Written by Lauren Faylor It’s been a year since the devastating wildfires swept across Maui, Hawaii, on August 8th, 2023. Fueled by dry conditions and strong winds, these fires caused unimaginable destruction and heartbreak. Homes, businesses, and the natural beauty that defines Maui were severely damaged, leaving the island scarred both physically and emotionally. The Impact of the Wildfires The …
Written by Lauren Faylor Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a challenging mental health condition that affects millions of people around the world. Traditionally, treatments like Exposure Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) have been the main therapies to manage OCD symptoms. These were the methods Dr. Mark Chamberlain had been using in his practice. However, in …
Written by Lauren Faylor As June honors Men’s Mental Health Month, the topic of men’s mental health has begun to gain the attention it desperately needs. The issues and statistics surrounding men’s mental health are concerning, with depression and suicide as leading causes of death among men. In the United States alone, six million men suffer from depression annually. Men …
Amazing things are still happening in your brain even after an Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) session! Through ART, your brain rescripts traumatic images so that you leave with a ‘positized’ version of your traumatic memory. The term “positiziation” refers to what ART Developer, Laney Rosenzweig calls the process of transforming a negative memory into a more positive one. Through a …
In her book “Come Passion, The Soulful ART of Healing Trauma,” Colleen Clark, RCSW, highlights the importance of delivering Psychoeducation to clients alongside ART sessions. Psychoeducation in trauma therapy involves explaining the client’s mental diagnosis and treatment choices to both the client and their family, helping them understand and cope with the illness by providing useful information and raising awareness. …
