trauma Archives - The Meadows Ranch

The Trauma/Addiction Cycle

June 13th, 2018 // Claudia Black // Tags: addiction, addiction treatment, trauma

Addiction encourages trauma and trauma can encourage addiction. This process becomes a vicious circle or negative feedback loop, with trauma contributing to addiction, which in turn fuels...

30 Things You Need to Know about Trauma and PTSD: PTSD Awareness Month

June 11th, 2018 // Jenni Schaefer // Tags: ptsd, trauma

My therapist prescribed me to drink more alcohol. I had described symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet once again, the diagnosis was completely missed. Even worse,...

Building Strength and Resilience through Facing and Dealing with Life’s Problems

May 10th, 2018 // Tian Dayton, Ph.D. // Tags: childhood trauma, resilience, trauma

Resilient qualities are not only what we’re born with but also the strengths that we build through encountering life’s challenges and developing the personal and interpersonal skills...

Childhood Abuse Is More Prevalent Than You Think

April 17th, 2018 // Tanja Haaland Clinical Director, The Meadows Ranch // Tags: child abuse, childhood trauma, trauma

It is estimated that each year three million cases of child abuse are reported to authorities in the United States (source: Childhelp.org). Childhood abuse comes in many...

Does everyone with an addiction to mood altering substances have trauma?

April 4th, 2018 // Shaul Austin, LPC, Therapist, The Meadows Ranch // Tags: addiction, childhood trauma, eating disorder, ptsd, trauma

This interesting question has been posed to me numerous times over my 29 years of treating addictive disorders. Well, what is the answer? One answer is “I...

Effective Trauma Treatment for Eating Disorder Patients

March 12th, 2018 // Nicole Garber, M.D., The Meadows Ranch, Chief of Psychiatry // Tags: trauma

Many individuals who suffer from trauma will use an eating disorder as a means to feel in control of something. This often occurs because trauma makes a...

Trauma Therapy in Eating Disorder Treatment

January 26th, 2018 // The Meadows Ranch Team // Tags: anorexia, bulimia, eating disorder treatment, Eating Disorders, therapy, trauma

If you are struggling with an eating disorder as well as a past trauma experience, what could you expect when addressing that trauma in treatment? First, you...

Healing the Roots of Women’s Sexual and Relational Struggles

January 25th, 2018 // The Meadows Ranch Team // Tags: abandonment, healing, therapy, trauma, treatment

Is it any wonder why girls and women struggle with feeling comfortable in their own skin? There is such a deep and contradictory connection between the messages...

A Treatment Plan for a Horse Called Nip

January 24th, 2018 // The Meadows Ranch Team // Tags: anorexia, bulimia, eating disorder treatment, equine therapy, therapy, trauma, treatment

One particular adult patient named Jill came to equine therapy for an individual session soon after arriving on campus. Like Nip, she too was new to the...

Eating Disorder Treatment Options for the Adolescent Impacted by Trauma

January 19th, 2018 // The Meadows Ranch Team // Tags: anorexia, anorexia treatment, bulimia, bulimia treatment, eatingdisorders, eatingdisordertreatment, trauma

The Connection between Trauma and Eating Disorders Research has uncovered multiple factors that may influence the development of eating disorders in adolescents, including both biological, psychological, and...