June 27th is National PTSD Screening Day, as envisioned by the National Center for PTSD. Anyone who has encountered a life event that they deem traumatic is encouraged to consider taking a free screening or to contact a trusted mental health professional.
Read MoreJune is PTSD Awareness Month. As a trauma specialty clinic, we walk this journey year-long, but we are excited to see our colleagues and partners in care join us in the fight to decrease stigma associated with the experience of posttraumatic stress this month. We continue our efforts to provide education to our community and hear-centered, evidence-based therapy to our courageous clients.
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Often we are told we have to choose roots or blooms. This quote is a nice reflection of ways in which we can re-examine how we think about our past. Thriving in the present doesn't require us to deny our past. It requires us to change our relationship to it. Your past doesn't define you. You can acknowledge it as a place from which you emerged; not the same thing as you. As we enter a new year, we can set intentions based on how we want to bloom, while noting what we've taken from the past and our experiences that led us here.
Trauma can make you feel terrified in the context of having very little control over the situation. Understandably, we often respond to this by trying to exert extreme control over our internal and external experience in the aftermath. Ironically, this makes us feel “stuck” and creates more problems than it solves. Therapy can help you find a different way of coping. Read on for more information.
Read MoreBreyta Psychological Services, P.A. provides cutting-edge evidence-based psychotherapy to adults, couples, and families in the Raleigh area of North Carolina. We offer PTSD treatment and counseling for trauma recovery, anxiety therapy, insomnia treatment, depression therapy, counseling for life transitions, relationship counseling, grief therapy, and more.
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