After trauma, there’s one (critical) stage of healing that can often feel elusive. You see, even when a client has made significant progress in therapy, they often still report feeling numb, and not fully present in their own life. That’s why interventions designed to help clients reconnect with their sense of vitality and pleasure can […]
How to Help Traumatized Patients Restore their Vitality – with Bessel van der Kolk, MD
So much of our work with traumatized patients is often centered around trauma stabilization and processing. . . . . . but if we don’t help patients move beyond these early stages of recovery, they’re at risk of staying stuck in the past, repeatedly re-engaging with their trauma. So in the video below, Bessel van […]
Recognizing and Treating Moral Injury – with Bill Nash, MD
Moral injury is not necessarily a new phenomenon in the human experience, but it’s a relatively young concept in the field of psychology. The research is still evolving – but we’re discovering more about the overlapping similarities and key differences between moral injury and PTSD. And as leading researchers like Bill Nash, MD uncover more […]