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How PTSD Can Affect Your Relationship
If you or your loved one are struggling with the emotional fallout of PTSD, you’re not alone. Couples counseling can help you both gain a better understanding of how PTSD is affecting your relationship and what to do about it. First, let’s start with a basic look at...
Which Trauma Treatment is Right For You?
Two evidence-based treatments that may help you manage your trauma reactions. There are a lot of different types of trauma therapies out there that a trauma therapist can choose to specialize in, and of them, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Record) is probably the...
The Most Destructive Communication Habits
We’ve all had to find creative ways to manage our stress and anxiety during the last year. For those of us between partners, the social isolation of extended lockdowns has taken a toll on our mental health. But being stuck at home has also caused relationship...
How Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Can Help with PTSD
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...
The First Part of Trauma Therapy
One of the first tasks of trauma-focused therapy 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...
Breath and Trauma Healing
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....
When is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Beneficial?
If you’re looking for a local therapist, chances are good that you’ve probably already heard mention of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). But is it right for you? CBT is based on the idea that our feelings, thoughts, bodily sensations, and behaviors are all...
This is How You Recover from PTSD
We often call PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) a process of Non-Recovery. Why? Well, it’s because nearly everyone who goes through a traumatic experience will experience a range of reactions that, to a small or large extent, aligns with what might later be...
We’re All Addicted to Something
Addiction is seemingly ubiquitous, especially when we recognize that addiction goes well beyond drugs and alcohol. We often think of addictions the require substance abuse treatment, but other addictions are common as well. While obviously drugs and alcohol are things...
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