The Trauma & Recovery Podcast

Alicia McCleod, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California shares information about mental health recovery, overcoming traumatic events from the past through healing, and tips to improve mental well being. This podcast is not a substitute for professional mental health treatment but is a self-help podcast to inspire hope, teach people about mental health recovery, and to encourage growth and healing to listeners. In the first series I teach you about mental health recovery and what is helpful to people challenged by mental illness.

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Trauma & PTSD defined

February 05, 2021 • Alicia McCleod • Season 1 • Episode 5

In this episode I share the definition of trauma, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), and share information of mental health therapies that are used to treat trauma and PTSD.

More about therapies that treat trauma & PTSD:

EMDR https://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr/
Somatic Experiencing https://traumahealing.org/
Trauma Focused CBT https://tfcbt.org/
Brainspotting https://brainspotting.com/

For information about how trauma is defined by SAMHSA:
file:///C:/Users/amccl/Downloads/sma14-4884.pdf

For more information about PTSD Symptoms:
https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/ptsd/what-is-ptsd

Website for Suicide Prevention:
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

My website can be found at http://www.transformingtrauma.org
Alicia McCleod, LMFT in California, provides individual therapy to adults who are struggling with mental illness, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety, borderline personality disorder, and depression. Alicia specializes in helping adults overcome past traumas that are keeping them stuck.