The Natural History of PTSD
...nearly as many participants experienced worsening symptoms over time as those who improved. In those cases, time wasn’t much of a healer.
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Children of the Epidemic
…there’s general agreement that the experience of being raised in a home with a troubled parent can and does have adverse impact on adult behavior
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Trauma and Memory
In fact, it’s often difficult to convince the trauma patient to seek treatment, in part because of fear of having to re-experience the event.
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What is Trauma?
The practitioner’s job is to tease apart the clinical picture to identify likely contributors to focus on in treatment.
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Root Cause
Complex behaviors often require complex explanations.
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Retrain Your Brain: Scripting
Language– the words we choose for our self-talk– has a powerful influence on our brain function. Words can help us re-shape the cycle of feelings, impulses, and behaviors.
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Complex Trauma: A Practical Approach
We can’t always predict which problem will require attention first — or indeed, when opening a door in therapy will introduce a whole new set of emotional needs and issues.
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A Model of Mental Illness
It may help in understanding how the problems that plague some of us throughout life may have come about. And hopefully, in doing so, remove a bit the shame and stigma that often accompanies such problems.
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