Expressive Trauma Integration

Mindfulness

The Impact of a Three-Day Mindfulness Retreat

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on April 29, 2022

Short-term mindfulness retreats can effectively reduce inflammation and improve emotional health, according to research.

Short-term mindfulness retreats can effectively reduce inflammation and improve emotional health, according to research.

Trauma

Psychological First Aid for the People of Ukraine

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on March 17, 2022

Psychological first aid is a short-term intervention strategy to provide immediate support and care to individuals and communities affected by critical incidents and trauma.

Psychological first aid is a short-term intervention strategy to provide immediate support and care to individuals and communities affected by critical incidents and trauma.

OCD

Can OCD Be An Autoimmune Condition?

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on February 7, 2022

OCD can trigger PANS/PANDAS and be linked to systemic autoimmune diseases. Immunotherapy for these patients can lead to an improvement in prognosis.

OCD can trigger PANS/PANDAS and be linked to systemic autoimmune diseases. Immunotherapy for these patients can lead to an improvement in prognosis.

Parenting

Parenting A Neurodivergent Child is Hard!

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on August 1, 2021

Parenting a neurodivergent child can be exhausting. The stress, worry, and ongoing extra things to monitor and manage can seem endless. Learn how self-compassion can help.

Parenting a neurodivergent child can be exhausting. The stress, worry, and ongoing extra things to monitor and manage can seem endless. Learn how self-compassion can help.

Trauma

PTSD: An Unconscious Choice to Stay Alive

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on June 30, 2021

PTSD stress reactions are an unconscious choice made by your nervous system to stay alive.

PTSD stress reactions are an unconscious choice made by your nervous system to stay alive.

Trauma

Fight, Flight, Freeze and Withdrawal After Trauma

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on May 3, 2021

Part 2: Polyvagal Theory and withdrawal as a secondary autonomic stress cycle.

Part 2: Polyvagal Theory and withdrawal as a secondary autonomic stress cycle.

Vagus Nerve

Fight-Flight-Freeze and Withdrawal

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on April 30, 2021

After trauma, there is a state that is neither flight, flight, or freeze: withdrawal. It is both a short-term reaction to immediate danger and a long-term reaction to trauma.

After trauma, there is a state that is neither flight, flight, or freeze: withdrawal. It is both a short-term reaction to immediate danger and a long-term reaction to trauma.

Trauma

Psychoeducation in Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on March 31, 2021

Trauma survivors respond to therapy better when they revise their negative view of their symptoms, recognizing that their symptoms reflect an unconscious choice to stay alive.

Trauma survivors respond to therapy better when they revise their negative view of their symptoms, recognizing that their symptoms reflect an unconscious choice to stay alive.

Coronavirus Disease 2019

Promising Results Using Antibiotics For Psych Disorders

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on February 28, 2021

Promising Results Using Antibiotics to Treat Psychiatric Disorders.
Using Tetracyclines for post- COVID neuropsychiatric and neurological manifestations?

Promising Results Using Antibiotics to Treat Psychiatric Disorders.
Using Tetracyclines for post- COVID neuropsychiatric and neurological manifestations?

Relationships

Attunement and Love in Psychotherapy

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on January 31, 2021

Our clients need to know that we care for them, are fond of them, and that we come to love them in a way that protects them and maintains boundaries.

Our clients need to know that we care for them, are fond of them, and that we come to love them in a way that protects them and maintains boundaries.

Trauma

Stop Focusing on Pathology

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on December 31, 2020

Mental health symptoms are defense mechanisms, which are there to protect us and help us survive. Your overactive nervous system is on a mission to spare you from existential pain and fear.

Mental health symptoms are defense mechanisms, which are there to protect us and help us survive. Your overactive nervous system is on a mission to spare you from existential pain and fear.

Trauma

The Use of Journaling in Trauma Therapy

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on November 30, 2020

While a joint journal means significantly more work for both the client and therapist, the benefits are so many. I use it with children, teens, adults, and parents.

While a joint journal means significantly more work for both the client and therapist, the benefits are so many. I use it with children, teens, adults, and parents.

Attention

When Must Kids With Neuropsych Symptoms See a Neurologist?

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on October 31, 2020

Doctors, therapists, and parents must be provided with information about how to recognize and respond to neuropsychiatric symptoms in young people.

Doctors, therapists, and parents must be provided with information about how to recognize and respond to neuropsychiatric symptoms in young people.

Stress

COVID Era Schooling: A Letter to School Administrators

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on September 30, 2020

Crises are opportunities for learning if we recognize them as such. In this era, let's not miss the opportunity to teach children how to deal with adversity.

Crises are opportunities for learning if we recognize them as such. In this era, let's not miss the opportunity to teach children how to deal with adversity.

Health

Time for a Paradigm Shift on Food and Mood

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on August 31, 2020

The evidence of links between food and mood continues to grow, issuing a clear call for a more comprehensive approach to mental health.

The evidence of links between food and mood continues to grow, issuing a clear call for a more comprehensive approach to mental health.

Self-Control

What Parents Need to Know About Kids' Meltdowns

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on July 31, 2020

How to respond constructively to tantrum and meltdowns among toddlers, kids, and teens.

How to respond constructively to tantrum and meltdowns among toddlers, kids, and teens.

Loneliness

Moving From Loneliness to Aloneness

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on June 30, 2020

Unlike loneliness, aloneness is a state of solitude without feeling isolated and unloved. Aloneness is a response of choice, while a sense of loneliness is an unconscious reaction.

Unlike loneliness, aloneness is a state of solitude without feeling isolated and unloved. Aloneness is a response of choice, while a sense of loneliness is an unconscious reaction.

Depression

Neuropsychiatric Implications of COVID19

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on May 31, 2020

Some people sickened by COVID19 display post-infection symptoms that are similar to some neuropsychiatric conditions.

Some people sickened by COVID19 display post-infection symptoms that are similar to some neuropsychiatric conditions.

Trauma

Preventing PTSD in COVID-19 Era

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on April 30, 2020

A critical goal in this time must be to enable as many people as possible to pass through inescapable trauma without developing PTSD.

A critical goal in this time must be to enable as many people as possible to pass through inescapable trauma without developing PTSD.

Stress

How to Connect to a Sense of Safety at This Time

Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. on March 23, 2020

Containment in times of crisis focus on reconnecting to resources that were already there before the crisis. GENA is a containment exercise for times of stress.

Containment in times of crisis focus on reconnecting to resources that were already there before the crisis. GENA is a containment exercise for times of stress.