Vantage Point Behavioral Health & Trauma Healing

01/10/2020

Shorter days and a drop in temperature can keep people inside and away from activities they enjoy doing like exercise, outdoor activities, visiting friends, and even leaving the house at all.

After the hustle and bustle of the holidays are over and that December buzzing energy winds down, many come to the realization of the cold winter ahead.

11/09/2019

EMDR can change the way a patient processes the traumatic event and can help them heal more quickly.

What Is EMDR Considered a relatively new treatment, EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and is used in psychotherapy. Simply

11/09/2019

Due to the high stress volume across the board, the number of students seeking on-campus counseling shot up by 30 percent. The influx of appointment requests and insufficient counseling staff have created quite the lag time. It used to be that students were waiting two weeks the most to meet with someone. Now, it can be up to seven weeks, which is estimated to be about half of a semester.

The mental health of college students has been a growing concern across the nation. According to the American Psychological Association, “Ninety-five

08/01/2019

Knowing more about the stages of recovery and where you are on the path can help put things into perspective.

Everyone experiences recovery differently, but in general there are certain phases that a person goes through when they are getting ready for and going

07/29/2019

"I recently heard a broadcaster say she had 'debate PTSD' over and over again."

07/29/2019

Studies have shown that mindfulness skills can reduce a person’s chances of having another depressive episode.

It can be difficult to come to terms with the problem when you finally realize you are struggling with depression. It may start out as feelings of sadness

07/07/2019

, which stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a form of therapy used to treat people who’ve experienced traumatic events. The aim is to get the patient to process the traumatic event so they can start moving forward from it.

There’s a widespread, problematic idea that trigger warnings only serve to coddle mentally ill people.

07/06/2019

Finding a partner who understands your past and is willing to help you work through your issues can be one of most positive ways to overcome intimacy fears.

People who experience sexual abuse, assault or r**e are negatively impacted by this trauma in multiple ways. It affects not only their mental health and

06/27/2019

Looking into environmental factors can help people gain a better understanding of how and why addiction develops.

  Alcohol addiction is not something that occurs simply because of moral failure or a lack of self-control. There are a number of different

06/18/2019

Studies have shown that in response to a perceived threat, people who experienced trauma or have have a hyper reactive amygdala and a less activated prefrontal cortex. That means that their brain and nervous system tends to react more intensely to potential threats and their prefrontal cortex does not always work to calm the response.

When someone goes through a traumatic experience it not only affects them emotionally but it can affect their brain functioning as well. The intense