David Berceli is an international expert in the areas of trauma intervention and conflict resolution. He is also the energetic and creative founder and CEO of Trauma Recovery Assessment & Prevention Services (TRAPS 1998).
In this interview with David, there is much to be discovered about how the body naturally discharges trauma and how we supress this natural process due to societal pressures and cultural shame.
It has been noted that if children in war torn countries are allowed to discharge trauma while it is occuring, they survive the incident much more easily. Adults, who are taught not to show the body's natural release mechanism tend to retain trauma which adversely affects the mental, physical and emotional body until released.
The goal of TRAPS is to provide specialized trauma recovery assistance to international and local organizations whose employees are living and working in trauma inducing environments.
For the past 22 years David has lived and worked in nine countries providing trauma relief workshops and designing recovery programs for international organizations around the world. David has lived and worked extensively in Israel/PAL (EU/Asia/Aus/NZ)estine, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Yemen, Egypt, and Lebanon. Fluent in English and Arabic, David brings a keen understanding of the intertwining dynamics of religion and ethnic customs and has developed specific processes to enable people to manage personal trauma as well as bring healing and reconciliation between diverse groups. He is the creator of a revolutionary and unique set of Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE) that release the deep chronic tension created in the body during a traumatic experience.
There are numerous articles on David's web site so please pay it a visit in conjunction with this interview. David works with the US Military assisting returning soldiers from tours of duty, Police, Fire and EMT personnel, corporations, missionaries and relief agencies all over the world.
