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Understanding the Distinction Between PTSD and Complex PTSD The International Classification of Diseases, 11th edition (ICD-11) introduced two distinct but related diagnoses within trauma and...
Understanding the Unique Nature of First Responder Trauma Research on trauma treatment has traditionally focused on single-incident PTSD, where individuals experience one discrete traumatic event...
Understanding Attachment Wounds and Why Standard CBT Falls Short Summary: This article explores how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy must be adapted to treat attachment wounds—profound psychological...
Understanding Shame in Complex Trauma Summary: This comprehensive guide addresses the pervasive toxic shame that characterizes Complex PTSD—the deep, identity-level belief that one is fundamentally...
Two Distinct Phenomena Often Confused Summary: This article clarifies a critical distinction often missed in trauma treatment: the difference between memory flashbacks and emotional flashbacks....
Understanding Dissociation as Disconnection From Present Reality Summary This article provides an in-depth examination of dissociative symptoms—disconnection from self, body, reality, or memory—as...
Understanding the Fawn Response as Trauma Survival Strategy Summary This comprehensive article explores the fawn response—the fourth trauma response involving compulsive people-pleasing and...
Addressing Cognitive Rigidity in Trauma Survivors: Moving From Black-and-White to Flexible Thinking Understanding Cognitive Rigidity as Trauma Response Summary: In this detailed exploration,...
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) has gained recognition as an effective trauma therapy, but like any powerful therapeutic intervention, it can sometimes cause more harm than good...
The Basics: Therapy vs Medication Studies show that both therapy and medication can be effective, but the best option really depends on your specific mental health condition, symptom severity, and...
Amber's Story Amber was the first-born child to her mother and father. By the time she turned five, her parents had four more children, and the weight of responsibility settled on Amber far too...
What is EMDR Therapy? Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a structured, evidence-based psychotherapy designed to help individuals heal from trauma, distressing memories,...
Balanced Mind is a psychotherapy and counseling center offering online therapy throughout New York. We specialize in Schema Therapy and EMDR Therapy. We work with insurance to provide our clients with both quality and accessible care.
Summary Of all the organizational interventions available for improving first responder psychological health, peer support programs occupy a uniquely powerful position. They leverage the most potent resource that emergency service organizations possess, the peer...
Understanding Resilience in the First Responder Context Summary Resilience training for first responders has become one of the most widely promoted and most inconsistently implemented components of emergency service psychological health programming. The term...
Substance use among first responders occupies a particularly fraught clinical and cultural space. It is common enough to be normalized within many emergency service organizations, serious enough to destroy careers, relationships, and lives, and sufficiently entangled...