Archives for July 2013

How Yoga Can Help With Trauma?

Therapeutic trauma work incorporates many different aspects. Research has found that trauma gets stored in the body and often talk therapy does not address the body aspect of the healing process. This is a great blog post called, Being in Your Body: The Benefits of Trauma-Sensitive Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault. To read the full blog […]

How to Love a Son Who Identifies as Gay

Wanted to share an article with you titled, Just Because He Breathes: Learning to Truly Love Our Gay Son.  A mother shares her story.  Here are a couple of excerpts from the article: “Over the next 10 months, we learned to truly love our son. Period. No buts. No conditions. Just because he breathes. We […]

Living With PTSD

Two Veterans shared their experience living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in an article that I thought I would share. I work with individuals with PTSD that have experiences with flashbacks, avoidance, hyper vigilance and nightmares that these men describe in this article. With help, the symptoms of PTSD can be reduced and treated. […]