Roby Abeles's guest appearances

Roby Abeles

Mountain Mantras: Wellness and Life Lessons

Nedeljski gost

It's Not About the Sex

Cynthia Schwartzberg

David Krantz

Rebecca Rusch

Marina Abramović

Whitney Hansen

Stacy Tuschl

Mary Shores

Emily Fletcher

Carol Scott

Shawn Wells

Renata Salecl

Ece Temelkuran

Samuel Goldman

Krisstina Wise

Dave Chase

OwlTail

Today we welcome international Brainspotting trainer and addiction specialist, Dr. Roby Abeles who practices in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Abeles gives us a brief overview of neuroscience, addiction, and Brainspotting and introduces us to her highly-effective version of Brainspotting called the Crocodile set-up. Learn more about this cutting-edge approach to healing addictive, compulsive behaviors from one of the leaders in the field of Brainspotting. Contact Dr. Abeles at www.brainspottingaustraliapacific.com.au

Today we welcome international Brainspotting trainer and addiction specialist, Dr. Roby Abeles who practices in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Abeles gives us a brief overview of neuroscience, addiction, and Brainspotting and introduces us to her highly-effective version of Brainspotting called the Crocodile set-up. Learn more about this cutting-edge approach to healing addictive, compulsive behaviors from one of the leaders in the field of Brainspotting. Contact Dr. Abeles at <a href="http://www.brainspottingaustraliapacific.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.brainspottingaustraliapacific.com.au</a>

Brainspotting and Addictions - Dr. Roby Abeles, PsyD

In this episode, we continue our exploration of the application of the Brainspotting modality. Brainspotting is a modality discovered by Dr. David Grand. Please visit www.brainspotting.com to learn more. Our guest, Dr. Roby Abeles, discusses addiction and how the brain is wired for reward. She discusses some amazing processes that allow for overcoming addiction. We also explore post-addiction/post-trauma growth. We discuss how we can become better human beings as a result of positive post-addiction growth. Here are the six mantras from this episode: Mantra #1: There is no such thing as a perfect childhood (it is all about a spectrum of experiences). Mantra #2: You can bounce back from just about anything (and it is easier and can be more fully integrated with support from others). Mantra #3: The student can become the teacher.  Mantra #4: You can be so much more helpful to others when you can be vulnerable and authentic. Mantra #5: When a person is feeling an addiction, their brain cannot neurologically connect (between the deeper reward centers of the brain) to the consequences of that addiction. Mantra #6: Given that addiction is a result of a lack of neural pathways in the brain (not a person having negative characteristics like a “lack of control”) we must work to remove shame around addiction in our society.  Mantra #7: The brain is wired for reward. Mantra #8: Brainspotting can create new neural pathways in the brain to help people overcome addiction. Mantra #9: A healing journey can be seen along the same lines as the Hero’s journey (see Joseph Campbell’s 17 stages of the Hero’s journey). Mantra #10: When it comes to healing, including Brainspotting sessions, the most important person in the room is the client. More about Dr. Roby Abeles Dr. Roby Abeles is an accomplished integrative, somatic neuro-psychotherapist, with over 34 years of experience in diverse clinical, academic, government, and human services environments in Australia and the USA.  Dr. Abeles knows the complexities of addiction through her own personal journey which began in utero. She was prescribed tranquilizers and anticonvulsants from ages 2-12, and by then she had already become addicted to several other substances. She is a survivor of several sexual and physical assaults during the active phase of her addictions. She entered rehab in 1985 and has been clean and sober ever since.  Dr. Roby received her early addiction treatment training at the Betty Ford Center in California. She soon learned that addiction is always pre-dated by overwhelming life experiences. We are often not able to identify these experiences as “trauma”. And we were not able to process and integrate these experiences when they occurred.  Dr. Roby’s own life experiences led her to a life-long study of trauma and addiction which continues today. She has co-developed the MATES Brain Regulation Program. ‘MATES’ is a simple and easy program to help people learn easy self-regulation techniques so they have alternatives to self-soothing with ritualized, compulsive (addictive) behaviors.  She has also been trained in the revolutionary 21st Century brain-based Brainspotting (BSP) therapy and is an international trainer. Based on neuroscience, she developed a way to stop addiction cravings using a BSP technique called the “Crocodile Set Up”, and most recently has developed “The Hero’s Journey” BSP Set Up to transform adversity into a personal story of not just survival, but heroism.  Dr. Roby Incorporates mind, body, and spirit into all her therapeutic work and teaching by combining Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing, Spiritual Psychology, Narrative therapy, and Ego State therapy, to ensure all levels of client experience are truly resolved and integrated so they can have a clear path forward.  Degrees: PsyD in Clinical Psychology MA in Counselling Psychology MA in Spiritual Psychology BA in Chemical Dependency Counselling LINKS: The Crocodile Set Up http://thecrocodilesetup.com.au/ Brainspotting Australia Pacific http://www.brainspottingaustraliapacific.com.au/ For BSP trained therapists Facebook page Brainspotting and Addictions https://www.facebook.com/groups/1088689974585814/

