FLAME with Brad Hook
What's the Secret to Healing Trauma? — Dr Brian Tierney
Somatic psychologist Dr Brian Tierney works where talk therapy stops: in the body, where trauma actually lives. A deep conversation about resolution, touch, and the freedom to play.
Brian's field — somatic psychology — starts from the observation that trauma isn't just a memory problem; it's held in posture, breath, tension and the nervous system's defaults. Talking about it helps, but resolution often requires working with the body directly. His forthcoming book Visionary Somatics maps that territory.
We explore how somatic work actually proceeds, why safety and play are clinical tools rather than luxuries, and what the freedom on the other side of resolved trauma feels like. One of the deeper conversations the show has had on healing — practical enough to change how you think about your own tension.
In this episode
- Trauma as a body pattern, not just a memory
- How somatic psychology actually works
- Why play and safety are clinical tools
- The nervous system's defaults — and resetting them
- What resolution feels like from the inside
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