Guest post by Karen Kuhlman LSW, CADC As you enter the Holiday season with the New Year on the horizon, you might find yourself taking stock of your life and examining where you are feeling less than satisfied or even deeply unfulfilled. Know that you’re not alone if you find … [Read more...]
The Relationship Between Trauma and Insomnia
Guest post by Dr.Katherine Hall Traumatic events can cause a long list of adverse side effects. While some are short-term, others may plague you for years, or even, the rest of your life. Most trauma patients experience stress, anxiety, irritability, and depression as they … [Read more...]
Can Anxiety Make You Sick?
One way depression and anxiety are so frustrating is how they affect the whole body. But can depression and anxiety make you sick? No two experiences of depression are the same. But it’s common to feel lethargic, fatigued, agitated, tearful, in pain, not hungry or … [Read more...]
What is EMDR Therapy and How Does it Work?
Have you had no luck healing trauma with talk therapy? EMDR or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a unique form of psychotherapy that differs from most talk therapies. It is useful in treating lasting symptoms from traumatic experiences and Post Traumatic Stress … [Read more...]
How to Deal with Unresolved Grief
Guest post by Marina Lisjonok (MSW, RRT, E-CYT) When I was 26 years old, my 32-year-old husband died suddenly from a heart attack. Thinking back, I remember that time being the heaviest and most difficult part of my life. I fell into a deep depression to the point where I had … [Read more...]
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