This episode addresses recovery from PTSD, and a phenomenon we call Posttraumatic Growth. The goal of this episode is to introduce you to an old concept with a new name, and give you hope that you can lead an even more meaningful life after trauma.

If you would like to reach out with show topic ideas or questions please email us at [email protected] and our producer Tami Magaro will field all questions or topic suggestions.

Shiva G. Ghaed, PhD, MPH, ABPP (aka, Dr. G)

Dr. Shiva Ghaed is a nationally board certified and California-licensed clinical psychologist. She has worked in a variety of healthcare settings and with many different patient populations, including active duty service members and military veterans. She has provided individual, couples, and group therapies for psychological distress related to personal and professional difficulties. Dr. Ghaed’s clinical experience includes specialization in anxiety disorders, and combat and non-combat trauma. For the past 30 years, she has worked for nationally and world-renowned organizations, and her professional activities has included research, institutional review board, presentations, and volunteer work. She has numerous publications and has received honors and awards for excellence in her field throughout the course of her career. Recent projects include www.route91therapy.com and www.loveexpands.com. For more details about Dr. Ghaed, please see drshivaghaed.com.

This episode addresses recovery from PTSD specifically from a cognitive perspective. An overview is provided for one of the top-line treatments for symptoms of trauma, anxiety, and depression. The goal of this episode is to introduce listeners to the treatment modality of Prolonged Exposure to enhance overall understanding.

If you would like to reach out with show topic ideas or questions please email us at [email protected] and our producer Tami Magaro will field all questions or topic suggestions.

Shiva G. Ghaed, PhD, MPH, ABPP (aka, Dr. G)

Dr. Shiva Ghaed is a nationally board certified and California-licensed clinical psychologist. She has worked in a variety of healthcare settings and with many different patient populations, including active duty service members and military veterans. She has provided individual, couples, and group therapies for psychological distress related to personal and professional difficulties. Dr. Ghaed’s clinical experience includes specialization in anxiety disorders, and combat and non-combat trauma. For the past 30 years, she has worked for nationally and world-renowned organizations, and her professional activities has included research, institutional review board, presentations, and volunteer work. She has numerous publications and has received honors and awards for excellence in her field throughout the course of her career. Recent projects include www.route91therapy.com and www.loveexpands.com. For more details about Dr. Ghaed, please see drshivaghaed.com.

This episode addresses recovery from PTSD specifically from a cognitive perspective. An overview is provided for one of the top-line treatments for symptoms of trauma, anxiety, and depression. The goal of this episode is to introduce listeners to the treatment modality of Cognitive Processing Therapy to enhance overall understanding.

If you would like to reach out with show topic ideas or questions please email us at [email protected] and our producer Tami Magaro will field all questions or topic suggestions.

Shiva G. Ghaed, PhD, MPH, ABPP (aka, Dr. G)

Dr. Shiva Ghaed is a nationally board certified and California-licensed clinical psychologist. She has worked in a variety of healthcare settings and with many different patient populations, including active duty service members and military veterans. She has provided individual, couples, and group therapies for psychological distress related to personal and professional difficulties. Dr. Ghaed’s clinical experience includes specialization in anxiety disorders, and combat and non-combat trauma. For the past 30 years, she has worked for nationally and world-renowned organizations, and her professional activities has included research, institutional review board, presentations, and volunteer work. She has numerous publications and has received honors and awards for excellence in her field throughout the course of her career. Recent projects include www.route91therapy.com and www.loveexpands.com. For more details about Dr. Ghaed, please see drshivaghaed.com.

This episode discusses treatments available for sleep disturbance, which is often a problem after trauma. The goal of this two-part episode is to introduce listeners to and explore the best treatments for insomnia and nightmares.

Music by Assaf Ayalon - Verve (Artlist.io)

If you would like to reach out with show topic ideas or questions please email us at [email protected] and our producer Tami Magaro will field all questions or topic suggestions.

