Dynamic trauma integration
Awakening-Informed Trauma Care + Trauma-Informed Awakening
“There’s something of the unexpected in a kaleidoscope. You never know what patterns and beauty you will see within.” Noelle Vignola
who am i?
Psychology began with the question, “What’s wrong with you?” Trauma psychology started asking the question, “What happened to you?”
To awaken back to your innate wholeness, one of the most important questions becomes, “Who are you?”
Dynamic Trauma Integration is a theory about relational attachment. Just like it is important for a child to develop secure attachment with a caregiver, it is important for people to develop a secure attachment with life itself. Awakening can be described as learning to have a secure and trusting relationship with life as it is.
Dynamic Processing Method is a unique processing method that supports people in growing this larger sense of attachment.
Dynamic Trauma Integration is the ‘what’ and ‘why’, Dynamic Processing Method is the ‘how’.
Message of gratitude from the founder - Sunyata Kopriva
this work would not be possible without the brave and vulnerable people that share their lives and stories with me.
people that open themselves to me not knowing what may come of their truth telling, hospitality, dedication, generosity, trust, exposition, faith, fearlessness, desperation, tenacity, grief, gut wrenching decisions, and outrage. healing is a leap of faith, and i am constantly in awe that you choose me to leap with. my life is owed to you. i am because you are. my work now is a humble and sacred attempt to say, “thank you”, and move forward in the best way possible to honor everything you have shared with me with the hope that it can help another who also finds themselves in seemingly impossible situations.
this work would not be possible without the utterly heartbreaking experiences of childhood abuse, trauma, poverty, systemic oppression, racism, suicide, homicide, cultural humiliation, environmental degradation that exist in the world. in myself and others. pain like this knows no boundaries and is all around. and there are many that choose to do good with inexplicable pain. these are the real heroes of life, and they are walking a hero’s journey. with the force of love, wisdom, and sheer will, i have been shown how darkness can be transformed.
may darkness continue to diminish in the world. may light always be present to show the way. my true teachers - the people that share their stories and lives with me – your
path is inherently valuable for yourself and all living beings. for those exploring options for healing- i would be honored if you took the leap with me.
services
It’s easy to get stuck in a self-improvement loop with therapy when you don’t move beyond even subtly fixed ideas of yourself as separate from everything else. Therapy can unintentionally become like identity cement. This is because continuously working on ego isn’t how life works, so it begins to have a reverse effect. To much ongoing ego work creates suffering and stalls the natural process of human development. People are meant to individuate (ego) but also grow in interconnected intimacy with all of life (awakening). This is where Dynamic Trauma Integration and the Dynamic Processing Method pick up. They help people develop a strong enough ego, and also, a strong, trusting, secure, conscious relationship with life. They move people from dissociated to embodied presence—so they can live in a secure relationship with themselves, others, and life.
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Culturally appropriate psychological development for individuals, relationships (romantic partners, parent/child, siblings, friends, business partners, etc), and communities
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An opportunity to practice the Dynamic Processing Method in a group with others. This helps build new relational attunement skills and neuropathways.
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Opportunities for professional consultation, trainings, workshops, presentations, and partnerships.