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Morgan was a student from the Coral-Springs Parkland community rocked by the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018. A student in a magnet program, she was not on the school's campus the day of the shooting but knew 6 of the victims lost and was getting code yellow and code red updates as that day progressed. In addition to her peers lost, Morgan would soon be grieving the loss of her father to cancer just months later. In this episode she and her mom Alison join special guest Mel Jenner, 97 year old World War II veteran, to talk about new life after trauma. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from a qualified mental health provider.
Matt is an Army Veteran who experienced the shooting at Fort Hood, as well as loss in both Iraq and Afghanistan, followed by over a dozen more of his comrades lost to suicide. His trauma was significantly impacting his marriage and life as a parent, until his wife heard the Life After PTSD podcast and reached out for help. In this episode he shares his incredible story of change. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from a qualified mental health provider.
Laney Rosenzweig is the founder and developer of Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for over 30 years. She has served on staff at the University of South Florida as an assistant visiting professor where considerable ART research has been conducted and currently maintains a private practice in Connecticut, is an on-call trauma specialist for several employee assistant programs and trains mental health professionals in ART. In this episode she shares the genesis of ART and how it’s making headway in the world of trauma treatment with trainings on military bases and comparison studies in major military medical hospitals proving it as one of the most effective treatments for helping sufferers overcome their PTSD. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from a qualified mental health provider.
In this episode we welcome Cyndi, a retired United States Air Force Staff Sergeant who now works as a licensed mental health counselor, to share a story from her days in the service where she and others were unfairly blamed by a pastor for the suicide of someone under their supervision. Though her own supervisors assured her otherwise, she carried that trauma for a number of years before herself being cleared of the trauma of that event. Special thanks to the Philip Stein Company for supporting the show. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from a qualified mental health provider.
In this episode we welcome Heather, a pastor's wife who has battled thoughts of suicide nearly her entire life. Heather shares of some of the criticism she has received at times for needing a lifeline for mental health, as well as how she has remained on purpose in spite of some of the naysayers. Often times in churches and faith communities there's a predisposition to thinking that mental health and mental wellness are givens for people of faith and that it is a sign of weakness or even "sin" should someone need to reach out for help. Heather helps destroy that notion on this episode. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from a qualified mental health provider.
In this episode we welcome back Allen Kanerva to reflect on what we’ve learned in now over 100 episodes and more than a year and a half of working together in the realm of trauma. One of our learnings during this time is that the medical model uses the term PTSD for its purposes but this diagnosis is not accurate to describe what the body is actually experiencing in its adverse reaction to trauma. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from a qualified mental health provider.
New Zealander Caroline Barron is the author of Ripiro Beach: A Memoir Of Life After Near Death. In a previous episode (#90) we learned about her story where the birth of her second child led to an emergency hysterectomy and a very intense fear of death. We reconnect with Caroline to learn about how her own personal trauma affected both her husband and children and get some advice from her husband for spouses who are walking through a journey of trauma with their significant other. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from a qualified mental health provider.
On December 30, 2018 we launched our first episode of Life After PTSD. 100 episodes later we are still going strong telling stories of those who have worked to clear their PTSD and are living a new normal of their deciding. In this first of a two part series, we revisit 6 stories from our past and allow the audience to hear the proof that PTSD is not an illness, but an injury that can heal: 1) Ally - Florida, USA - Episodes 24 & 272 2) Luke - Ontario, Canada - Episode 52 3) Dakota - Bahamas - Episode 67 - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from a qualified mental health provider.
On December 30, 2018 we launched our first episode of Life After PTSD. 100 episodes later we are still going strong telling stories of those who have worked to clear their PTSD and are living a new normal of their deciding. In this first of a two part series, we revisit 6 stories from our past and allow the audience to hear the proof that PTSD is not an illness, but an injury that can heal: 1) Shawn & Cynthia - U.S. Virgin Islands - Episode 33 2) Dani - Ontario, Canada - Episode 62 3) Todd - North Carolina, USA - Episode 11 - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from a qualified mental health provider.
Christie is a mom to three children with a fourth on the way. While meeting with her midwife in a third trimester appointment the traumatic circumstances around the birth of her third child triggered previously unknown fears for the birth of her fourth. In this episode she shares how she reached out, the help she received and her new outlook for her baby's arrival. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from a qualified mental health provider.
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