overview of the symptoms of PTSD and how to identify the presence of psychological trauma

Dr. Carrie Elk PhD, LMHC, CTE Founder/Executive Director

Elk Institute for Psychological Health & Performance

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Psychological Trauma (PTS/PTSD): What is it? How do you get it? How can we fix it?

Dr. Elk will provide an overview of the symptoms of PTSD and how to identify the presence of psychological trauma. She will then describe the natural physiological response to threat we experience during traumatic events that causes information to be stored differently in memory than in everyday life. Finally, Dr. Elk will review the current standard treatments as well as the eclectic combination of the basic psychotherapies used at Elk Institute for Psychological Health & Performance to eliminate the traumatic response to recalling the event.

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