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Helping Vicitims of Combat Trauma

Only those who survive combat truly know and understand the impact it has on a military service member’s life and family. It’s the natural, overwhelming instinct to survive that stays in the body and images of mutilated bodies that often … Continue reading

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How to Deal with a Trauma: 7 Steps to Take After a Car Accident

Minor car accidents are one of the many little traumas we encounter in life. What may seem minor at the time, however, can become something major if the effects of the trauma are ignored. We can deal with these traumas … Continue reading

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Instant Therapy with the Touch of a Finger

By Pamela Mortimer There’s something to be said for traditional therapies, particularly if the patient has a life threatening need. However, the age old practice of self healing has its own merits. “I Can Make You Thin” by Paul McKenna, … Continue reading

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SE Trauma Therapy Explained by Peter Levine

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByalBx85iC8 This is a great video of the creator of Somatic Experiencing using a slinky to explain how the nervous systems reacts to trauma. Levine has a way of taking something very technical (neurobiology) and making it easy to understand. … Continue reading

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Pronking, Trauma, and Soaring Again

Pronking is a behavior seen in nature, where an animal will repeatedly jump high and bound around as if in joy or ecstasy. There is such energy and enthusiasm in its leaps, it almost seems to be trying to leap … Continue reading

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