Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

 

Evidence mounts that people with trauma benefit from body-based therapies.  Bessel van der Kolk, a psychiatrist who is considered an authority on PTSD, sees engagement in a physical practice like yoga, tai chi, qigong or feldenkrais as a key element in his patient's recovery from and ability to transcend Post Traumatic Stress.

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Bill has extensive experience working with trauma including providing physical therapy to people after spinal cord injury, brain injury and other severe trauma and knows how to create a safe space and agency for clients,  Rather than viewing PTSD as "dysfunction", he sees it as a natural response to trauma that you have gotten "stuck in".

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Bill has studied how to combine psychotherapy and somatic work with MDMA for treating severe PTSD with Annie & Micheal Mithoefer as part of the MAPS training conducted by California Institute of Integral Studies program in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy & Research.

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Bill Gallagher is a holistic physical therapist and is trauma aware and treats post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in New York City Housecalls.