8 Powerful Steps to Overcome Childhood Sexual Abuse Trauma – Ask a Therapist #6 with Keiko Chibana-Shinn

I’m a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, and although the events happened over 20 years ago, I still struggle with the emotional fallout. I experience intense anxiety, nightmares, and sometimes feel like I’m reliving the trauma all over again. I’ve tried therapy before, but it was too painful to open up about the abuse. How…

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Somatic Experiencing for Treatment of PTSD Symptoms

Traumatic events such as war, rape, and severe accidents can lead people to suffer from symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). What we have recently discovered is that any event that is experienced as threatening can generate PTSD-like symptoms and negatively affect a person’s quality of life. Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) was developed by psychologist Peter A.…

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