“Bill,” a 64-year-old client I’d worked with several times but hadn’t seen in nine months, arrived for an emergency appointment. Without preamble, he jumped to his feet and yanked […]
Healing Trauma/PTSD: What Happened to You, (Not What’s Wrong With You)
“Time heals nothing” is one of the trade secrets therapists don’t want you to know. If you’ve been in “counseling” for trauma/PTSD for a reasonable period of time and you […]
Bulletproof New Year’s Resolutions: Healing, Not Willpower
Every January first, millions of people around the world make “The List”– lose weight, get in shape, stop smoking, renounce sugar, decrease judgments, increase tolerance, and for some, find the […]
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PTSD Treated Successfully in 10 Sessions or Less
Kaiser Permanente is one of the largest hospital systems in the US, taking care of more than 10 million patients each year. Kaiser’s peer-reviewed publication, The Permanente Journal, recently published […]
Member of the Week: Sue Hannibal, author of Spiritual Compass
Spiritual Compass is part memoir and part spiritual guidebook for navigating “life 101.” It opens with a classic “Dark Night of the Soul” depression triggered by divorce and the fear […]
How to Survive Shock and Emotional Overwhelm
Any serious loss, especially if it’s sudden, can be shocking. A serious diagnosis– being blindsided by someone you trusted, job loss, any kind of victimization can overwhelm us like a […]
School Shooters: Insecure, Scared and Craving Power
School shooters crave an outer form of power because they have not been taught how to develop a strong sense self and personal power to fuel and guide the development […]
Nonfiction Author’s Association Interview
In July 2017 I was the featured author on the Nonfiction Author’s Association website. Here is the interview—nonfiction writers, take note. What is your book about? Spiritual Compass is part […]
Trauma and Resilience
After nearly 20 years in private practice specializing in trauma and resilience, I thought as I watched the news about the “worst mass shooting in modern American history,” that I […]