This episode is brought back by popular demand; originally aired in 2019; new updates included. Send us an email at info@lifeafterptsd.org; we want to hear from you. FirstOrlandoCounseling.com This show is not intended as medical advice. Please consult a health practitioner with concerns. Call 800273TALK if you have any immediate emotional concerns. https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/...
May 03, 2021•43 min•Season 3Ep. 18
10 million people will consider suicide in the next 12 months; what is the difference between those who attempt and those who make the choice to live? Author Matthew Sleeth discusses his new book that will be out May 4: Hope Always For appointments: FirstOrlandoCounseling.com This show is not intended as medical advice. Please consult a health practitioner with concerns. Call 800273TALK if you have any immediate emotional concerns. https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/
Apr 26, 2021•44 min•Season 3Ep. 17
In this episode, Alan Mednick's life has been impacted by suicide. He shares how education and advocacy can save lives and that is just what Alan is doing in his work with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention or ASFP.org Are you in crisis? Call: 8002738255 or TEXT: Talk to 741741 For Counseling help: www.FirstOrlandoCounseling.com The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used...
Apr 06, 2021•48 min•Season 3Ep. 13
In this episode we welcome Dr. Montse Casado, a marriage and family therapist, and a certified play therapist of over 20 years. Dr. Casado shares the changing world our children are living in and how play habits as well as diet are having a direct impact on our kids that we cannot ignore. For Counseling help: www.FirstOrlandoCounseling.com The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used ...
Mar 22, 2021•41 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Friend of the show, Doc Diego, joins us in giving more expert knowledge in trauma treatment. As always, this show is not a substitute for mental health treatment from a professional. If you want to contact Dr. Diego, visit: https://www.balancedlivingpsychology.com/ Please subscribe so you will be notified when we have a new episode.
Mar 15, 2021•34 min•Season 3Ep. 11
In this episode we welcome Andrea, a new mom who wasn’t able to receive her family support structure as they were stuck both out of state and out of country due to the travel lockdowns implemented as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. For Counseling help: www.FirstOrlandoCounseling.com The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from...
Mar 08, 2021•36 min•Season 3Ep. 10
In this episode Kari and CJ Varghese, LMFT, discuss a variety of issues surrounding connection and attachment including the online connection trap. FirstOrlandoCounseling.com The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from a qualified mental health provider.
Mar 01, 2021•40 min•Season 3Ep. 9
In this episode we welcome back Beverly Engel, a licensed marriage and family therapist of 35 years. Beverly Engel is an internationally recognized psychotherapist and an acclaimed advocate for victims of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. She joins us to discuss how shame can be a trauma and how we often project shame on others in ways we're unaware. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatm...
Jan 25, 2021•36 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this episode we welcome Gabrielle, a Howard University student who was the first in her family to go to college. Whereas college isn't an option in some families, it's everything but an option in others and when first generation college students leave home to pursue higher education, they often do so without the support structures of college-oriented families that help keep them motivated toward the finish line. Out of a realization of her own struggles and traumatic experiences when she left...
Jan 18, 2021•39 min•Season 3Ep. 3
In this episode we welcome Craig Scott, the brother of Rachel Joy Scott, one of 12 students and 1 teacher murdered at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado on April 20, 1999 in the first prominent mass school shooting that rocked our country. Out of respect for any that may be triggered by this sensitive content, we would like to issue a warning in advance that Craig shares his account of that fateful day, a chilling account of horrifying events that forever changed his life and the life ...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 2
In this episode we welcome Dr. Frank Ochberg, a founding board member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and recipient of their highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award. He edited the first text on treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and served on the committee that essentially defined PTSD. In an article dated September 19, 2012, titled: “AN INJURY, NOT A DISORDER: post-traumatic stress disorder has been an accepted diagnosis since 1980. It’s time for...
Dec 28, 2020•50 min•Season 2Ep. 51
In this episode we welcome Paula, a marriage and family therapist, to discuss the reasons why the vast majority of rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse goes unreported. From the perspective of many outsiders this is perplexing but the mindset of the victim with assistance from culture often comes very much into play. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacit...
Dec 21, 2020•38 min•Season 2Ep. 50
In this episode we welcome Linda Kay Klein, founder and president of the nonprofit, Break Free Together, dedicated to helping people release shame and claim their whole selves. After 15 years of research on religious trauma around sex and gender, she documented her work in the award-winning book, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. Her work has been featured by CBS, NBC, NPR (her interview with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross was named one ...
Dec 14, 2020•48 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Dr. David Schonfeld is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He has provided consultation and training on school crisis and pediatric bereavement for over 30 years in the aftermath of numerous school crisis events and disasters within the United States and abroad, including the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School community of Coral Springs/Parkland, FL....
Dec 07, 2020•49 min•Season 2Ep. 48
In this episode we welcome Beverly Engel, a licensed marriage and family therapist of 35 years. Beverly Engel is an internationally recognized psychotherapist and an acclaimed advocate for victims of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. On the show we identify what emotional abuse actually is, what is normal in a world that has such a skewed understanding of abuse given the vast amount of the population who has sustained it, and a prescription for those who are in emotionally abusive relations...
Nov 23, 2020•52 min•Season 2Ep. 46
In this episode we welcome Guy, a military chaplain who began his military career at West Point and as an officer. A unique journey with some interesting experiences led him to shift his focus to the care of our finest, a calling he continues to follow today. Guy shares some of the ways we can best care for our service men and women. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in a...
