Trauma Caregiving: Triumphs and Pitfalls of Managing Life After Trauma

Online, July 1, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Trauma is a life changing experience and not just for the survivor. The loved ones of trauma survivors deal with their own struggles ranging from vicarious traumatization to experiencing the stress of being a caregiver after trauma. Caregivers may experience burnout, emotional numbing, and anger or engage in codependency, risky behavior, or substance abuse. This week on 'Your Life After Trauma' Licensed Mental Health Counselor Jemma Coleman will be addressing the complicated role of a caregiver. She will be joined by Louise DiCarlo, a caregiver trauma mom. The show airs Thursday, July 7th, 7pm EST, on Seaview Radio (95.9AM/106.9FM/960AM) and streams online at www.healmyptsd.com/your-life-after-trauma.

According to Michele Rosenthal, host of 'Your Life After Trauma', "Because caregivers are not the primary person struggling after trauma, it's easy to overlook their experience. The truth is though, caregivers are stressed, too, by the shock of the trauma itself, plus the strain of coping with and supporting a loved one who is suddenly different and difficult. There are ways to strengthen and empower the caregiver experience. Learning how to do that can lead to better care-giving for the trauma survivor, and better self-care for the caregiver."

'Your Life After Trauma' brings weekly support and information to trauma survivors, plus their caregivers and healing professionals on Thursday nights from 7-8pm EST, on Seaview Radio (95.9AM/106.9FM/960AM) in southeast Florida (and streaming live online) (http://www.healmyptsd.com/your-life-after-trauma). Your Life After Trauma provides resources, inspiration, hope and specific actions to help anyone learn to formulate a recovery plan, access healing potential and apply personal strengths to post-trauma recovery.

Featuring expert and survivor guests focused on topics related to the experience of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and post-trauma life, 'Your Life After Trauma' future topics include:

· July 7th - 'The Role of the Caregiver: Triumphs and Pitfalls Of Managing Life After Trauma'
· July 14th - 'Yoga and PTSD Recovery'
· July 21st - 'The Healing Benefits of Massage'
· July 28th - 'How to Start a Revolution of You'

Each show features a professional and personal perspective, plus spontaneous call-ins so that listeners can ask their questions, talk to an expert, and receive personal recommendations around specific issues.

For more information about 'Your Life After Trauma', visit:
http://healmyptsd.com/education/your-life-after-trauma

This week's guests will be:

Jemma Coleman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with a Masters and Specialist Degree in Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy. Jemma's work experience includes running a busy walk-in clinic for mental health and substance abuse intake evaluations and working with families and individuals in suburban and rural areas. Her areas and populations of interest include domestic violence, how faith and spirituality impacts change, and working with adolescents and their families. A graduate of the University of Florida, Jemma is devoted to the Gators and enjoys watching Florida football with her husband. Jemma loves her new home in Palm Beach County and spending time with her family, friends, and three dogs at the beach and all the other natural beauty this area has to offer.

Louise DiCarlo is a certified online community producer and has been speaking and writing about social media since the mid 90s. She started managing communities for ThriveOnline, a San Francisco based joint venture between AOL and Time Inc magazines. She also started writing for AOL's EA Teen Asylum. In 2000 Thrive was bought out by Oxygen Media, owned by Nickelodeon's Geraldine Laybourne and Oprah Winfrey. In 2002 Louise made the switch over to Oxygen Media and was a Community Producer until 2006.
In 2006 she began doing marketing and communications for small businesses on Long Island and began introducing them to the virtual world. Today Louise successfully manages marketing, communications and online communities for clients across the world. She is also a featured writer for threevillagepatch.com with a monthly column on social media.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a wholly treatable condition that results from a life-threatening experience in which the trauma survivor felt helpless. PTSD symptoms include insomnia, nightmares, flashbacks, emotional numbing, hyperarousal and hypervigilance.

For more information: www.healmyptsd.com Contact: [email protected], 561.531.1405.