by Rubin Khoddam | Jun 10, 2022 | Blog
What is insomnia? Let’s face it: sleep is something we all need to function and when we don’t get enough of it, we can feel pretty awful. Medical studies have shown us just how important sleep is for our overall functioning. Chronic sleep deprivation has been linked...
by Rubin Khoddam | May 17, 2021 | Blog, Trauma
For anyone suffering from PTSD, it’s not uncommon to feel alone in your experience, but cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a safe, evidence-based treatment that has been proven to help with trauma healing. If you or someone you care about is struggling with...
by Rubin Khoddam | May 10, 2021 | Trauma, Blog
One of the first tasks of therapy for trauma healing is to begin gaining greater emotional awareness. This is necessary for trauma healing. One way to increase awareness is to listen to your body and to think of the input being received from your thoughts, bodily...
by Rubin Khoddam | May 3, 2021 | Trauma, Blog
Trauma has a significant impact on the body. It sensitizes the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which is the area of the brain responsible for our body’s central stress response system. The cumulative impact of trauma(s) can make us quite reactive to stress....
by Rubin Khoddam | Feb 22, 2021 | Trauma, Blog
Trauma is a serious issue that requires trauma therapy. Before we discuss how trauma affects the body, take a look at these numbers: An estimated 90% of adults in the United States have experienced a traumatic event at least once in their lives. Eight million people...
