I am in holiday season mode. Maintaining and not moving too much. Hence, the breaks and gaps between posts. https://ptsd-acceptingcopingthriving.com/2018/11/15/phases/ A couple of weeks back I posted about the “Gold Standard” of counseling being taught in phases. My experience was I wanted to get strait to the processing and hurry up and get it over…
Before judging me and my choices, walk a mile in my shoes…..then you are a mile away and I can’t hear you. Too often it is comments and words and ‘well meaning’ advice that can really hurt. Instead of expecting other people to watch what they say, I am working on a list of…
An integral part of healing. Gratitude helps me see the good things in a day. Gratitude helps me see the good in me. I started counting blessings. Lots of them. I did the blessing a day for a month and barely scratched the surface. Then someone pointed out that counting blessings was putting a limit…
Sometimes people don’t know what to say. One of the other bloggers I follow gave a great list of helpful words to say to someone with PTSD/CPTSD. However, please keep in mind that abusers use kind phrases and twist them to hurt their prey. So I’m giving you a heads up that these are not…
Hey, my counselor did this. Every so often I read something that a therapist should do and it is exactly what my therapist did do but didn’t spell out exactly. https://www.blueknot.org.au/Workers-Practitioners/For-Health-Professionals/Resources-for-Health-Professionals/Best-Practice-Guidelines Phase 1 – Make sure the client is safe and stabilized. If they are still in an abuse situation and in danger, the whole…
I am continuing on the list of things that are recommended for therapist to do. I believe these are important to recognize for the client because as a person seeing a therapist I can make the work harder or easier. If I understand what my own options are I can work towards my strengths. Sadly,…
I’m try to get my feet under me. I heard time flies when you are having fun. It does wait around when things are frumpy either. Last weekend was awesome. I spent 24 hours listening to people sharing their survival stories and focusing their healing in Christ. I realized that I drifted a bit and…
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/pierre_teilhard_de_chardi_160888 I believe there is a 4th aspect that is often ignored, our spiritual welfare. Sadly, abusers do terrible things proclaiming that God is backing them. Religious abuse is…
Psychologist have their own language that they use to communicate with each other and without a great deal of study leave their client kind of in the dark as to what is going on. https://www.blueknot.org.au/Workers-Practitioners/For-Health-Professionals/Resources-for-Health-Professionals/Best-Practice-Guidelines 11. Ensure the therapeutic model/approach promotes integration of functioning, and contains the `core elements’ consistent with research findings in the neurobiology…
Complex PTSD is well complex. Research is updating what they are learning about why some of the old tried and trued practices for PTSD are ineffective for Complex PTSD. I believe that number 10 in their list of best practices for a counselor treating CPTSD is to stay up to date to what we are…
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