Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a painful, frightening and frustrating condition.

The expressive art exercise called LifeLine is a positive tool in the therapy room. Getting an overview of your life can be a first step step towards self understanding and self acceptance and embodying these new understandings into your nervous system.

Originally posted January 9, 2019. Happy reading! Thank you to my loving readers for visiting my humble blog! Looking back at the dynamic range of topics in the BirthTouch® blog, that touch on mental health and mindbody therapies, I thought I’d share the most popular blogs of the year. 1. DBT STOP & TIP Skills: Life is worth living even if there is pain The top top spot was claimed by an article about a very, very popular and evidence-based therapy called Dialectical Beha

Another part of the session was spent beginning the re-training of Betty’s nervous system to a calmer state using Somatic Experiencing® (SE). SE® gently reminds the nervous system to function within a more normal window of tolerance once again, so that the dramatic highs and lows are less pronounced. The trauma sessions moved forward, always at the pace where Betty was comfortable. Betty was always the catalyst for her own healing.

Originally posted April 17, 2017. When is it a good time for you to try EMDR? Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a...

Originally posted March 20, 2017. I’m announcing the grand re-opening of my private psychotherapy practice. I’ll be returning to my former location at: 1581 Route 23 South in Wayne, New Jersey My practice focuses on trauma using primarily EMDR and secondarily Craniosacral Bodywork, with additional focus on Perinatal Mental Health, plus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, which stands as a separate offering consisting of 6 – 8 sessions. I participate as an in-networ

Content Note: This article discusses sexual abuse and its impact on pregnancy, birth, and postpartum mental health. Please read gently and take care of yourself. Sexual abuse — whether a single assault or long-term childhood trauma — can quietly shape the emotional landscape of pregnancy, birth, and early motherhood. Many survivors do not initially connect past trauma with their perinatal mental health. Yet pregnancy, labor, breastfeeding, medical exams, and the profound vuln