Equine Assisted Therapy Hosted by Altitude Meetings Mental Health Professionals on Treatment Strategies for Military Women with PTSD and MST

Online, November 12, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Meet your new therapist, a horse. An equine therapy session consists of the following: Stand near a horse, gesture to that horse, and it gestures back. At first it might feel strange, but after a while, the women will begin to feel a cell-deep, almost telepathic communication between themselves and the horse.

This process is an awakening. An awakening of the ability to connect with the horse allows the women to understand themselves in entirely new ways and that understanding quietly can help to transform the lives of the women suffering with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and/or Military Sexual Trauma (MST).

Altitude Meetings will be hosting upcoming workshops for Mental Health Professionals on Treatment Strategies for Military Women with PTSD and MST presented by Dr. Darlene Williams and Dr. Gloria Payne. Each workshop will fulfill continuing education credits (CE/CEUs) for those that attend. The amount of credit will be based on the hours of the workshop the professional attends.

PTSD/MST develops after a terrifying event(s) that involved sexual and/or physical harm or the threat of sexual and/or physical harm not necessarily directly harm to them as it could be to a loved one or witnessing the event(s) that occurred.

PTSD/MST was first brought to public attention in relation to war veterans, but it can result from a variety of traumatic incidents, such as mugging, rape, torture, being kidnapped or held captive, child abuse, car accidents, train wrecks, plane crashes, bombings, or natural disasters such as floods or earthquakes.

Dr. Darlene Williams, PhD, PA and Dr. Gloria Payne, PhD, LMFT, NBCDCH have joined together to host these workshops of which they have over 30 years of experience treating individuals with a wide-range of mental health issues.

The next workshop will be held in the Tampa Bay area in Florida on November 15-17, 2013.

After completion of the workshop(s), the attendees will be able to

• Define trauma conceptually and outline its psycho-physiological sequel

• Teach self-hypnosis techniques to reinforce new ways of thinking

• Discuss how to transform re-traumatizing flashbacks and nightmares into non-threatening experience via Rapid Trauma Resolution™, and

• Will be introduced to equine co-facilitated therapy while participating in the powerful transformative technology for trauma recovery, amongst many other objectives.

For those interested, there will be a campfire meditation on Friday evening, November 15th at Temple Mound before each workshop. ALSO, the General Public is invited Saturday evening from 7:30-9:30pm, to watch a documentary, The Invisible War, which investigates one of America's most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within the U.S. Military. The viewing of the film allows participants to earn and additional 2.5 CEs of credit.

Registration is limited and going fast. Please register at: http://altitudemeetings.com/payment-options/

About Altitude Meetings:
Altitude Meetings was founded with the goal of providing companies, small groups, and individuals with an alternative resource for planning and coordinating events and conferences. We specialize in speaker certification - through each speaker's respective licensing agency - the fulfillment of continuing education credits (CE / CEUs), and arrangements for speakers' travel and recreational needs. Planning and setup for events being held nationally or internationally is also part of our menu.

For more information on Altitude Meetings and the Presenters, please visit: www.altitudemeetings.com.

About Bound-by Marketing:
Owner, Lyndsay Johnson re-branded her agency in 2011 to Bound-by Marketing. Johnson brings a plethora of industry experience with her from; hospitality, restaurant, automotive/high performance, real estate, medical device, music, non-profit, civil engineering/city, healthcare, and consumer product goods. She has surrounded herself with over fifty designers, photographers, videographers, programmers, and developers across the nation. Beyond her infatuation with marketing, Johnson is a classically trained opera singer who additionally has a unique passion for hot rods.
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