A lot of people know and talk about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) but not many about the emotional wounds Chronic Trauma causes. Understanding the difference between PTSD and Chronic Trauma can have great benefits. It can give way to proper professional help, decisions in life and healthier relationships. Sometimes we do not realize how bad we are, or the situations we are in, until we learn more about them. Jessica Gibbe Fernandez, PhD is one of the clinicians at the Center. She wrote the attached article for the River Region Journal. Read on important points in how to distinguish Big ‘T’ Trauma versus Chronic (little ‘t’) Trauma.

Parents greatly influence the behaviors and reactions of their children. Psychologists have identified four main parenting styles:

1. Authoritarian:  “because I told you so”
2. Permissive: “kids will be kids”
3. Authoritative: “let’s negotiate”
4. Uninvolved: neglectful

Be aware of how each has specific social, emotional and self impact on the children we are raising.

 

Please note on Helping Montgomery Families Initiative (HMFI) and Montgomery Public Schools (MPS) initiative to stop bullying. Here is WSFA Guest Editorial:

WSFA VIDEO

Do you or a loved one experience stress? Do you understand what it is? Do you have some coping skills at had to use with stress? Let us help… First, here is an article with great information by one of our clinicians Nicole Ely that will answer some of those questions.

If you need more guidance or help, fill an intake or call us 334-262-7787

The first part of the year was amazing for Samaritan. Still many projects to come and ways to help the community. See here what has been happening:

LIFE @ SAMARITAN

               

Anger is a natural and normal emotional response. This emotion is hard to accept and not a lot of people feel they understand, control or manage it well. In addition to anger, other emotions can appear.  Some individuals then start feeling guilt or frustrated. This increases when we are unable to grasp the idea of it within the context of Christianity. Lennie Howard, a Master’s level clinician at the Center does a good job in defining, understanding and gives suggestions on how to manage this emotion.