Meditation

Meditation

Therapies Meditation Description: Meditation, considered a type of mind-body complementary medicine, produces a deep state of relaxation and a tranquil mind. During meditation, you focus your attention and eliminate the stream of jumbled thoughts that may be crowding your mind … Continued
Psycho Drama

Psycho Drama

Therapies Psycho Drama Description: Action methods are used to enable past, present and future life events to be explored. Issues or problems and their possible solutions are enacted rather than just talked about. Psychodrama offers the opportunity to practice new … Continued
Qigong Therapy

Qigong Therapy

Therapies Qigong Therapy Description: Qigong (or ch’i kung) uses breathing techniques and slow graceful movements to develop qi and is said to improve health. Although qigong is often confused with martial arts or tai chi, qigong is usually much slower … Continued
Retreats and Camps

Retreats and Camps

Therapies Retreats and Camps Description: Over the past 10 years, different organizations have begun offering “retreats” or “camps” to veterans and/or their families.  Often, the retreats are offered at little or no cost and are intended to provide the veteran … Continued
Soothing Scents and Sounds

Soothing Scents and Sounds

Therapies Soothing Scents and Sounds One commonly agreed upon awareness about trauma is that sights, sounds, scents, taste and touch (all of our senses) are deeply affected. As profoundly as these sense can be impacted by a traumatic event or … Continued
Spiritual Healing

Spiritual Healing

Spiritual Healing In past times, warriors who came home from battle had very specific rituals of healing and cleansing the spirit.  The wisdom of our ancestors understood the toll that was taken on the spirit when engaging in combat. Many … Continued
Therapy Dogs

Therapy Dogs

Therapies Therapy Dogs and Service Dogs Description: There is a difference between Therapy Dogs and Service Dogs depending on your need. There is a great place to identify the difference between these dogs and it is www.usdogregistry.org.  There, you will find out … Continued
TMS

TMS

Therapies Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Description:   What is rTMS? TMS stands for “Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.” When the pulses are given in succession, it is referred to as “repetitive TMS” or “rTMS.” TMS is a medical procedure that works by delivering … Continued
Treatment Centers

Treatment Centers

Therapies Treatment Centers Description: There are different kinds of treatment centers, but there are 2 main types: Outpatient Treatment – This requires that the veteran attend a facility (either private or public) that has a planned program of wellness for … Continued
Virtual Reality Therapy

Virtual Reality Therapy

Therapies Virtual Reality Therapy Description: This is a type of interactive computer based therapy that requires that the patient (veteran) revisit and retell the story of the trauma over and over again so that the person is “immersed” into the … Continued