Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

PTSD Awareness Month

June is PTSD Awareness Month – How to Support Others and Heal from PTSD In 2010, the US Senate declared June 27th National PTSD Awareness Day. Since then, it has been expanded to the entire month of June. Similarly, our awareness and understanding of PTSD continues to grow and expand, since its official recognition as a diagnosis in 1980. Below …

ART Featured in Social Work Today

Behavioral Health Brief: Animal-Assisted Therapy and ART — A Picture-Perfect Combo By Prairie Conlon Social Work Today Vol. 21 No. 3 P. 10 My client walks gingerly into the stable. “Hi Daisy,” he calls softly to the dark brown mare standing by a fence post. He reaches his hands out tentatively. I study his body language as the large animal …

Soberman’s Estate Innovates Accelerated Resolution Therapy

For Jerry Ehmann, LPC, LISAC, NCC, the role of trauma was never more apparent in the roots of addiction and mental health disorders than when, years ago, he worked as a clinician at the Youth Development Institute in Phoenix. The 84-bed residential locked campus provides intensive and specialized treatment for youths referred by the Arizona juvenile court system and other state agencies. …

How COVID-19 Is Affecting Mental Health

Besides being life-threatening, the deadly virus, known as coronavirus or Covid-19, is also having a huge impact on mental health. For example, just being trapped inside for weeks or even months can lead to feelings of sadness, anxiety, loneliness, depression and other emotions. Here’s how Covid-19 is affecting the mental health of Americans, along with how Accelerated Resolution Therapy can …