Shiva G. Ghaed, PhD, MPH, ABPP (aka, Dr. G)

Dr. Shiva Ghaed is a nationally board certified and California-licensed clinical psychologist. She has worked in a variety of healthcare settings and with many different patient populations, including active duty service members and military veterans. She has provided individual, couples, and group therapies for psychological distress related to personal and professional difficulties. Dr. Ghaed’s clinical experience includes specialization in anxiety disorders, and combat and non-combat trauma. For the past 30 years, she has worked for nationally and world-renowned organizations, and her professional activities has included research, institutional review board, presentations, and volunteer work. She has numerous publications and has received honors and awards for excellence in her field throughout the course of her career. Recent projects include www.route91therapy.com and www.loveexpands.com. For more details about Dr. Ghaed, please see drshivaghaed.com.

This episode discusses treatments available for sleep disturbance, which is often a problem after trauma. The goal of this two-part episode is to introduce listeners to and explore the best treatments for insomnia and nightmares.

Music by Assaf Ayalon - Verve (Artlist.io)

If you would like to reach out with show topic ideas or questions please email us at [email protected] and our producer Tami Magaro will field all questions or topic suggestions.

Shiva G. Ghaed, PhD, MPH, ABPP (aka, Dr. G)

Dr. Shiva Ghaed is a nationally board certified and California-licensed clinical psychologist. She has worked in a variety of healthcare settings and with many different patient populations, including active duty service members and military veterans. She has provided individual, couples, and group therapies for psychological distress related to personal and professional difficulties. Dr. Ghaed’s clinical experience includes specialization in anxiety disorders, and combat and non-combat trauma. For the past 30 years, she has worked for nationally and world-renowned organizations, and her professional activities has included research, institutional review board, presentations, and volunteer work. She has numerous publications and has received honors and awards for excellence in her field throughout the course of her career. Recent projects include www.route91therapy.com and www.loveexpands.com. For more details about Dr. Ghaed, please see drshivaghaed.com.

This episode addresses recovery from PTSD specifically but also provides an overview of the best treatments available for symptoms of trauma, anxiety, and depression. The goal of this episode is to introduce listeners to and explore different options for care.

Music by Assaf Ayalon - Verve (Artlist.io)

If you would like to reach out with show topic ideas or questions please email us at [email protected] and our producer Tami Magaro will field all questions or topic suggestions.

Shiva G. Ghaed, PhD, MPH, ABPP (aka, Dr. G)

Dr. Shiva Ghaed is a nationally board certified and California-licensed clinical psychologist. She has worked in a variety of healthcare settings and with many different patient populations, including active duty service members and military veterans. She has provided individual, couples, and group therapies for psychological distress related to personal and professional difficulties. Dr. Ghaed’s clinical experience includes specialization in anxiety disorders, and combat and non-combat trauma. For the past 30 years, she has worked for nationally and world-renowned organizations, and her professional activities has included research, institutional review board, presentations, and volunteer work. She has numerous publications and has received honors and awards for excellence in her field throughout the course of her career. Recent projects include www.route91therapy.com and www.loveexpands.com. For more details about Dr. Ghaed, please see drshivaghaed.com.

In this episode, specific examples of trauma are presented using the framework of Classical or Pavlovian Conditioning. Using this theory of animal learning will help explain how and why chronic trauma symptoms may have developed. This will also clarify a way forward for recovery.

Please note that this episode contains explicit sexual material  on sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, mass violence, combat, self-harm and death and dying, that some people may find disturbing or triggering.

Music by Assaf Ayalon - Verve (Artlist)

If you would like to reach out with show topic ideas or questions please email us at [email protected] and our producer Tami Magaro will field all questions or topic suggestions.

