Consider Massage and PT (Physical Therapy) Many headaches originate as other pains in places like your neck and shoulders. A physical therapist or massage therapist can both help in different ways. Physical therapists (PT) can show you movements and postures, as well as strengthening exercises, a...
"It got to a point where I eventually had to start seeing a therapist, which I had never done before. That in itself was scary, that I needed therapy to get through the days," Allen says. Seeking professional help was nerve-wracking, he says, and it meant running into...
Treatment preferences, such as who is the therapist as well as which therapy model is used, differ substantially not only across but also within ethnoracial groups (Pole et al., 2008). As a result, it is not possible as yet – and may never be possible – to prescribe precisely how ...
Last month, I kicked off our series on survival skills for lawyers, and stress bydiscussing emotional resilience, the ability to bounce back from the inevitable disappointments and obstacles encountered in practicing law. In this blog post, we’ll discuss essential stress management practices specifica...
The therapist also breaks exposure into a more gradual progression. Instead of focusing on trauma, present-centered therapy focuses on current life problems as manifestations of PTSD. The aim of using present-centered therapy in this study was to provide a credible therapeutic alternative to control...
the ability to affect entire regions and large numbers of individuals at once creates a need for minimizing therapist time while maximizing outcomes for individuals. As with any disorder, it is also essential to devise a system which allows individuals to seek modes of therapy that appeal to them...
Historical survey confirms that, over the latter part of the 20th century, autoimmune-based diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS), have shown a worldwide increase in incidence and prevalence. Analytical population studies have established that the
In case the music therapist sug- gests that live music would be a more adequate choice than recorded music in terms of attunement to the pa- tient, or should the patient be more able to tolerate live music, the music therapist can use their own voice and musical instruments and create ...
The trauma narrative component is typically conducted during individual “breakout” sessions during which each child meets one on one with their usual group therapist. CBITS has been tested in two studies of children exposed to community violence. Stein et al.67[rct] documented that CBITS was ...
Mental health conditions are prevalent among US veterans and pose a number of self-management and health care navigation challenges. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with comorbid chronic medical conditions (CMCs) is especially common, in both returning Iraq or Afghanistan and earlier war-era ve...