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Trauma: The Complete Guide to Everything You Need to Know
Trauma stems from overwhelming events that dysregulate the nervous system, causing PTSD in 1 in 10 Canadians. Symptoms include flashbacks, avoidance, hyperarousal, and fight-flight-freeze-fawn responses; brain changes enlarge the amygdala. Proven Kamloops treatments at WellMind Counselling: EMDR, IFS parts work, somatic therapy. Follow 4 recovery stages from safety to integration for lasting healing.
What to Expect When Healing from Trauma: The 4 Stages of Trauma Recovery
Understand the 4 stages of trauma healing and how each is necessary to recover from trauma.
How to Identify CPTSD/Emotional Flashbacks and What to Do When One Happens
Learn what a CPTSD flashback is and follow a protocol that helps you manage the flashback in the moment.
PTSD vs. CPTSD: Key Differences, Causes, and Treatment Options
Learn about the key differences in PTSD and CPTSD including causes and treatment options.
Rest Isn’t One Thing: How the Rest Wheel Explains What You Really Need
Discover the Rest Wheel, a tool to help you learn to rest and restore your energy levels.
Play Therapy Explained: The Complete Resource
Discover play therapy: Help your child process trauma and anxiety through play. Kamloops guide explains science, benefits, and WellMind Counselling options.
Why Does Time Feel Both Slow and Fast After Trauma?
Have you ever felt like time was dragging unbearably slow while something distressing happened? Or maybe it feels like moment-by-moment things are moving so slowly, but somehow, time is still flying by? Strange shifts in how time feels are surprisingly common after traumatic experiences, including in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But why? Let’s explore!
CPTSD and Relationships: Why You Pull Away When You Want to Get Closer
Has this ever happened to you? You find yourself longing for connection, closeness, intimacy, for the feeling of being seen, understood, safe. And yet, when you start to feel that in a rel, somehow you find yourself pulling away, closing off, ending the connection. On one hand, you ache to feel close to someone, on the other hand, it seems like you won’t let yourself. In this article, we’ll explore why this happens, then we’ll explore what you can do to help shift it.
What Is Traumatic Grief and How Do We Treat It? A Therapists Research and Perspective
Today’s blog comes from my own research and trying to answer specific questions about traumatic grief: What’s the actual difference with grief and traumatic grief? How can we accurately capture the difference between the two experiences? How does the traumatic element shift the experience of grief? How does the bereavement element shift the experience of trauma?
Join me as I read the research and share what I'm learning
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