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Marty Yura: The Possibilities of What Yoga Can Do for You

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Yoga is a physical practice, but equally a mental practice. The possibilities that can arise from any yoga practice are infinite. Yoga can help you learn ways to calm yourself down. It can release discomforts that you may have been resigned yourself to always having to endure. It can instigate a willingness and openness to try new things, or to access parts of yourself you thought were forever locked.

Ask the Expert - Brian Klassen, PhD: Finding the Right Therapist Can Be Crucial for Treating PTSD

What Should Couples Expect from Counseling After a Brain Injury?

I keep hearing that I need cognitive behavioral therapy—talk therapy— to treat my symptoms of PTSD like hyper-arousal, depression, avoiding life, and being irritable all the time with my friends and family. Frankly, I don’t want to talk to someone for weeks and months. My wife keeps pressuring me, but the thought of therapy makes me feel weaker than I already am. Why do I feel this way? I’m not sure what to do. Dr. Klassen answers your questions about mental health treatment.

Ask the Expert, Brian Klassen, PhD: How Do I Handle the Weight of My Experiences from War?

The weight of my experiences from what I saw and did in Afghanistan is sometimes too much to bear. People keep telling me to talk or journal about it. But what if I start sharing—even on paper—and it gets worse? The thought terrifies me. I know I need to deal with my PTSD but don’t know how. What do you suggest? Dr. Klassen answers your questions about mental health treatment.

Ask the Expert, Brian Klassen, PhD: How Do I Respond to "Thank You for Your Service"?

Whether they genuinely mean it or not, I don’t know how to respond when people say, “Thank you for your service,” Sometimes I want to cry, other times I want to shout in their face—you have no idea what I have gone through! My girlfriend thinks I’m crazy. Why do I feel this way? Dr. Klassen answers your questions about mental health treatment.

Ask the Expert, Brian Klassen, PhD: My Spouse Suffers from PTSD. What Can I Do?

What is the Difference Between Depression and Situational Sadness?

My wife was a medic in Afghanistan and is suffering from PTSD, including debilitating nightmares. She does not want to share her experiences with me. She needs therapy but had an unsuccessful experience with at the VA, and other therapists have long waiting lists. I’m not sure how much longer she can hold on. How can I help her? In this video, Dr. Klassen, an expert on mental health issues and treatment, shares a list of resources for mental health therapy and discusses the challenges of moral injury.

Brian Klassen, PhD: Suppressing Memories from Trauma Is Never Sustainable, Nor Healthy

Why Do Memory Problems After Brain Injury Cause Anger?

It is a paradox that the harder we try not to think about something, the more we think about it. Memories and emotions related to trauma can only be suppressed for so long. It's like holding a beach ball under water. It's hard. You can do it until you can no longer do it. Trauma therapy, as offered during the Road Home Program, helps veterans and service members with PTSD bring their stories of trauma to the surface in a safe and controlled way and from there move toward healing.

Robert Shulman, MD: Treating Veterans for PTSD, TBI, and Moral Injury

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Creating individualized treatment plans for veterans is crucial as they may be experiencing symptoms from PTSD, TBI or other concussive injuries as well as moral injury. Often, soldiers enter a war in their late teens or early 20s when their brain has not yet reached full maturation. Providers must consider all of a veteran’s physical and psychological factors when tailoring treatment strategies.

Brian Klassen, PhD: Dealing with Moral Injury in Veterans and Service Members

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Being involved in, witnessing, or learning about an event that seriously transgresses moral beliefs is quite different from experiencing trauma that can lead to PTSD. A lot can happen in war or military service that doesn't clearly fit into the definition of a traumatic event because war brings with it moments of ambiguous situations, many of which need to be acted upon in a split second. Clinicians like Dr. Klassen want people to know that one moment does not define you as a person forever; healing can occur from moral injury.