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An Unlikely Source of Military PTSD

by Counseling and Wellness Center of PittsburghJune 16, 2025 combat veterans, military PTSD, ptsd, PTSD Awareness Month, PTSD in veterans, PTSD Treatment, veterans and PTSD0 comments
An Unlikely Source of Military PTSD As a Marine combat veteran who has personally navigated the challenges of PTSD, I want to share an important perspective during PTSD Awareness Month that often goes unrecognized, one that could change how we understand and address military PTSD and trauma. What is PTSD? Post Traumatic Stress...
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What Are Intrusive Thoughts? And What Can You Do About Them?

by Counseling and Wellness Center of PittsburghMarch 9, 2023 anxiety, CBT, cognitive behavior therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, instrusive thoughts, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, post traumatic stress disorder, ptsd0 comments
Intrusive thoughts can occur at any time and are just as they sound—intrusive! Intrusive thoughts are thoughts that come out of nowhere, are involuntary, and can be difficult to get rid of. Common examples of intrusive thoughts include wondering if the doors are locked, if the stove or curling iron is turned off, or if people like you. Everyone experiences intrusive thoughts at some...
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Trauma Informed Care; We Have Evolved to be at risk for Trauma; Here is Why

by Counseling and Wellness Center of PittsburghJune 21, 2018 counseling for PTSD, psychology, psychotherapy, ptsd, trauma, trauma informed care, trauma therapy1 comment
Trauma Informed Care We have fantastic and astonishing memory abilities. The human mind and its processes, particularly in the way we store and retrieve the effective memories, then affect the way that we store and respond to our other memories and sensory input. Evolutionary psychology examines the way some things that can be problematic are often helpful to us in the past and as we evolved....
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Therapy and Counseling

by Counseling and Wellness Center of PittsburghApril 1, 2018 anxiety, anxiety therapy pittsburgh, cognitive behavioral therapy, counseling, counseling for anxiety, counseling pittsburgh, help for anxiety, licensed therapist monroeville, licensed therapist pittsburgh, post traumatic stress disorder, ptsd, searching for a therapist in monroeville, searching for a therapist pittsburgh, therapy, Therapy and Counseling For Anxiety0 comments
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a form of anxiety disorder which stems from exposure to a traumatic event or situation which caused real or threatened injury to and this can also be caused by the witnessing of an event or situation which injured or threatened injury to another person. According to the DSM IV, there is a lifetime prevalence rate of about 8% for...
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