I learned from reading about it and from my own experience that the response of the therapist is key to moving forward in therapy. I was blessed with my first counselor that delivered just the right mix of validation, encouragement and teaching new skills. Later experiences I had one not believe me, another tell me…
Most people are aware of the two stress responses Fight or Flight. Back in 1920, Walter Cannon coined the phrase that I grew up with all my life. https://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~berczii/hans-selye/walter-cannon-fight-or-flight-response.html My mother studied stress so I heard plenty about it. However, I was in counseling before I learned these basic primal responses have a couple of cousins,…
I wrote this for my other blog but I believe this applies here too. I get news of conferences for education. One of them pointed out an issue that children and those with PTSD struggle. https://www.socialthinking.com/ The Size of the Problem Problems happen all the time – perhaps you dropped your ice cream cone on…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 