Nov 16, 2020•41 min•Season 2Ep. 45
In this episode we welcome Darren, a lifelong painter who's freak accident in falling off a ladder nearly cost him his legs and left him panicking when he had to climb the very same ladders he'd mindlessly ascended throughout his career. With the help of Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and a well trained therapist, Darren has gained an incredible amount of ground. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for...
Nov 09, 2020•38 min•Season 2Ep. 44
In this episode we welcome Zeke Vanderpool and Mary Millsaps of Operation Angel Wing, an organization raising awareness and fighting for our Nation’s Veterans and First Responders, and their families that suffer from the devastating effects of PTS. Connect with Operation Angel Wing at: https://www.operationangelwing.com Get Zeke's music at https://www.zekevanderpool.com - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute fo...
Oct 26, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 43
In this episode we welcome back veteran Mark who experienced multiple traumas while serving in our Armed Forces in both the Army and Navy, but had a major heart trauma believed to be the result of his mandated smallpox vaccines, part of his required medical regiment. The culmination of all he experienced led his wife to press him to get help and the change has been dramatic. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitu...
Oct 19, 2020•40 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Morgan was a student from the Coral-Springs Parkland community rocked by the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018. A student in a magnet program, she was not on the school's campus the day of the shooting but knew 6 of the victims lost and was getting code yellow and code red updates as that day progressed. In addition to her peers lost, Morgan would soon be grieving the loss of her father to cancer just months later. In this episode she and her mom Alison...
Oct 12, 2020•40 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Matt is an Army Veteran who experienced the shooting at Fort Hood, as well as loss in both Iraq and Afghanistan, followed by over a dozen more of his comrades lost to suicide. His trauma was significantly impacting his marriage and life as a parent, until his wife heard the Life After PTSD podcast and reached out for help. In this episode he shares his incredible story of change. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a sub...
Oct 05, 2020•41 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Laney Rosenzweig is the founder and developer of Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for over 30 years. She has served on staff at the University of South Florida as an assistant visiting professor where considerable ART research has been conducted and currently maintains a private practice in Connecticut, is an on-call trauma specialist for several employee assistant programs and trains mental health professionals in ART. In this episode sh...
Sep 28, 2020•41 min•Season 2Ep. 39
In this episode we welcome Cyndi, a retired United States Air Force Staff Sergeant who now works as a licensed mental health counselor, to share a story from her days in the service where she and others were unfairly blamed by a pastor for the suicide of someone under their supervision. Though her own supervisors assured her otherwise, she carried that trauma for a number of years before herself being cleared of the trauma of that event. Special thanks to the Philip Stein Company for supporting ...
Sep 21, 2020•42 min•Season 2Ep. 38
In this episode we welcome Heather, a pastor's wife who has battled thoughts of suicide nearly her entire life. Heather shares of some of the criticism she has received at times for needing a lifeline for mental health, as well as how she has remained on purpose in spite of some of the naysayers. Often times in churches and faith communities there's a predisposition to thinking that mental health and mental wellness are givens for people of faith and that it is a sign of weakness or even "sin" s...
Sep 14, 2020•48 min•Season 2Ep. 37
In this episode we welcome back Allen Kanerva to reflect on what we’ve learned in now over 100 episodes and more than a year and a half of working together in the realm of trauma. One of our learnings during this time is that the medical model uses the term PTSD for its purposes but this diagnosis is not accurate to describe what the body is actually experiencing in its adverse reaction to trauma. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes ...
Sep 07, 2020•44 min•Season 2Ep. 36
New Zealander Caroline Barron is the author of Ripiro Beach: A Memoir Of Life After Near Death. In a previous episode (#90) we learned about her story where the birth of her second child led to an emergency hysterectomy and a very intense fear of death. We reconnect with Caroline to learn about how her own personal trauma affected both her husband and children and get some advice from her husband for spouses who are walking through a journey of trauma with their significant other. - The show is ...
Aug 31, 2020•37 min•Season 2Ep. 35
On December 30, 2018 we launched our first episode of Life After PTSD. 100 episodes later we are still going strong telling stories of those who have worked to clear their PTSD and are living a new normal of their deciding. In this first of a two part series, we revisit 6 stories from our past and allow the audience to hear the proof that PTSD is not an illness, but an injury that can heal: 1) Ally - Florida, USA - Episodes 24 & 272 2) Luke - Ontario, Canada - Episode 52 3) Dakota - Bahamas ...
Aug 24, 2020•42 min•Season 2Ep. 34
On December 30, 2018 we launched our first episode of Life After PTSD. 100 episodes later we are still going strong telling stories of those who have worked to clear their PTSD and are living a new normal of their deciding. In this first of a two part series, we revisit 6 stories from our past and allow the audience to hear the proof that PTSD is not an illness, but an injury that can heal: 1) Shawn & Cynthia - U.S. Virgin Islands - Episode 33 2) Dani - Ontario, Canada - Episode 62 3) Todd -...
Aug 17, 2020•44 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Christie is a mom to three children with a fourth on the way. While meeting with her midwife in a third trimester appointment the traumatic circumstances around the birth of her third child triggered previously unknown fears for the birth of her fourth. In this episode she shares how she reached out, the help she received and her new outlook for her baby's arrival. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for pro...
Aug 10, 2020•59 min•Season 2Ep. 32
In this episode we get the privilege of conversing with Megan, who's firefighter husband Ed has been on previous episodes of the show. When Megan was 3 years old and sitting in a car seat of her parents car, a bad Florida storm raged and the experience of driving through the storm ruined her for decades thereafter. She recently had a session where a counselor used Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and the results were instant. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener b...
Jul 27, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 30
