Post traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) is widely pervasive catastrophe affecting millions of Americans, and in her recently published The Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD from the Inside Out, author and therapist Susan Pease Banitt, LCSW, describes PTSD as a whole body tragedy . . with massive repercussions. We cannot patch it up in 12 weeks of counseling or with a pill or with surgery. Left untreated it grows and morphs into a destructive beast that erodes the very fabric of wellness in the human being. It has the unique power to unravel body, mind and spirit. From there the erosion spreads into relationships, families and the very fabric of society itself, affecting whole cultures for generations to come." Banitt explaines how PTSD is not just a mental disorder, but is also a physical injury. Her extensive research covers a multidimensional approach, and her "toolbox" provides an extensive compilation of antidotes and interventions for healing extreme stress and traumatic reactions in body, mind and spirit.
Susan Pease Banitt, herself a healed survivor of abuse, trained as a psychotherapist in the Harvard Medical System, and has also studied yoga therapeutics, shamanism and alternative healing. A resident of Portland, she has had over 30 years in treating trauma. Join her on the Recovery Zone with host Stephanie Potter.
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