Trauma & therapy
Healing from trauma is a journey that requires support and guidance. Our contributors explore the impact of trauma and grief, as well as various therapeutic approaches available to aid recovery. Learn about different types of trauma, signs and symptoms, and effective therapy options.
Healing the Whole Person and the Rise of Holistic and Integrative Treatments for PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a profound and complex condition that affects millions of individuals worldwide. Often arising after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying or life-threatening...
A Love Letter to the Body That Never Gave Up on You
We spend our lives inside a body we barely notice until it hurts, slows down, breaks out, bloats, aches, itches, or suddenly refuses to cooperate. Then, somehow, the body becomes the problem. In my...
15 Practical Tips to Regulate Your Nervous System and Heal From Years of Survival Mode
Written by Aide Roxanna Reyes, CEO & Founder, Mental Health Counselor Aide Reyes, LLC Aide Roxanna Reyes is a Licensed Mental Health Clinician, LMHC-D, MSEd. She is the Founder and CEO of Mental Health Counselor Aide Reyes, LLC. Aide Roxanna Reyes is the author of the book "I Am Who I Think I Am" and the host of the podcast Mental Health Counselor Aide Reyes. Many people spend years operating in what is commonly described as survival mode. They wake up exhausted, feel constantly overwhelmed,...
The Gentle Touch in Crisis Care
For more than two decades as a nurse, I have worked in environments where human emotions can reach their most challenging moments, psychiatric hospitals, emergency departments, correctional healthcare facilities...
Why I Look Beyond Symptoms to Understand Chronic and Complex Health Conditions
One of the things that often surprises people when they first visit my clinic isn't the therapies I use. It's the questions I ask. Of course, I want to understand their diagnosis, symptoms, medical history...
Having an Agonizing Spot Between Your Shoulders? – Part 2
Fibromyalgia and trigger point pain can feel remarkably similar, but their patterns and potential causes differ. This article explores how widespread pain may be distinguished from localized trigger...
Why Trauma-Informed Therapy Is the Missing Piece in Executive Mental Health
Understanding a pattern is not the same as being free of it, and no one learns this more clearly than a high-functioning leader. By the time senior executives come to us at Algarve Wellness, most have already done...
The End of the Healing Myth and What Psychedelics Reveal About Real Transformation
The world is paying attention to psychedelics again, but this time for very different reasons. What was once dismissed as a fringe movement is now entering hospitals, universities, and even...
What Future Has Your Diagnosis Quietly Persuaded You to Stop Imagining?
Have you forgotten who you were before the pain? In my previous Brainz Magazine article, “Can Eight Years of Limited Mobility Really Change in Twenty Minutes?”, I shared the story of Matthew, who had lived with...
How the One Thing You’re Trying to Avoid Is the Key to Your Healing
All healing is self-healing. This might not be what you want to hear, especially coming from someone offering healings to his clients. But the role of a healer is not to “fix” you, as if you were a car or a...
Five Ways Your Brain Can Learn Something New
When I was diagnosed with autoimmune disease at seventeen, nobody spoke to me about my brain. They spoke about my eyes, my immune system, and medication. They explained that my body was attacking itself...
When Grief is Complicated and How to Mourn a Parent Who Caused You Harm
My father died recently. I have sat with that sentence for a while now, turning it over, feeling its weight and its strange lightness. My father died. A former pastry chef and guitarist who achieved some fame...
How Neuroscience Is Transforming Therapy
In the evolving landscape of mental health, neuroscience is illuminating pathways that empower individuals to heal not just their minds, but their generational stories. As a Soul Doc, I’ve witnessed...
The Rescuer Syndrome and When Saving Everyone Else Becomes a Way of Abandoning Yourself
“For so long, you thought your purpose was to save everyone else. The greatest awakening comes when you realise you were never meant to be their rescue boat; you were meant to become your own safe...
He Had Accepted Eight Years of Restricted Mobility – Then, in 20 Minutes, His Ankle Began to Change
Why many people living with chronic conditions quietly stop believing recovery is possible, and why openness may be the first step towards healing. After eight years of restricted mobility, one man had accepted...
