trauma response

Celebrate Recovery 12 Steps: How Does Capstone Utilize the 12 Steps?

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Dr. Adrian Hickmon, Ph.D 12-Step Fellowships, including resources like Celebrate Recovery, are very helpful for some of our graduates, especially in their first couple of years after graduation. As a Christ-centered program, Capstone uses the AA 12 Steps from a Christian perspective. The 12 Steps process follows the Beatitudes, beginning with “Blessed are the poor … Read more

Fight, Flight, Freeze: How We Protect Ourselves

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Dr. Adrian Hickmon, Ph.D Trauma lies on a continuum but is always about a fight-flight-freeze response. When we are faced with a threat, a message is sent to the amygdala in the limbic system of the brain. The amygdala assesses the threat and sends a message to the brain stem to activate the fight-flight-freeze response. … Read more