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Cognitive Processing Therapy for Trauma Survivors: A Guide from New Age Psychiatry Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a highly effective treatment for trauma survivors, helping individuals overcome the negative cognitive processes that arise from acute or chronic trauma. Trauma survivors often feel like they are “on autopilot,” navigating life through fear and weakness. CPT offers […]

Trauma Affect Regulation Therapy (TART) In our Trauma Therapy Blog Series, we explore the most effective treatments available today. First up is Trauma Affect Regulation Therapy (TART), an approach that focuses on helping individuals manage and respond to emotions triggered by past trauma. Understanding how to regulate emotions is key for trauma survivors, as every

     The answer is “yes!”  However, many individuals are often misdiagnosed as having either one or the other, not both.  The reason for this confusion is that these disorders have overlapping symptoms and often coexist in a bidirectional relationship, meaning that each one can impact the other.  Many research studies have found that those with ADHD

Discovering Strength Through Trauma Therapy “Everything happens for a reason.” This common statement doesn’t resonate with trauma survivors who have faced chronic emotional or physical abuse, witnessed the death of a loved one, or endured life-altering events. For those grappling with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), there often seems to be no logical reason behind their

Eye Movement Integration (EMI) is a brief neurotherapeutic approach which teaches clients how to use their voluntary eye movements to become “unstuck” from frozen trauma in one’s short-term memory.  EMI is the processing of different trauma-associated memories while consciously moving eyes back and forth in a repetitive and meditative manner.  The goal is to push

If your partner or a family member tries to control, weaken, and manipulate you through gaslighting, you may frequently question your self-worth, your abilities, and your mental and emotional stability.  In fact, you may often question your core beliefs and even your perception of reality.  Over time, this cycle of manipulation and distortion of reality

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurological disorder which can be genetic or can result from chronic life stressors or traumas.   Low dopamine and norepinephrine levels can severely limit the ADHD brain’s executive functioning abilities, which are primarily created within the prefrontal cortex.  These executive functions include short-term and long-term goal formation, task completion

Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) is diagnosed when an individual’s mood and daily functioning disturbances do not show improvement after two courses of different antidepressants, each taken for at least six weeks, or they may improve but sporadically return.  These are the hallmarks of Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD).  Neuroscientists have found that depression can cause shrinkage of the

Online dating is a sign of the times, in that individuals of all ages, races, sexual orientations, and geographic regions around the world are choosing to search for casual and committed relationships through these social media apps.  Since the beginning of time, humans have instinctually connected with one another, whether in tribes, communities, places of

What is Ketamine?   Ketamine was originally used in the 1960’s as a general anesthetic for medical procedures, due to its pain-reducing and sedative effects.  Ketamine became classified in the U.S. as a Schedule III non-narcotic substance in 1999 under the Controlled Substances Act.  In 2005, neuroscientists began exploring ketamine’s potential role in reducing depression, anxiety, and