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(WTNH) – It’s a reality thousands of American Veterans deal with every year: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.Now military facilities are working with mental health consultants to offer vets ‘healthy’ ways to cope. Accelerated Resolution Therapy or ART is a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder treatment that seems to be helping Veterans and trauma victims heal. This process differs from […]

Emotional intelligence refers to a person’s ability to control and express their own emotions, and monitor the emotions of others in a rational, empathetic manner. Many people are unaware of the important role emotional intelligence plays in their lives. When we talk about intelligence, most people automatically assume we’re speaking about one’s cognitive capabilities, as

The American Association for the Advancement of Science recognizes the world’s leading researchers. TAMPA, Fla. – Eight University of South Florida professors whose research has set a global standard in a range of disciplines from environmental sciences to health and aging studies, and from chemistry to criminology, have been named Fellows of the American Association for

Traumatized people often suffer from anxiety and depression, among other symptoms. Others might accuse them of being rude or hypersensitive. After hearing such comments, traumatized people feel worse about themselves. This stigma makes it difficult to heal. However, life doesn’t have to be that way, and first impressions are not necessarily accurate. In order to

Therapists often recognize that some clients will find healing once they “let go.” Letting go means different things for different clients. For some, it may mean letting go of an abusive relationship or an addiction. For others, it may mean letting go of past wounds and scars from childhood trauma. Yet, there is another subtle

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is categorized by excess amounts of uncontrollable worry over everyday activities that negatively interferes with the sufferer’s life, occurring over a period of at least 6 months. GAD affects 3.1% of the adult population in the United States, with 32.3% of those cases being classified as “severe”. Of the 6.8 million

The concept of intelligence has developed a mystique in recent times because of our obsession with the link between formal education and social status. Many people link IQ with human value in an almost obsessional way. Actually, the IQ test is a survey of human activities and assesses a range of skills in almost the

Accelerated resolution therapy (ART) is an evidenced-based psychotherapy that helps clients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) finish processing past trauma. It’s built upon the framework of other familiar evidence-based cognitive therapies and uses techniques, such as imaginal exposure, perceptual reframing and other relaxation methods, to help clients positively or neutrally re-frame and re-file past traumatic

ART: Accelerated Resolution Therapy & PTSD Kevin E. Kip, Ph.D. is a tenured Distinguished Health Professor, epidemiologist, and biostatistician with 18 years of experience on U.S. Federal, Department of Defense, and industry-funded studies. His background is interdisciplinary with more than 170 peer-reviewed publications, and his presentation of new Accelerated Resolution Therapy treatment options is at once