Category Archives: 5. Trauma & PTSD Therapy
The other kind of emotional pain: The ‘pain of truth’
While the pain of childbirth with a mother’s first child is considered to be one of the most severe pain levels a human can experience, surprisingly few women are traumatised Continue Reading →
EMDR now recognised in Australia as 1 of only 2 effective therapies for trauma
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR) has come a long way since I was first trained in it in 1993. Many who did not understand it thought it was just Continue Reading →
Partners with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
This is a great article by Dr Frank Ochberg, written for the partners of sufferers, that also nicely overviews PTSD (for both the person with it, their partner and anyone Continue Reading →
What is EMDR? Some Handouts
Eye Movement Desesensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) is now considered, by most authoritative organisations around the world, to be one of only two or three treatments that are effective in treating Continue Reading →
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Bereavement: And the Mountain said ???
Yesterday I attended a stimulating workshop with Bob Neimeyer a psychologist expert on bereavement and grief who has published widely on the subject (click here for his website). It was Continue Reading →