Benzodiazepines and Covid-19
EcoWatch reports that anxiety medication prescriptions are up 34% since the corona virus lockdowns began. Many consumers are taking benzodiazepines, drugs that are known as anti-anxiety medications. Taking anti-anxiety medications has risks such as the early development of Alzheimer’s, drowsiness, confusion, dizziness, trembling, impaired coordination, vision problems, grogginess, and feelings of depression. The best choices for those […]
Side Effects of Withdrawal from ADHD Medications
ADHD medications are drugs that are often prescribed to school-aged children even without a diagnosis. If that fact weren’t shocking enough, research has given us insight into how these drugs can change the brain, leading to long-term behavioral effects and possibly severe withdrawal symptoms. How ADHD Stimulant Drugs Work While both stimulants and non-stimulants are […]
Withdrawal and Antidepressants
Withdrawal and Antidepressants Medications like antidepressants were never meant for long-term use, yet long-term prescription rates in the United States have doubled over the past decade. And the New York Times reports that more than 15 million Americans have now been on the drugs for at least five years, triple the number since 2000. This […]
Why Do Antidepressants Stop Working?
Why Do Antidepressants Stop Working? It’s no secret that antidepressants come with a long list of side effects from weight gain and sexual dysfunction to fatigue, insomnia and constipation. But, if you’ve ever taken this type of prescription medication, you may have already discovered one of the worst things about them… They don’t work. And, the only […]
Brainspotting for Athletes and Musicians
Brainspotting for Athletes and Musicians Traditional talk therapy is not effective for performance issues which typically are trauma-related. For example, a coach or parent indicates that danger or bodily harm will occur if the athlete performs their sport or the athlete may be secondarily traumatized witnessing another athlete’s injury. Processing the trauma via Brainspotting and the subsequent […]
Steve Marcus’ Migraine Headache Protocol
Steve Marcus’ Migraine Headache protocol is an effective, medication free protocol which treats migraine headaches swiftly and efficiently. It is a two phase protocol. Phase 1 treats the headache and phase 2 treats the possible trauma/distress behind the the migraine headache ultimately curing your migraine headaches . Medications exacerbate migraine headaches and increase their intensity […]
Brainspotting – the Efficacy of a New Therapy Approach for the Treatment of PTSD in Comparison to EMDR
The German Brainspotting research from Stemmler, Eichmann and Grand has been published in the peer-reviewed Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology (MJCP) ISSN: 2282-1619 Vol. 5 No. 1 (2017). Read the full text article.
Brainspotting and Performance Blocks
Brainspotting is an effective and comprehensive method for performance improvement and enhancement. Brainspotting targets the precise difficulty and repairs the problem in real time. Musicians can immediately play better following brainspotting and athletes can perform more efficiently. Usually trauma, attitudes of coaches and teachers do affect performance. Brainspotting quickly resolves the obstacles which block performance. […]
Healing Trauma: EMDR Patients Share Their Stories
Healing Trauma: EMDR Patients Share Their Stories Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an integrative psychotherapy approach that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. EMDR is a set of standardized protocols that incorporates elements from many different treatment approaches. To date, EMDR therapy has helped millions of people […]
Brainspotting Found the Most Efficacious in Sandy Hook
The Newtown – Sandy Hook Community Foundation, Inc. recently released findings from its third annual community survey. Brainspotting was found to be the most efficacious of all treatment methods used in Newtown / Sandy Hook. View / Download the Report (pdf)