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I developed renewed faith in the power of psychotherapy after I attended a Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) course in 2011. It opened many doors for me as I began to understand the impact of previously overlooked, objectively minor traumatic incidents on psychological disorders and problems. This article is about the application of this powerful tool over the entire spectrum of psychological problems and disorders and how this brings about impressive...

Life in Baghdad, Iraq, in October 2003 and again in 2006 was like living in a Crock-Pot. It was hot, and the breeze, if you can call it that, was just as hot. We would travel to strange destinations to attend meetings, drop off supplies, or pick up soldiers. We even performed guard duty and with the scorching temperatures. The protective gear that we wore added about twenty degrees and an extra thirty pounds. The temperature was approximately 140...

The Blacksmith is a must read for anyone trying to overcome the difficulties that are inevitable in life. Robert explains how he overcame PTSD and was able to finally put to rest events in his past that had emotionally scarred him, From the life-threatening situations while being deployed during the first Gulf war to dealing with being homeless and losing everything he had. Using the action plan for his life, that is outlined in The Blacksmith...

"A Troll in the House" is a wonderful short story that details the journey of a first responder who recognizes a trauma injury, then seeks help and treatment. The creative use of a mischievous troll as the embodiment of trauma allows the reader to follow their path to healing and a peaceful co-existence. It's a serious story for mature readers, that uses allegory and humour to help understand the treatment process needed to live with PTSD. John...

MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD is in the final stages of FDA testing. Clinical trials are reporting a 70 percent cure rate for a condition that claims thousands of lives globally every day-hundreds in the US alone. But until it's fully legalized, MDMA is still a Schedule I drug, saddled with years of misunderstanding, misinformation, and misuse. In this groundbreaking, informative, and easy-to-read book, Dr. Dan Engle shows you the treatment...

How can you free yourself from the oppression of the past and the imprisonment of your mind? In "The Courage To Remember," Les Tenney describes how he personally overcame the despair of Post-Traumatic Stress resulting from torture, starvation, disease, imprisonment and slavery. One of the few remaining survivors of World War II's infamous Bataan Death March in the Philippines, and three-and-a-half years as a Prisoner of War and slave of the Japanese,...

Healing Beyond Trauma is a self-healing guide for anyone who has struggled with anxiety, fear, PTSD, C-PTSD, stress, chronic pain, or other symptoms of a history of trauma or abuse. This guide outlines the healing process and contains interactive worksheets, charts, resources to help further both your understanding and your healing. Find your way to freedom and break out of the bondage your captors placed on you years ago. It is time to walk without...

Most of us are just trying to get through the day, but paramedics are often extremely harsh on themselves. We have high expectations and feel a pressure to have all the answers. Add to this the training we receive from day one, to respond quickly, to be ever-vigilant, to 'switch on' without notice, and then make difficult logistical and clinical decisions, for an organisation that doesn't seem to care for the carers when they fall, and we are all...

Este libro ilustra el largo recorrido que nos lleva desde nuestra naturaleza esencialmente bondadosa y pura a construir nuestra identidad egoica relacionada con las experiencias que vivimos, los entornos en los que nos desarrollamos y educamos y en general las influencias a las que nos vemos sometidos a lo largo de nuestro período vital. Expone cómo vamos dando forma a nuestra (o nuestras) ideas del yo para, en el mejor de los casos, volver a reencontrarnos...