PTSD Professional Perspective

professional-woman-jeff-archibald‘Professional Perspective’ is a weekly feature on our blog, Parasites of the Mind. Trained trauma healers using everything from traditional methods to alternative modalities weigh in with tips, tricks, suggestions and ideas for how to transform trauma and our perceptions of it. The bottomline: it is possible to lessen the aftereffects of traumatic memories. Hear their words, follow their blogs, read their books, contact these people who dedicate their professional lives to helping us improve our personal ones.

Read the blog posts below for information and insights from the pros who are dedicating their careers to helping survivors heal.

If you’re a professional who would like to contribute to this series please Contact us.

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PTSD Professional Perspective: PTSD and Resiliency

PTSD Professional Perspective: PTSD and Resiliency

August 27th, 2010 • 1 Comment »

You all know I believe each of us has deep healing potential. You also know I believe our biggest job in PTSD recovery is learning to tap that potential. Today,…

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PTSD Professional Perspective: Help Yourself & Reclaim Your Power

PTSD Professional Perspective: Help Yourself & Reclaim Your Power

August 20th, 2010 • Comment »

During this month of our focus on how to cope with trauma anniversaries (and other very bad days) my goal is to bring you ideas and voices from many sources…

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PTSD Professional Perspective: Positive Outcomes from Trauma

PTSD Professional Perspective: Positive Outcomes from Trauma

August 13th, 2010 • Comment »

In keeping with our month long celebration of the Joy of Survival and reclaiming our trauma anniversaries, Joe Isaac gives us some great steps for getting over a major trauma.…

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PTSD Professional Perspective: Butterfly Code — Final Installment

PTSD Professional Perspective: Butterfly Code — Final Installment

August 6th, 2010 • Comment »

When I invited Mike Blackstone to guest post for the Professional Perspective feature on this blog, it was because I thought he had a cool, er, perspective on how we…

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PTSD Professional Perspective: PTSD and Touch Therapy, Part 2

PTSD Professional Perspective: PTSD and Touch Therapy, Part 2

July 30th, 2010 • 1 Comment »

Last week  Kimberley Pledger introduced us to 4 of the physical aspects of PTSD and how massage can help. This week she gives us 6 more….
Muscle tension
Chronic muscle tension is caused when muscles contract…

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