What does Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Feel Like?

What does Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Feel Like?

What PTSD Feels Like: The Inner Experience Living with PTSD can feel like being trapped in a time warp where past trauma continues to intrude on the present moment. Many people describe it as having their nervous system stuck on high alert, as if danger could strike...
Beyond PTSD: Rethinking Trauma Diagnosis Through Memory Systems and Targeted Treatment

Beyond PTSD: Rethinking Trauma Diagnosis Through Memory Systems and Targeted Treatment

The Limitations of Current Trauma Diagnosis   Leading trauma experts Gabor Maté and Bessel van der Kolk have long argued that the DSM-5’s approach to trauma diagnosis fails to capture the complexity of how trauma manifests in different memory systems and...
Schizophrenia, Trauma, and the Double Bind: Bridging Neurobiology, Depth Psychology, and the Spectrum of Psychosis

Schizophrenia, Trauma, and the Double Bind: Bridging Neurobiology, Depth Psychology, and the Spectrum of Psychosis

Understanding Trauma Through Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia Through Trauma The relationship between schizophrenia and trauma has long been a subject of fascination and debate in the fields of psychiatry and psychology. While early theories often focused on...
Meta-Cognition: Observing Conciousness Itself to Heal Trauma

Meta-Cognition: Observing Conciousness Itself to Heal Trauma

“Pain – has an Element of Blank – It cannot recollect When it begun – or if there were A time when it was not – It has no Future – but itself – Its Infinite realms contain Its Past – enlightened to perceive New Periods...
EMDR Therapy for Children and Teens in Alabama: A Powerful Tool for Healing Trauma and Emotional Pain

EMDR Therapy for Children and Teens in Alabama: A Powerful Tool for Healing Trauma and Emotional Pain

Can You Use EMDR on Children? Childhood and adolescence are crucial periods of development, laying the foundation for mental health and well-being throughout the lifespan. However, for many young people in Alabama, these formative years are marked by traumatic...
Lifespan Integration Therapy for Teens and Adolescents: A Gentle, Effective Approach to Healing Past Wounds

Lifespan Integration Therapy for Teens and Adolescents: A Gentle, Effective Approach to Healing Past Wounds

Can you use Lifespan Integration on Teens or Kids? The teenage years are a time of intense growth, change, and self-discovery. While this developmental period can be exciting and expansive, it can also surface unresolved traumas, attachment wounds, and painful...
Brainspotting Therapy for Children and Teens: How It Works and What It Treats

Brainspotting Therapy for Children and Teens: How It Works and What It Treats

Can you do Brainspotting for Children and Teenagers? Brainspotting is a powerful therapeutic technique that is gaining popularity for its ability to help people process unresolved trauma, negative emotions, and behavioral challenges. But many people wonder: Can...