Shiva G. Ghaed, PhD, MPH, ABPP (aka, Dr. G)

Dr. Shiva Ghaed is a nationally board certified and California-licensed clinical psychologist. She has worked in a variety of healthcare settings and with many different patient populations, including active duty service members and military veterans. She has provided individual, couples, and group therapies for psychological distress related to personal and professional difficulties. Dr. Ghaed’s clinical experience includes specialization in anxiety disorders, and combat and non-combat trauma. For the past 30 years, she has worked for nationally and world-renowned organizations, and her professional activities has included research, institutional review board, presentations, and volunteer work. She has numerous publications and has received honors and awards for excellence in her field throughout the course of her career. Recent projects

In this episode, you will be introduced to the concepts of Classical or Pavlovian Conditioning, an important type of conditioned learning. This is the method by which all animals learn, and especially how we learn to be scared. Conditioned learning explains how long term anxiety and trauma disorders develop and how they are maintained over time.

If you would like to reach out with show topic ideas or questions please email us at [email protected] and our producer Tami Magaro will field all questions or topic suggestions.

Shiva G. Ghaed, PhD, MPH, ABPP (aka, Dr. G)

Dr. Shiva Ghaed is a nationally board certified and California-licensed clinical psychologist. She has worked in a variety of healthcare settings and with many different patient populations, including active duty service members and military veterans. She has provided individual, couples, and group therapies for psychological distress related to personal and professional difficulties. Dr. Ghaed’s clinical experience includes specialization in anxiety disorders, and combat and non-combat trauma. For the past 30 years, she has worked for nationally and world-renowned organizations, and her professional activities has included research, institutional review board, presentations, and volunteer work. She has numerous publications and has received honors and awards for excellence in her field throughout the course of her career. Recent projects include www.route91therapy.com and www.loveexpands.com. For more details about Dr. Ghaed, please see drshivaghaed.com.

This episode elaborates on what the fight, flight, freeze response. Fear circuitry is described in to help explain all of the physical symptoms that you experience when you were originally in a traumatic event or later had panic attacks in anxiety-provoking situations.

If you would like to reach out with show topic ideas or questions please email us at [email protected] and our producer Tami Magaro will field all questions or topic suggestions.

Shiva G. Ghaed, PhD, MPH, ABPP (aka, Dr. G)

Dr. Shiva Ghaed is a nationally board certified and California-licensed clinical psychologist. She has worked in a variety of healthcare settings and with many different patient populations, including active duty service members and military veterans. She has provided individual, couples, and group therapies for psychological distress related to personal and professional difficulties. Dr. Ghaed’s clinical experience includes specialization in anxiety disorders, and combat and non-combat trauma. For the past 30 years, she has worked for nationally and world-renowned organizations, and her professional activities has included research, institutional review board, presentations, and volunteer work. She has numerous publications and has received honors and awards for excellence in her field throughout the course of her career. Recent projects include www.route91therapy.com and www.loveexpands.com. For more details about Dr. Ghaed, please see drshivaghaed.com.

This episode digs deeper into the science of trauma. The goal of this episode is to review the diagnostic criteria for PTSD and other trauma disorders, and discuss some commonly related problems.

If you would like to reach out with show topic ideas or questions please email us at [email protected] and our producer Tami Magaro will field all questions or topic suggestions.

Shiva G. Ghaed, PhD, MPH, ABPP (aka, Dr. G)

Dr. Shiva Ghaed is a nationally board certified and California-licensed clinical psychologist. She has worked in a variety of healthcare settings and with many different patient populations, including active duty service members and military veterans. She has provided individual, couples, and group therapies for psychological distress related to personal and professional difficulties. Dr. Ghaed’s clinical experience includes specialization in anxiety disorders, and combat and non-combat trauma. For the past 30 years, she has worked for nationally and world-renowned organizations, and her professional activities has included research, institutional review board, presentations, and volunteer work. She has numerous publications and has received honors and awards for excellence in her field throughout the course of her career. Recent projects include www.route91therapy.com and www.loveexpands.com. For more details about Dr. Ghaed, please see drshivaghaed.com.