Summary: How your brain develops motivation in PTSD recovery is critical to healing. Do you know how to activate your brain's natural motivation factor? Everyone has a down day now and then when we just simply don’t feel like doing much of anything. When recovering from trauma, a day can turn into weeks, if not months, of not feeling up to par. Sometimes, finding the strength to move through trauma seems completely impossible. But, in order to move into a future filled with joy, deep down inside you must find the strength and the will to heal. You have to find the motivation to move past your trauma into who you’re meant to be. On today’s episode of Changing Direction, I welcomed Megan Ross, Trauma Therapy Coordinator at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center. Megan shared why many times trauma survivors can’t seem to find the inner strength to push through trauma recovery, plus how that can be changed by rediscovering what individually motivates each of us to move forward. In addition we covered: why motivation is so often absent after trauma why fatigue is such a large part of the PTSD experience the science behind your brain's motivating capabilities 3 ways to facilitate your brain's motivation action MEET MY GUEST: Megan Ross, LPC, R-DMT, Trauma Therapy Coordinator, Megan’s role at Timberline Knolls is to develop, train and uphold a campus-wide integrative approach to trauma. This involves the promotion of present moment resilience for both resident and staff through awareness, information and treatment. Prior to becoming the Trauma Therapy Coordinator, Megan was an expressive therapist at Timberline Knolls and a member of the Clinical Development Institute. Additionally, she was co-founder and consultant at Ozias and 11hundred in Chicago. Megan received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Cultural Anthropology and Movement Science from The Evergreen State College. She was awarded a Graduate Certificate in Laban Movement Analysis (GL-CMA) and a Master’s in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling from Columbia College in Chicago. Megan is a member of the American Dance Therapy Association.
