PTSD and Medication: A Little Relief for a Big Burden
Does medication help PTSD? Yes - medication can help PTSD. SSRIs and related options ease symptoms like anxiety, hypervigilance, nightmares, and sleep disruption. Medication works ...
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When EMDR Isn’t Enough: How DBR Reaches the Places Words Can’t
Change doesn’t only happen through talking. If you’ve had EMDR and felt that uncanny sense of relief-as if something inside you shifted without needing to revisit every painful ...
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Understanding Trauma Responses: Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn, and Flop
There are moments when your body reacts before you can think. Your chest tightens. Your breath shortens. Your mind tries to catch up to something that feels real. And somewhere ...
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Healing Deep Within: How DBR Helps the Body Let Go of What It Had to Hold
Sometimes you know you are ok, but your body does not believe you yet. You can be sitting in your car, lying in bed, talking to someone you love, or trying to get through an ...
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What is Trauma Therapy?
What is trauma? Many people unknowingly live with what I often call “trauma brain.” It’s an invisible force shaping their reactions, emotions, and even physical symptoms-without ...
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Complex PTSD: When Trauma Is How Your Body Learned to Survive
Many new people come into my office asking the same question: Why am I not getting better? For many people, the missing piece is complex PTSD vs PTSD. My practice has a way of ...
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What Is Brainspotting and How It Can Help?
Discover how Brainspotting vs EMDR can be used more efficiently to work with trauma. What is Brainspotting? Brainspotting (BSP) therapy is a powerful therapeutic approach that ...
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How to Overcome Trauma: Strategies for Healing
Trauma changes the brain, leaving a lasting imprint on a person’s mental and emotional well-being. It doesn’t simply live in the past as a distant memory; it shows up in the ...
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What Is EMDR Therapy? How It Works and Helps Your Brain Heal From Trauma
What Is EMDR Therapy? A nervous-system healing that starts with how humans process fear. People often arrive in therapy acutely aware of their current symptoms. They know their ...
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