Friday, October 12, 2012

Opening my Trauma Center!

I have been fairly quiet on my blog lately, primarily because my attention has been pulled towards preparing to "open" a trauma~focused treatment center hear in the Pacific NW.  We are almost there...we have a name registered in our area, so I suppose that makes it official!  Integrative Trauma Treatment Center (ITTC) is currently accepting new referrals.  I have two superstar therapists that I've hired; both of whom I am humbled by and proud of, and whose passion for trauma treatment parallels mine. 

Since stumbling out of grad school, my interest in trauma treatment has been unyielding.  My approach to survivors and to the work is one of optimism and trust in human beings to heal themselves and heal each other.  The assumption behind my work is that our bodies and brains know what they are doing; that our symptoms related to trauma are not only adaptive but could be viewed as what we latch on to for the healing process.  Symptoms feel bad but do not have a bad intent; if we understand them then we can harness the information they hold and utilize it for recovery.  This is the philosophy that I hope to develop and work from in the center. 

So, hopefully my time will be freed up a bit in order to reconnect with my writing.  Please keep following!