Five Questions You Should Ask Your New Trauma Therapist
Let’s face it, most of us don’t get ourselves into therapy until we are so broken and desperate we can barely get ourselves to the office. We are in a state of extreme need and vulnerability (usually),...
View ArticleHealth Care Providers: How to Welcome and Respond to Trauma Disclosure
My husband, a cardiologist, and I recently spoke to a group of physicians about how heart disease is caused by traumatic stress and also causes it. Afterwards, one family practice doc asked me, “I...
View ArticleGun Control vs Mental Health: How Do We Stop the Killing?
Are mass murderers mentally ill or should we pursue gun control? This is a hot topic of debate. As a person who has a career spanning 40 years in mental health I would like to answer this question by...
View ArticleTimelines and Trigger Mapping in Healing PTSD
In the “old” days of psychotherapy, when I began in the 80s, abreaction or emotional release of traumatic memories was considered a goal of therapy. This idea of therapy was also made popular in...
View ArticleThe Second Pandemic: PTSD
It has been a little over one year since COVID 19 made its world debut. In that time we have all seen reports of horrendous deaths from the disease, the toll it has taken on our healthcare...
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