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Resonance as a Therapeutic Technique. Assessing the Accuracy of Resonance and the Impact of the Identity-Oriented Psychotrauma Theory (IoPT) in an Online Setting by Nikolas...
Psychotrauma as a source of physical suffering
A psychotrauma can be displaced from consciousness. Nothing seems to be easier than extinguishing the light of consciousness when reality becomes unbearable. But the traumatized...
IoPT and infertility
Thesis by Cristina Archetti from Advanced English speaking, online. Download here.
Thesis by Nadine Elzas in Iopt
Advanced English speaking online training 2023/2024 Institute for trauma work by Marta Thorsheim and her team When the mother says no to her own body...
Prof. Dr. Franz Ruppert's lecture in Los Angeles (August 2019)
See the slides from Prof. Dr. Franz Ruppert's lecture in Los Angeles from August 16, 2019: Narcissism or Healthy Identity? Content: What does "Narcissism" mean? "Narcissistic...
Podcast with IoPT Midwife May Sunita
In this episode, IoPT Midwife May Sunita talks about the importance of facing your traumas and experiences in pregnancy and childbirth, how the...
More about the theory behind IoPT
Oslo lecture. Podcast Franz Ruppert Trauma, symptoms and illness Difficult life experiences leave their mark. Violations, bullying, incest, sexual abuse, insecurity and neglect in early childhood are all...
IoPT Norway: Living life to its fullest
Trauma may prevent us from getting what we really want from life. At a Norwegian institute that trains trauma therapists, staff are dedicated to explaining...
Infertility as Trauma
Understanding the Lived Experience of Involuntary Childlessness https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11013-024-09871-7 "IoPT theory also helps explaining what happens in the psyche that leads, first, to a 'moral breakdown'...
Religious Trauma from an IoPT Perspective
Thesis by Katrina Mikiah from Advanced English speaking, online. Download here.
Who am I after narcissistic abuse?
It is not the "narcissistic abuse" that needs to be healed, but the early trauma that makes us vulnerable to be abused. Thesis by Mona Varildbakken,...