What Are the Symptoms of PTSD? Recognizing the Signs
What Are the Symptoms of PTSD? Recognizing the Signs PTSD does not always arrive with a clear name attached. Many people who develop it do not think of themselves as trauma survivors. They think of themselves as someone who has been struggling, with sleep, with their temper, with a sense that they cannot fully relax […]
Men’s Counseling: Common Issues Men Bring to Therapy
Men’s Counseling: Common Issues Men Bring to Therapy Men come to therapy with specific problems. Not categories or demographics, specific things that are not working and that they have run out of ways to address on their own. The issues vary, but certain patterns appear repeatedly in men’s counseling. This article covers the most common […]
What Does a Licensed Therapist Actually Do?
What Does a Licensed Therapist Actually Do? Most people have a rough mental image of what therapy looks like, a couch, a notepad, someone asking how that made you feel. That image is not entirely wrong, but it leaves out most of what is actually happening in the room. If you have never seen a […]
Anger Management for Adults: Recognizing the Triggers Behind the Reaction
Anger Management for Adults: Recognizing the Triggers Behind the Reaction The argument about the dishes. The driver who cut you off. The colleague who interrupted you in the meeting. These are the things that set it off, but they are almost never what the anger is actually about. This is the central insight that separates […]
How EMDR Therapy Works: The Science Behind Bilateral Stimulation
How EMDR Therapy Works: The Science Behind Bilateral Stimulation The results of EMDR therapy are not hard to find. Decades of randomized controlled trials, endorsement from the World Health Organization, documented recovery rates that outperform many medication protocols. What is harder to find is a clear, jargon-free explanation of why it works, what is actually […]
Family Counseling for Trauma: Healing Together After a Shared Experience
Family Counseling for Trauma: Healing Together After a Shared Experience After a traumatic event, families do not heal uniformly. The same accident, the same loss, the same act of violence can leave one person numb, another hypervigilant, another apparently fine, until they are suddenly not. Children act out in ways that seem disconnected from what […]
How to Find the Right Trauma Therapist for You
How to Find the Right Trauma Therapist for You You have decided to find a trauma therapist. That decision is harder than it sounds, and the search that follows it is often discouraging. A directory of headshots and specializations. A string of phone calls that go to voicemail. A first session that reveals the therapist […]
PTSD Treatment Options: An Overview of What Actually Works
PTSD Treatment Options: An Overview of What Actually Works If you are reading this because PTSD is affecting your life, or the life of someone close to you, the most important thing to know first is this: PTSD is treatable. Not manageable-with-enough-coping-strategies. Not something you simply learn to live around. Treatable, with specific therapies that […]
What Is Play Therapy and How Does It Help Children?
What Is Play Therapy and How Does It Help Children? Something is wrong with your child. You can see it, in the meltdowns that come out of nowhere, the sudden clinginess, the way they have stopped wanting to go to school or play with friends they used to love. You have tried talking to them. […]
In-Person vs. Online Therapy: Which Is Right for You?
In-Person vs. Online Therapy: Which Is Right for You? The question comes up constantly: is online therapy as good as seeing someone in person? It is the wrong question, or at least, it is not the useful one. The more useful question is: which format will actually get you into a room with a therapist […]