Comments for South Florida Substance Abuse Counseling, Psychotherapy http://www.nickroy.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:19:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on The Most Troubling Issues to be Addressed When Considering Death and Dying by Nick Roy http://www.nickroy.com/2010/03/the-most-troubling-issues-to-be-addressed-when-considering-death-and-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Nick Roy Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:19:11 +0000 http://www.nickroy.com/?p=738#comment-345 What do you think that this world be like if Adam and Eve never ate the forbidden fruit? Can you just imagine. We might not have death. But as a result of sin, death has become a part of life. Jesus died for our sins and then was resurrected. There is nothing to fear in death. What do you think that this world be like if Adam and Eve never ate the forbidden fruit? Can you just imagine. We might not have death. But as a result of sin, death has become a part of life. Jesus died for our sins and then was resurrected. There is nothing to fear in death.

]]> Comment on The Most Troubling Issues to be Addressed When Considering Death and Dying by RevLady http://www.nickroy.com/2010/03/the-most-troubling-issues-to-be-addressed-when-considering-death-and-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-342 RevLady Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:25:24 +0000 http://www.nickroy.com/?p=738#comment-342 I agree with your concern regarding euthanasia as a choice. It is unbelievable how our culture seem to be moving toward a state of total rational oblivion. May God have mercy on our souls! I agree with your concern regarding euthanasia as a choice. It is unbelievable how our culture seem to be moving toward a state of total rational oblivion.

May God have mercy on our souls!

]]> Comment on Confronting Sin in Counseling by How a Mental Health Counselor Can Change Your Life | Mental Help For Anxiety http://www.nickroy.com/2010/03/confronting-sin-in-counseling/comment-page-1/#comment-333 How a Mental Health Counselor Can Change Your Life | Mental Help For Anxiety Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:41:07 +0000 http://www.nickroy.com/?p=709#comment-333 [...] Confronting Sin &#1110&#1495 Counseling | South Florida Substance Abuse … [...] [...] Confronting Sin &#1110&#1495 Counseling | South Florida Substance Abuse … [...]

]]> Comment on The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Life of a Professional Counselor by Jim Serio http://www.nickroy.com/2009/04/the-role-of-the-holy-spirit-in-the-life-of-a-professional-counselor/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Jim Serio Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:05:29 +0000 http://www.nickroy.com/?p=495#comment-277 You don't need to be a spiritual giant to get God's help when you are doing counseling. All Christians are called upon to counsel others at times in their lives. Just remember to pray and try to be obedient. God will help you do what he has called you to do. Jim Serio http:www.MentalHealthSolution.com You don’t need to be a spiritual giant to get God’s help when you are doing counseling. All Christians are called upon to counsel others at times in their lives.

Just remember to pray and try to be obedient. God will help you do what he has called you to do.

Jim Serio
http:www.MentalHealthSolution.com

]]> Comment on Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory by kam http://www.nickroy.com/2008/11/vygotskys-sociocultural-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-205 kam Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:53:24 +0000 http://www.nickroy.com/?p=379#comment-205 Interesting post, keep up the good work :) Interesting post, keep up the good work :)

]]> Comment on What The Bible Knows About Mental Health by Jim Serio http://www.nickroy.com/2008/01/bible-and-mental-health/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Jim Serio Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:19:37 +0000 http://www.nickroy.com/2008/01/22/bible-and-mental-health/#comment-204 I believe the bible provides answers for almost all mental health issues and is the key to understanding them. Feel free to check out my website: http://www.mentalhealthsolutions.info/ I believe the bible provides answers for almost all mental health issues and is the key to understanding them.

Feel free to check out my website: http://www.mentalhealthsolutions.info/

]]> Comment on Coping With PTSD by Matt Perelstein http://www.nickroy.com/2008/11/coping-with-ptsd/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Matt Perelstein Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:56:12 +0000 http://www.nickroy.com/?p=397#comment-173 Hey Nick: Doc said he posted a comment here the other day, but I don't see it. Do you show comments on this post, or any? Thanks. - Matt Hey Nick:

Doc said he posted a comment here the other day, but I don’t see it. Do you show comments on this post, or any?

