post traumatic growth

Post-Traumatic Growth Evidence: How Do You Know?

Post-Traumatic Growth Evidence: How Do You Know?

What is the evidence of post-traumatic growth? Your trauma now allows you to see life differently and bounce beyond the old you. You’ve grown and changed for the better. You are starting to realize that, along with the pain and distress, came something life-changing and new. Serving Boulder, Longmont, Denver...

What EXACTLY Is Somatic Psychotherapy? What to Expect.

What EXACTLY Is Somatic Psychotherapy? What to Expect.

Somatic Psychotherapy was developed through various contributions, such as Gestalt Therapy, Dreambody Work, Authentic Movement and others. It remains one of the central teaching modalities of the Somatic Psychology Department at Naropa University. This method attempts to bring awareness to feelings, movements, sensations, etc., as an attempt to restore expressive movement.

Complex PTSD Nightmares: What Do They Mean?

Complex PTSD Nightmares: What Do They Mean?

Complex PTSD nightmares persist, coming between you and your health as well as you and your relationships. And no doubt, you want to be free of them. To find relief, it is important to understand what these nightmares are trying to tell you.

Complex PTSD Dissociation: 5 Ways the Brain Naturally Protects During Long-term Trauma

Complex PTSD Dissociation: 5 Ways the Brain Naturally Protects During Long-term Trauma

PTSD dissociation is a stress response that causes a broken mental and emotional link between things or experiences you would normally associate with one another. You process life very differently to accommodate the upsetting way you learned to see the world.

How to Find an EMDR Therapist and What to Expect

How to Find an EMDR Therapist and What to Expect

An EMDR therapist primary goal is to help you cope with trauma symptoms and overwhelming emotions. As well as, behaviors that continue to sabotage your perceptions, relationships, and goals. This proven therapy can create an environment where distress fades. Your brain wants to heal itself.

EMDR Therapy Benefits You Don't Want to Miss

EMDR Therapy Benefits You Don't Want to Miss

A common EMDR therapy benefit is more accessible memories and an active dream state result. EMDR may seem to awaken and invigorate your brain in a general sense, stimulating access to vividly detailed recall and REM sleep. Participants also experience a host of other EMDR therapy benefits that change their thinking, goals, relationships, and even the dreams they dream at night.

What is EMDR Psychotherapy and How is It Helpful?

What is EMDR Psychotherapy and How is It Helpful?

Is EMDR Psychotherapy right for you? Not everyone embraces the idea of traditional talk therapy. Especially when depression drains them. Or traumatic memories make life unpredictable. Or the pain of abuse is too terrible to talk about freely. Suffering emotional or psychological pain can make long talk sessions seem unbearable.

How to Find a Somatic Therapist & What to Expect?

How to Find a Somatic Therapist & What to Expect?

How to Find a Somatic Therapist? As you begin your search, do realize that somatic therapy often does not stand alone. There are many capable therapists who integrate somatic therapy into various therapy and counseling practices. That’s okay! Just understand which questions to ask and credentials to look for. Serving Boulder, Longmont, Denver...

Can a Depression Counselor Help? 4 Things You Need to Know

Can a Depression Counselor Help? 4 Things You Need to Know

A depression counselor helps remind you that you have a right to feel better. Low self- esteem, self-imposed, and the colorless life you’ve been leading can make you feel like you deserve depression. A trained professional can encourage you and affirm your choice to seek more than a life sentence of depressive thinking and loneliness.

Healing Complex PTSD in Women: Post Traumatic Growth

Healing Complex PTSD in Women: Post Traumatic Growth

Studies show that women are consistently more likely to meet criteria for complex PTSD. Additionally, experts find that women experience more severe symptoms than men. This is true even when men experienced the same traumatic events. Why? Scientists find that women think and process trauma differently and more acutely.