In this episode, we continue our exploration of the application of the Brainspotting modality. Brainspotting is a modality discovered by Dr. David Grand. Please visit <a href="http://www.brainspotting.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.brainspotting.com</a> to learn more. Our guest, Dr. Roby Abeles, discusses addiction and how the brain is wired for reward. She discusses some amazing processes that allow for overcoming addiction. We also explore post-addiction/post-trauma growth. We discuss how we can become better human beings as a result of positive post-addiction growth. Here are the six mantras from this episode: Mantra #1: There is no such thing as a perfect childhood (it is all about a spectrum of experiences). Mantra #2: You can bounce back from just about anything (and it is easier and can be more fully integrated with support from others). Mantra #3: The student can become the teacher. Mantra #4: You can be so much more helpful to others when you can be vulnerable and authentic. Mantra #5: When a person is feeling an addiction, their brain cannot neurologically connect (between the deeper reward centers of the brain) to the consequences of that addiction. Mantra #6: Given that addiction is a result of a lack of neural pathways in the brain (not a person having negative characteristics like a “lack of control”) we must work to remove shame around addiction in our society. Mantra #7: The brain is wired for reward. Mantra #8: Brainspotting can create new neural pathways in the brain to help people overcome addiction. Mantra #9: A healing journey can be seen along the same lines as the Hero’s journey (see Joseph Campbell’s 17 stages of the Hero’s journey). Mantra #10: When it comes to healing, including Brainspotting sessions, the most important person in the room is the client. More about Dr. Roby Abeles Dr. Roby Abeles is an accomplished integrative, somatic neuro-psychotherapist, with over 34 years of experience in diverse clinical, academic, government, and human services environments in Australia and the USA. Dr. Abeles knows the complexities of addiction through her own personal journey which began in utero. She was prescribed tranquilizers and anticonvulsants from ages 2-12, and by then she had already become addicted to several other substances. She is a survivor of several sexual and physical assaults during the active phase of her addictions. She entered rehab in 1985 and has been clean and sober ever since. Dr. Roby received her early addiction treatment training at the Betty Ford Center in California. She soon learned that addiction is always pre-dated by overwhelming life experiences. We are often not able to identify these experiences as “trauma”. And we were not able to process and integrate these experiences when they occurred. Dr. Roby’s own life experiences led her to a life-long study of trauma and addiction which continues today. She has co-developed the MATES Brain Regulation Program. ‘MATES’ is a simple and easy program to help people learn easy self-regulation techniques so they have alternatives to self-soothing with ritualized, compulsive (addictive) behaviors. She has also been trained in the revolutionary 21st Century brain-based Brainspotting (BSP) therapy and is an international trainer. Based on neuroscience, she developed a way to stop addiction cravings using a BSP technique called the “Crocodile Set Up”, and most recently has developed “The Hero’s Journey” BSP Set Up to transform adversity into a personal story of not just survival, but heroism. Dr. Roby Incorporates mind, body, and spirit into all her therapeutic work and teaching by combining Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing, Spiritual Psychology, Narrative therapy, and Ego State therapy, to ensure all levels of client experience are truly resolved and integrated so they can have a clear path forward. Degrees: PsyD in Clinical Psychology MA in Counselling Psychology MA in Spiritual Psychology BA in Chemical Dependency Counselling LINKS: The Crocodile Set Up <a href="http://thecrocodilesetup.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thecrocodilesetup.com.au/</a> Brainspotting Australia Pacific <a href="http://www.brainspottingaustraliapacific.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.brainspottingaustraliapacific.com.au/</a> For BSP trained therapists Facebook page Brainspotting and Addictions <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1088689974585814/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/1088689974585814/</a>

MMP079 - Understand your Brain to Overcome Addiction (Dr. Roby Abeles)

Nedeljska gostja dr. Roby Abeles je avstralska psihoterapevtka z več kot 33-letnimi izkušnjami na področju zdravljenja odvisnosti. Prepričana je, da zasvojenost simptom bolečine, ki jo povzroča travma. Pri svojem delu uporablja terapevtsko metodo brainspotting, ki omogoča dostop do globokih travm. Tudi sama je doživela hude travme, pri drugem letu starosti so ji začeli dajati valium, pri dvanajstih je začela piti alkohol, večkrat je doživela spolno zlorabo, bila je odvisna od kokaina. Tudi na podlagi svoje izkušnje, je prepričana, da nad ljudmi ne smemo nikoli obupati.

Dr. Roby Abeles