Is Ketamine Effective for treating PTSD? Like many of you, I have been hearing about Ketamine in the treatment of PTSD. Also like many of you, I've wondered how effective it actually is in treating it. I've been doing some research to see if it would a helpful treatment for trauma or not. I'll share … Continue reading Is Ketamine Effective for treating PTSD?
Category: PTSD
Does EMDR really help people with PTSD?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapy designed to help people recover from trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I've used it for years, and have found it to be very helpful for practically everyone with trauma. Research has been done for over 30 years now, studying it. I wanted to share some … Continue reading Does EMDR really help people with PTSD?
8 ways that friends and family members can help a rape survivor
Many of us know, have known, or will know someone who is a victim of rape. If you are a friend or family member, how can you be helpful? The following are some suggestions given by experts at universities around the country, and as a professional and specialist I endorse all of them: 1. Respect … Continue reading 8 ways that friends and family members can help a rape survivor
Finding the right therapist for complex PTSD or dissociation
It's been a while since I've posted. I want to rectify that by sharing a recent experience I had with a couple of colleagues. I wanted to pass on a lesson from that for those seeking treatment. We were consulting on cases and I mentioned Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), which is on the extreme end … Continue reading Finding the right therapist for complex PTSD or dissociation
Treating trauma symptoms vs treating the trauma itself
Trauma is a technical term, but in the context of psychology it simply means having a deeply distressing or disturbing experience. This experience affects the person in a significant way that does not get healed with time. Trauma is often defined as part of a mental illness and while this is a fair definition, it's … Continue reading Treating trauma symptoms vs treating the trauma itself
The Effects of PTSD on Everyday Life
I recently read an excellent summary article that discusses common ways post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, can affect someone's life. I'll briefly summarize it, but if you'd like to read it in full, please click the link above. Problems at work and relationships. People with PTSD tend to miss more work and work less efficiently, … Continue reading The Effects of PTSD on Everyday Life
Five ideas on what to do when you feel like giving up
I have been getting messages from life lately teaching me how to react when I feel like giving up. Don't we all feel like giving up sometimes? I have felt that way in my career, in my schooling, and in my personal life in one way or another. My clients have expressed to me similar … Continue reading Five ideas on what to do when you feel like giving up
If you need to see a counselor for PTSD, but don’t know if you can talk about it
This is a great question, and one that I get frequently. In the past, the way therapists were taught to deal with PTSD is to talk about it. They had the patient talk again and again and again about what happened, and over time the person would become desensitized and have more tolerance for their … Continue reading If you need to see a counselor for PTSD, but don’t know if you can talk about it
How to choose good self-help resources, pt 3
“In recent years, more Americans will seek mental health information from the Internet or attend a self-help group than will consult all mental health professionals combined. Self-help is, frankly, big business. According to recent market research, Americans spend an estimated $10 billion a year on self-improvement products!” I'm writing the same quote on all three … Continue reading How to choose good self-help resources, pt 3
How to choose good self-help resources, pt 2
"In recent years, more Americans will seek mental health information from the Internet or attend a self-help group than will consult all mental health professionals combined. Self-help is, frankly, big business. According to recent market research, Americans spend an estimated $10 billion a year on self-improvement products!" That's how I started my last post. Today … Continue reading How to choose good self-help resources, pt 2
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