by Arbor | Jun 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Clients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) experience symptoms in a myriad of individualized ways. But some similarities in their symptoms are shared by all survivors. SYMPTOMS OF PTSD After the traumatic event, survivors report the following...
by Arbor | Jun 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
“PTSD is a whole body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.” Susan Pease Banitt June is National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month. Most people are familiar with PTSD as a syndrome often...
by Arbor | Jun 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Movement is essential to keep our bodies in good working order. We walk on the treadmill, lift weights or practice yoga to improve our physical health and increase our lifespan. The characteristics that determine peak physical health can also be applied to our...
by Arbor | May 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Despite the habitual turning away, the ‘now’ is always better than the story about it…Because there is no way to engage with, move on from or handle the to-ing and fro-ing of a story.” — Geneen Roth I got stuck on this passage in...
by Arbor | May 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
When I first started working as a therapist, I expected to hear about people’s proudest moments, their deepest shame, promises that had been broken, dreams and relationships that had turned sour or died an agonizing death. I was (semi-)prepared to hear about...