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The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt: Beauty of Music, Art & Life
The Goldfinch: a novel of great art and beautyFor some reason, over the last few months I'd been …
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TED Talks for PTSD and Trauma
This post was previously integrated with my TED Talks for Social Anxiety & Shyness post, but …
What Bibliotherapy Means to Me
Another amazing vintage library ad fromBrain Pickings!Bibliotherapy is a word I use a lot here on …
Regeneration by Pat Barker: Shell Shock, War Poets, and Great Friendships
Postcards of Siegfried Sassoon. Image fromPinterest.I always enjoy reading about novelists, poets …
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How Books Help Charlie’s Mental Health in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
I posted about The Perks of Being a Wallflower and mental health last October, shortly after seeing …
Toby’s Room by Pat Barker: Great Art, PTSD and War
An image of a solider with facial wounds by surgeon and painter Henry Tonks. Image source.This …
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My Experience of EMDR Therapy for PTSD and trauma
I hope that those interested in EMDR therapy will find this post useful. However, this is a long …
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My First EMDR Session for PTSD and Trauma
Image of EMDR from http://drkathleenyoung.files.wordpress.com On Tuesday I began "Eye …
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Five TED Talks for Social Anxiety and Shyness
I could spend hours watching TED talks: there are so many videos of educational and inspirational …
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Mental Health, PTSD, and Literature
Sam, played by Emma Watson, and Charlie, who appears to have PTSD, by Logan Lerman. From …
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The Faerie Queene, Healing PTSD, and Wilfred Owen
This may be a generalisation, but I'm sure that most people who read The Faerie …
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