Deborah Pettitt, Author at Family Christian Counseling

Resilience

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Deborah Pettitt

I just finished reading a great article on resilience along with viewing 3 videos (2 from Dr. Dan Siegel) about the subject. First let’s start with what is resilience? Resilience – What is it? Resilience can be defined as the ability to recover quickly from difficulties while maintaining optimism for the future. When adults or

Posted in Trauma

Research about EAP

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Deborah Pettitt

I just finished reading an article titled “A Review of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy” by Frewin and Gardiner from Massey University in New Zealand. The entire article was quite interesting but I thought I would summarize just a small part of the article dealing with EAP (Equine Assisted Psychotherapy) directed at youth. We have seen amazing

Posted in Animal Assisted Therapy, Research childrens trauma, EAP, horses, research

Children’s Stories

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Deborah Pettitt

I just read an article about how stories can change how a child thinks. This process is called narrative psychology and most of the current research is focused on adult outcomes, the results are still compelling for children. If stories can change your child’s thoughts, memories and how they live their lives, wouldn’t it be

Posted in Parenting, Trauma anxiety, story, trauma

Helping Children with Grief

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Deborah Pettitt

I just read a short little book about grief by the Child Trauma Academy entitled A Child’s Loss: Helping Children Exposed to Traumatic Death. You can purchase this little book from iTunes or Kindle. It was only 20 pages but it gave a lot of helpful information for caregivers and a special section at the

Posted in Parenting, Trauma death, grief, trauma

Veterans and Equine Assisted Therapy

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Deborah Pettitt

I was reading a journal article this week titled “Evaluation of equine-assisted therapy program for veterans who identify as ‘wounded, injured, or ill’ and their partners” which was published in September of this year. It reminded me of the great work DeAnna Wahlheim is doing using this therapy with some of her clients. The study

Posted in Animal Assisted Therapy, Research