Posts Tagged ‘ceremony’

A New Post at Health Central on Combat Trauma and PTSD

Written by John on April 24th, 2010
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Some Rights Reserved by Will Lion at Flickr I’ve published a new post at Health Central, the second in a series on depression and related problems among veterans. This one looks at PTSD from the perspective of soldiers who’ve been through combat and also at innovative approaches to treatment. I hope you’ll have a look [...]

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Tags: ceremony, military, PTSD, society, trauma, treatment
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Ceremonies of Magic, Imagination and Play

Written by John on November 24th, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by a whisper of unremitting demand at Flickr Merely Me wrote a wonderful post on the importance of bringing play back into everyday life. It is the forgotten tonic among adults in general and depressed adults in particular. She paints a vivid scene of a group therapy session where she coaxed recovering [...]

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Tags: ceremony, children, creativity, death, education, imagination, instinct, life, medication, play, school
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Healing Sound and Depression

Written by John on August 16th, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by woodleywonderworks at Flickr Have you heard it, felt it? In the sound of a human voice there may come a wave of healing. Of course, it could also be a scarring knife edge or shriek of pain that can hurt or terrify, but here I want to talk about the power [...]

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Tags: ceremony, culture, depression, healing, prayer, soul, sound, vibration, wind
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