Thanks.
- Matt

]]> Comment on Coping With PTSD by M. K. Doc Downing http://www.nickroy.com/2008/11/coping-with-ptsd/comment-page-1/#comment-164 M. K. Doc Downing Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:43:13 +0000 http://www.nickroy.com/?p=397#comment-164 PTSD CAUSE OR EFFECT Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is not caused by being exposed to a traumatic event or events, such as war, murder, rape, natural disasters or physical abuse. It is what you believe about the world and what you believe about yourself that creates PTSD. This concept is not new. It is not the traumatic event or events that cause the problem. It is what you believe about the world and what you believe about yourself. Epictetus 55 – 135 AD said, “Men are not disturbed by things but by the view they take of them.” There are two major ways of working with the traumatic pictures. Guided Visualization can be used to insert positive pictures. This technique has been honed to a sharp edge by Mervin Smucker Ph.D. and his fellow therapists at Medical College of Wisconsin. Guided Visualization works well in individual therapy. A second way to create the positive pictures is through Psychodrama. For twenty years, I have held a free, Huge Group Therapy every Saturday morning with from 20 to 30 people in attendance. In Psychodrama, the client re-enacts the trauma but, this time, he/she takes back the power that they did not have during the original trauma or traumas. If it is a molest or rape, then a support belt is placed around their waist, leaving their hands and feet free. Someone stands in front of them with a big pillow. Someone else plays the perpetrator “who is going to get you.” Other support people are standing up with the client and encouraging them to “fight back, hit the pillow, force the molester back.” The process of Psychodrama incorporates the whole body experience. It discharges the negative emotions and sets the person free to get on with their life. Through both the processes of Guided Visualization and Psychodrama, the client creates a new and powerful picture of being in control which is next to the picture of the powerless, weak, helpless person. Now, when the negative pictures come up in the right brain, it also brings up a picture of strength and power. And, since the right brain does not know the difference between what is real and what is imagined, the sum total is zero. The most successful therapy for PTSD must change both the left (logical) and the right (emotional) brain. The theoretical model that I have found to be best suited for this approach is the Cognitive> Affective> Behavioral approach. This model allows the therapist to conceptualize and focus on working with both sides of the brain. M. K. Doc Downing Ph.D., LMFT Doc@2GetHelp.com http://www.DocDowning.info PTSD
CAUSE OR EFFECT

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is not caused by being exposed to a traumatic event or events, such as war, murder, rape, natural disasters or physical abuse. It is what you believe about the world and what you believe about yourself that creates PTSD.

This concept is not new. It is not the traumatic event or events that cause the problem. It is what you believe about the world and what you believe about yourself. Epictetus 55 – 135 AD said, “Men are not disturbed by things but by the view they take of them.”
There are two major ways of working with the traumatic pictures. Guided Visualization can be used to insert positive pictures. This technique has been honed to a sharp edge by Mervin Smucker Ph.D. and his fellow therapists at Medical College of Wisconsin. Guided Visualization works well in individual therapy.
A second way to create the positive pictures is through Psychodrama. For twenty years, I have held a free, Huge Group Therapy every Saturday morning with from 20 to 30 people in attendance. In Psychodrama, the client re-enacts the trauma but, this time, he/she takes back the power that they did not have during the original trauma or traumas. If it is a molest or rape, then a support belt is placed around their waist, leaving their hands and feet free.
Someone stands in front of them with a big pillow. Someone else plays the perpetrator “who is going to get you.” Other support people are standing up with the client and encouraging them to “fight back, hit the pillow, force the molester back.” The process of Psychodrama incorporates the whole body experience. It discharges the negative emotions and sets the person free to get on with their life.
Through both the processes of Guided Visualization and Psychodrama, the client creates a new and powerful picture of being in control which is next to the picture of the powerless, weak, helpless person. Now, when the negative pictures come up in the right brain, it also brings up a picture of strength and power. And, since the right brain does not know the difference between what is real and what is imagined, the sum total is zero.
The most successful therapy for PTSD must change both the left (logical) and the right (emotional) brain. The theoretical model that I have found to be best suited for this approach is the Cognitive> Affective> Behavioral approach. This model allows the therapist to conceptualize and focus on working with both sides of the brain.

M. K. Doc Downing Ph.D., LMFT
Doc@2GetHelp.com
http://www.DocDowning.info

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