing. It allows us to label what we’re feeling so that we can use our logical thinking to process and understand it. It allows us to witness the contents of our mind and heart as they pour out onto the paper. It helps the right …
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"trauma", healing, immune system, journaling