COMPLEX POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ class=”cs-ta-center” style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] COMPLEX POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER [/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-left” style=”margin-top: -30px;”]Complex PTSD is known in clinical terms as a disorder of extreme stress, not otherwise specified (DESNOS) or self-trauma disturbance (Briere, 2002; Pelcovitz, et al., 1997). [/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center” style=”margin-top: […]
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” class=”cs-ta-center” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE [/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-left”]Many of us grew up engaging in standardized IQ tests from elementary school onwards. Some of us might have found ourselves in the “Advanced” classes, some might have been in regular classes, […]
Holding Space
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” class=”cs-ta-left” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ class=”cs-ta-center” style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”] “Holding Space” [/cs_text][x_image type=”none” src=”https://blacksheepcounselling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/hold-space.jpg” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=”” style=”border-style: solid;border-width: 5px;border-color:black;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-left”] To “hold space” for someone means that we are willing to walk alongside another person […]
An under-resourced form of WISDOM
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ class=”cs-ta-center” style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]An under-resourced form of WISDOM[/cs_text][x_image type=”none” src=”https://blacksheepcounselling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1-2.jpg” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=”” style=”height: 350px;border-style: solid;border-width: 5px;border-color:black;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-left”]Albert Einstein once said, “the only real valuable thing is intuition”. Bill Gates stated, “Often […]
Intimate Partner Violence
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ class=”cs-ta-center” style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”] Intimate Partner Violence [/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-left” style=”margin-top: -140px;”]It can be easy to look at another person in an abusive relationship, and think to yourself “why don’t they just leave?” Unfortunately, it is not always that […]
Mindfulness….Shmindfulness?
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ class=”cs-ta-center” style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”] Mindfulness….Shmindfulness? [/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]Living mindfully. You hear that everywhere these days. What does it really mean? Does one have to live like a Zen monk to live mindfully? No, not at all. Living “mindfully” really […]
Understanding Trauma
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ class=”cs-ta-center” style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”] Understanding Trauma [/cs_text][x_image type=”none” src=”https://blacksheepcounselling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/grass.jpg” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=”” style=”height: 400px;margin-top: -60px;”][cs_text]Many people tend to think of trauma as resulting from a specific event. In actuality, trauma can be […]
Self-Sabotage
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ class=”cs-ta-left” style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”] Self-Sabotage [/cs_text][cs_text style=”margin-top: -90px;”]Behaviour is said to be self-sabotaging when it creates problems and interferes with long-standing goals. The most common self-sabotaging behaviors are procrastination, self-medication with drugs or alcohol, comfort eating, and forms […]
The Practice of Metta
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ class=”cs-ta-center” style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”] The Practice of Metta [/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center” style=”margin-top: -90px;”] Have you ever felt inept to ease another’s suffering? Or have you even had conflict with someone you care about, but in your heart really do […]
The Importance of Therapy in Processing Trauma
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”] The Importance of Therapy in Processing Trauma [/cs_text][cs_text]When a traumatic episode occurs, our memory functions become suppressed; we cannot accurately process information, and we lose the ability to access language. Renowned trauma expert Bessel van […]
