Confusion
A client of mine once told me that as a young child he was playing contentedly in his room one day when he noticed how… Read More »Confusion
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Freeze
The clearest objective example of the Freeze response in humans is the deer-caught-in-the headlights look. In it, an individual appears to be unresponsive to their… Read More »Freeze
Flight
The Flight response is, like Fight, a biologically driven action. As part of the autonomic nervous system, Flight’s job is to respond to life threatening… Read More »Flight
Fight
A man sits in his car, traffic inching along, everything slowed but steadily moving. Music playing as background to the crawl home. The pace quickens,… Read More »Fight
PTSD: A Primer, part 2
In the first installment of my Primer on PTSD, I laid out some of the perimeters of PTSD from a diagnostic framework along with some… Read More »PTSD: A Primer, part 2
PTSD: A Primer, part 1
The letters PTSD have attained an institutional place now in American culture, letters that most people have heard of through the media or from friends,… Read More »PTSD: A Primer, part 1
Your Relationship with Alcohol
‘You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough’ -William Blake (from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell) Alcohol use… Read More »Your Relationship with Alcohol
PTSD and You: 5 Considerations
PTSD as an acronym has come into common usage to name the experience of strong emotional, memory and bodily responses to stressful life experiences. I’ve… Read More »PTSD and You: 5 Considerations
EMDR
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a therapeutic healing model developed in the 1980s. It came into wide use in the latter part of… Read More »EMDR
The Connection
The Connection The connection formed between therapist and client is a primary foundation that any psychotherapy encounter is built on. Positive regard, mutual respect, attunement… Read More »The Connection