Over the past several years, there have been numerous traumatic events all across the country. From incidents of mass violence to devastating natural disasters, hundreds of thousands of Americans have experienced or witnessed a disastrous or life-threatening event. In addition to tragedies such as … [Read more...]
How Meditation Can Help Manage Symptoms of Trauma
Meditation offers practitioners powerful benefits, yet many people are confused as to what exactly those benefits are. In a nutshell, meditation focuses attention in a deliberate manner, taking you from a state of noisy mental chatter to calm and quiet inner peace. And isn’t that something most of … [Read more...]
What is PTSD?
Post-Traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that typically occurs after individuals have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a serious accident, natural disaster, a terrorist act, war/combat, rape or other violent personal assault.In the past, PTSD went by … [Read more...]
Why EMDR is Effective in Treating Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and Emotional Disturbances
I began my career in counseling working with extremely traumatized children. It was during these early years that I became fascinated with trauma treatment, and knew I wanted to make this a focus within my practice. Wanting to learn as much as I could about trauma, I attended (and still attend) … [Read more...]
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