Introduction
The Brain on Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score
Defense Mechanisms
Misc.
100

The title of the book Chelsea's trauma curriculum is based on.

What is The Body Keeps the Score?

100

This brain area helps with decision-making skills and impulse control. 

What is the prefrontal cortex?

100

Trauma is stored not just in memory, but in the ...

What is body?

100

Refuse to accept reality or acknowledge the facts of a situation. 

What is denial?

100

These are behaviors people develop to survive overwhelming emotions. 

What are coping mechanisms?

200

The author of The Body Keeps the Score. 

Who is Bessel van der Kolk?

200

This part of the brain breaks down in response to trauma. 

What is language center?

200

Trauma flashbacks are often triggered by the ...

What are the five (5) senses?

200

Revert to an earlier developmental stage when faced with certain types of stressful situations. HINT: Chelsea hid in the closet. 

What is regression?

200

The purpose of Chelsea's trauma group counseling sessions. 

What is to move forward in life to the best of your ability and assimilate the trauma into a personal narrative rather than allowing trauma to hold you back. 

300

True or False: Trauma is objective. 

What is false?

300

The two brains Chelsea talks about all the time. 

What is the emotional brain and logical brain?

300

Unresolved trauma is important to address because it can lead to ...

What is physical health concerns such as headaches, stomach issues, chronic pain, etc.?

300

"Spacing out" or "checking out" mentally from the situation you're in. 

What is dissociation?

300

True or False: Chelsea believes that in order to move forward from trauma, a person needs to gain clarity and closure. 

What is false?

400

The number of sessions a client has to attend to in a specialty service group.

What is five (5) sessions?

400

When the brain is overwhelmed, it shifts into survival mode often referred to as ...

What are trauma responses?

400

This branch of the nervous system activates the "fight or flight" response. 

What is sympathetic nervous system?

400

_____ as a defense mechanism: when people make jokes about a traumatic or tragic event to avoid having to feel the pain or sadness associated with it. 

What is humor?

400

EMDR. 

What is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing?

500

The number of weeks of curriculum Chelsea has prepared. 

What is 17 weeks?

500

The four trauma responses. BONUS: Name the fifth. 

What is fight, flight, freeze, fawn, and flop?

500

This branch of the nervous system helps calm the body down and restores balance. 

What is the parasympathetic nervous system?

500

Focusing on excelling in one area of life in order to distract from the areas in which they feel they're lacking. 

What is compensation?

500

Three levels of safety. 

What are 1.) safety within the body, 2.) safety with thoughts and emotions, and 3.) safety within the environment?