by Debbie Bensching | Feb 1, 2013 | Trauma
Traumatic experiences vary across the spectrum and can involve significant bodily harm or psychological trauma. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the most common diagnostic category used to describe symptoms arising from emotionally traumatic experiences....
by Debbie Bensching | Feb 1, 2013 | Mood Disorders
Anger is a natural emotion that we all experience. Many people classify anger as a bad emotion, but it isn’t. Our bodies generate this natural response when a threat is perceived or anticipated. It is connected to our self-preservation fight or flight response without...
by Debbie Bensching | Feb 1, 2013 | Mood Disorders
Depression can affect everyone from children to adults. It is a common term used to identify a low mood or deep sadness. While variation in mood is quite natural, typical mood variation is very different from atypical mood variation. Depending on one’s age and...
by Debbie Bensching | Feb 1, 2013 | Mood Disorders
Experiencing anxiety is quite common and extremely uncomfortable. Anxiety can be an all-encompassing experience or one of many symptoms. Most anxiety is connected to negative thoughts, worry, and wanting to control things that seem beyond your control. Anxiety is a...
by Debbie Bensching | Feb 1, 2013 | Relationships
Many people are familiar with alcoholism and recovery. Fewer people are familiar with the impacts an alcoholic family system has on the children growing up in an alcoholic household. Even fewer people are familiar with how the impacts of an alcoholic family system...
