Ali Astrid Moto
Ketamine Therapy - what is it, how it works, and how it can be of benefit
Ketamine, has become a buzz word in therapy today. When people find out what it is, an anesthetic medication, they can become fearful and...
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Ali Astrid Moto
- Feb 5
- 4 min
Resetting Our Nervous System
This is a discussion from Dr. Peter Levine and the National Institute for Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine, and my input. Dr....
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Ali Astrid Moto
- Jan 27
- 5 min
Our Brain and Our Experiences: they are interconnected
The mind is created within the interaction of internal neurophysiology's processes and interpersonal experiences." - Dr. Daniel J. Siegel...
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Ali Astrid Moto
- Jan 21
- 2 min
What is EMDR? And how does it work?
Such a legit question. I get this question all the time. One, because EMDR sounds weird and also because no one can remember what the...
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Ali Astrid Moto
- Jan 19
- 3 min
Our Stressful World
We live in a very stressful society. It's only been within the last 2 two Centuries that we have had a "Modern World" and we are starting...
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Ali Astrid Moto
- Nov 29, 2022
- 4 min
Coping Ahead: You Can Say "No" During the Holiday.
Whether you celebrate Holidays or not, they can affect us in ways that we perhaps are unaware of. These triggering situations can make it...
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Ali Astrid Moto
- Aug 30, 2022
- 5 min
How Does EMDR Work Anyway?
Watch an example of a session: with Dr. Alexa Altman HERE Disregulating experiences can derail your life unless you have a way to...
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Ali Astrid Moto
- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
Parts of Your Brain Directing Regulation & Disregulation
"The Alarm" aka the Amygdala. The Amygdala is the fear or "threat" center of the brain. It's a primitive aspect of our brain and is often...
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Ali Astrid Moto
- Mar 6, 2022
- 2 min
Window of Tolerance & Hyper/Hypo-arousal
The window of tolerance is a concept originally developed by Dr. Dan Siegel, MD to describe the optimal zone of “arousal” for a person to...
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Ali Astrid Moto
- Jan 30, 2022
- 3 min
Hardwired for Vulnerability
I was thinking about vulnerability the other day and how from a brain based perspective, it is our greatest strength. Then I had an ah-ha...
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