How to Release Trauma Trapped in the Body
Guest blog post by Martha (Marty) Dennen MA, LCPC, SEP When you are really stressed or anxious, you feel it through sensations in the body. That is because the experience of stress, particularly traumatic stress, can trigger active survival responses of fight, flight, or freeze. When your body can’t activate or complete these responses, those […]
3 Ways Childhood Trauma Can Affect Your Adult Relationships
Most of us have a sense that childhood trauma affects our adult relationships. After all, you probably have heard another person joke about how you married your father (or mother)? An insurance company even riffed on this in their advertising! Jokes aside, how exactly does childhood trauma affect your adult relationships? And while we’re at […]
Will PTSD Go Away Without Treatment?
Guest blog post by Martha (Marty) Dennen, LCPC, SEP “Will PTSD go away without treatment” is an often-asked question in my office. The short answer is that with treatment PTSD symptoms can go away or greatly lessen. Unfortunately, untreated PTSD often results in more suffering, decreased functioning, and increased depression and anxiety symptoms. So, how […]