Associated Post Traumatic Stress Disorder That Effects The Newtown Tragedy:
Adults Who See This Tragedy on Their TV’s and Computers(Part 3 of 3) Methods of Treatment forAssociative PTSD.
Treatments for Associative PTSD
If you or someone you care about is showing these symptoms here is a list of six different treatments that can be used to help to deal with the emotional pain of this disorder:
To get learn more about these approaches you can do two things, first look them up in Wikipedia (The online encyclopedia), which will give you a great summary about them. Second, you can go to the internet resources I’ve given below.
1) Hypnosis
National Guild of Hypnosis
http://ngh.net/
2) EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprogramming)
EMDR Institute
http://www.emdr.com/
3) EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)
The Gold Standard for EFT
http://www.emofree.com/
4) Energy Psychology
The Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology
http://www.energypsych.org/
5) TFT (Thought Field Therapy)
The Roger Callahan Technique (Dr. Callahan is the originator of this approach)
http://www.rogercallahan.com/
6) CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
Below is the page for an informative article on this approach
http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/cognitive-behavioral-therapy
It is clear from what I see in my practice, that in addition to the children and adults in Newtown Connecticut, this tragedy has affected all of us deeply. The second tragedy would be not getting help for the people who have been emotionally damaged as a result of direct exposure and indirect secondary exposure to this atrocity.