Deborah Pettitt, Author at Family Christian Counseling

Horses that Heal

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Deborah Pettitt

I just read an article titled “Horses that Heal”, I was amazed at what I learned and I thought I would share some of it with you this week. It was an interview with actress Jennifer O’Neil who has started an equine assisted program for traumatized adults. Since 2010 she and other volunteers have operated

Posted in Animal Assisted Therapy equine, horses

Healing Communities

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Deborah Pettitt

I just finished reading an article by Bruce Perry on healing communities. I thought this week I would summarize this article and bring an update on a campaign to help our schools be healing communities. Dr. Perry believes that if we are to successfully raise healthy children, children who will be resilient in the face

Posted in Community, Neurosequential Model

Children from hard places

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Deborah Pettitt

I thought this week I would write a short summary about the contributions of Karyn Purvis to the field of children’s therapy. She died in 2016 but her teaching and contributions live on. She taught at Texas Christian University and was an internationally-renowned child development expert, popular speaker, author and passionate advocate for vulnerable children.

Posted in Uncategorized

Domestic Violence

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Deborah Pettitt

I just read an article by the Gottman Institute on the difference between situational violence in a marriage and characterological violence. Mike DeMoss from Family Christian Counseling Center has post graduate training in the Gottman method of marriage therapy. I never enjoy reading articles about domestic violence, but I thought it was important to describe

Posted in Marriage Therapy, Research

Play Therapy and the NMT Model

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Deborah Pettitt

I just finished reading an article in the Journal of Play Therapy titled “Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics in a Therapeutic Preschool: Implications for Work With Children With Complex Neuropsychiatric Problems.” (now that is some title). Neurosequential Model The basic findings of the study involved the use of the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics on the social-emotional

Posted in Research, Uncategorized NMT, truama children