Dr. Doreen Dupont is a physician who spends a lot of time on social media -- which is where I met her and we struck up a conversation about how to handle those feelings of self-fragility after trauma. Dr. Dupont knows about this first-hand: -

During my recovery I used a slew of PTSD healing techniques that included traditional, alternative and artistic components. I found that the more I diverged from the "shoulds" of a theoretical approach to healing -- the more I customized my process for...

Combat PTSD and the family unit are a tough combination. How do survivors and their caregivers manage symptoms and the uncertainty of life with PTSD? How to keep a relationship functional and even loving can be challenging when posttraumatic stress dis...

I had lunch with an entrepreneur friend today who's grieving the loss of a business that went belly up at the end of last year. Sitting together in an outdoor cafe across the street from the beach he paused, sandwich halfway to his mouth and said,

PTSD, grief, mourning, healing and trauma all go together in the mix that is the pallette of colors in recovery from posttraumatic stress. I know in my own recovery grief was ever-present. Maybe you, like me,

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and eating disorders don't usually share the headline of any conversation -- but they should considering the fact that 66% of eating disorder patients have a trauma history. Plus, PTSD is a strong predictor (that means

Leticia Yuzefpolsky has faced a devastating trauma abyss: On Christmas Eve 2008 her parents, siblings and other family members were murdered right before her eyes. In her own words she says she knew, I have a choice here to allow this to take me down....

I had such a good time chatting with Savvy Central Radio host, Christina Nitschmann, last week about trauma, PTSD and, my fave topic, how do we heal? After the show one listener raved, Michele is THE expert on PTSD - she delivers information,

One of the most important things in healing from trauma and PTSD is reclaiming your sense of self. That is, creating The New You even when you don't know what that means. An easy way to get yourself focused is to use the purpose process; defining what's m

Just before her first wedding anniversary and just after a Yankee game in July 2008 Angela Leigh Tucker's life changed forever: a jackknifed tractor-trailer hit the car in which Angela and her husband were driving. Angela survived but with a traumatic br