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This blog hosts articles that discuss a variety of topics related to trauma,
based on both research and lived experience.
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Visualising trauma: looking back at unconscious vs conscious portrayals
I see the remnants of what my life looked like before. I see the relationships which lasted, those that didn’t, and the way my life was inextricably shaped by the trauma which sat inside and around me, dictating my situations. As a filmmaker, I have a variety of material which I can reflect upon, and in which I can see reflections of my internal world.

Julian Triandafyllou
Oct 27 min read


I remember once you needed me: the process of making
The theme of memory is what has defined my creative practice since I left art school in 2008. The way I saw memory was as a haunting, a ghost still present. Trying to describe this through film was incredibly difficult, even if it felt compelling.

Julian Triandafyllou
Jul 319 min read


Navigating life after therapy
In our final session, my most recent therapist (second favorite overall) attempted to sign off with a small, unexplained laugh. It wasn’t...

Ngozi "N/A" Oparah
Feb 183 min read


Embodied healing: dance therapy, therapeutic dance, and the Traumascapes approach
This blog can serve as a road map on your quest for embodied healing through dance and movement.

Dylan Reddish
Jan 288 min read


I watched myself direct my own memory: creating a trigger device vs creating healing
Between 2018 and 2019, I was enrolled on an MA in documentary film directing. I spent the year shooting material for a short hybrid document

Julian Triandafyllou
Nov 21, 20246 min read


Non-violent communication: understanding our needs and feelings
There is something about a loss of words that highlights their power. That in being tongue-tied, we can find ourselves just outside of...

Lou Robbin
Sep 11, 20249 min read


Shaking loose: disentangling trauma from the nervous system
I will always remember the first time I tried shaking in the studio. It was a grey Sunday morning, and I stood in the middle of a...

Dylan Reddish
Jul 30, 20247 min read


Trauma and the SDGs: change on a global scale
Since 2015, we have had the UN’s 17 Social Development Goals (SDGs). They are positively worded, but what they say is that conditions for...

Karin Hagemann
Jun 28, 20243 min read


The story of the Joker, the cripple, and the boy: reclaiming and integrating all parts of myself
The Joker As a child, I reported to my mama that I had seen a ghost. I later found the story of them in one of my primary school...

Julian Triandafyllou
Apr 17, 20244 min read


Breaking a cycle of violence: from an external aggressor to an internal one to none at all
Intrinsically I know that the abuse I experienced wasn’t my fault. I can even say that to people: “It wasn’t my fault”. I can say it to...

Julian Triandafyllou
Mar 19, 20244 min read

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