by Tina Hilliard | Dec 30, 2015 | Communication, Counseling, Counseling News, PTSD, Self-Awareness, Stress and Anxiety
Whether constructive or otherwise received from a spouse, boss, family member or friend, criticism for some of us can provoke defensiveness, justifying, rationalizing, minimizing, and sometimes self-defeating hostility. I’ve personally seen these responses to...
by Thriveworks Staff | Jun 11, 2015 | Anxiety, Counseling News, Mental Illness, PTSD
Q&A Q: Can hallucinations occur as a symptom of PTSD? A: Yes, hallucination can occur as a symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)! For example, one documented case of such a situation was with a a client who had olfactory hallucinations; she would smell...
by Anthony Centore | Jun 14, 2013 | Counseling News, PTSD, Trauma
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an unexpected response to a significant trauma. While the effects of PTSD can be disabling for those with the disorder, suicide is still an uncommon result of PTSD. There are several risk factors for suicide. PTSD has a major...
by Thriveworks Staff | Jun 14, 2013 | Counseling News, PTSD, Trauma
PTSD is not an expected response to trauma, according to the DSM 5, but a rare and an unexpected response to trauma. Accordingly, most people who experience trauma do not go on to experience PTSD. Why do some experience it, whole others don’t? For the first time, with...
by Anthony Centore | Jun 14, 2013 | Counseling News, PTSD, Trauma
According to the DSM 5, one no longer needs to experience a trauma, but only to have learned about a trauma, to develop PTSD. Field researchers have found that some children, who came from good and trauma free homes, have demonstrated symptoms of PTSD. This occurs in...
