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ScienceWorks is a modern telepsychology practice offering evidence-based care for: Autism & ADHD, Anxiety & Depression, OCD, Trauma, Insomnia, Kids & Families, and more.

These conditions frequently co-occur, can be difficult to diagnose, and also difficult to treat - often requiring specialist knowledge and direct clinical experience to achieve the best possible outcomes.

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Trauma

Stay informed about trauma and related conditions with news and updates from clinical experts. Scientific information, evidence-based treatments, and more.

Delayed-Onset PTSD: Why Symptoms Can Appear Months or Years After a Trauma

Delayed-Onset PTSD: Why Symptoms Can Appear Months or Years After a Trauma

Delayed-Onset PTSD: Why Symptoms Can Appear Months or Years After a Trauma

PTSD can first meet criteria six months or more after a trauma. What delayed expression means, how common it is, and how it is assessed. Telehealth in TN.

1 day ago13 min read

Written Exposure Therapy for PTSD: How a Five-Session Treatment Works

Written Exposure Therapy for PTSD: How a Five-Session Treatment Works

Written Exposure Therapy for PTSD: How a Five-Session Treatment Works

How Written Exposure Therapy treats PTSD in five sessions: what each session involves, how it compares with PE and CPT, and who it fits best.

5 days ago12 min read

How Progress Is Measured in Religious Trauma Therapy After the First Sessions

How Progress Is Measured in Religious Trauma Therapy After the First Sessions

How Progress Is Measured in Religious Trauma Therapy After the First Sessions

How progress is tracked after the first sessions of religious trauma therapy: what scores show, what they miss, and what a plateau can mean.

6 days ago14 min read

EMDR and Accelerated Resolution Therapy: How the Two Protocols Differ

EMDR and Accelerated Resolution Therapy: How the Two Protocols Differ

EMDR and Accelerated Resolution Therapy: How the Two Protocols Differ

How EMDR and accelerated resolution therapy (ART) differ in protocol, session count and evidence, plus questions to ask a provider before you choose.

Oct 2114 min read

Structural Dissociation: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary

Structural Dissociation: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary

Structural Dissociation: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary

What structural dissociation theory means by apparently normal and emotional parts, how therapists use it, and what the evidence does and does not show.

Oct 1314 min read

Moral Injury vs. PTSD: How They Differ and What Helps

Moral Injury vs. PTSD: How They Differ and What Helps

Moral Injury vs. PTSD: How They Differ and What Helps

Moral injury vs. PTSD: how a wound to your values differs from trauma, who it affects beyond the military, how it is assessed, and what helps.

Oct 1216 min read

Feeling Worse After EMDR? What Flare-Ups Mean

Feeling Worse After EMDR? What Flare-Ups Mean

Feeling Worse After EMDR? What Flare-Ups Mean

Feeling worse after an EMDR session? What research says about flare-ups between sessions, what they do and don't mean, and when to call your therapist.

Oct 413 min read

EMDR Tapping vs Eye Movements vs Tones: Do They Differ?

EMDR Tapping vs Eye Movements vs Tones: Do They Differ?

EMDR Tapping vs Eye Movements vs Tones: Do They Differ?

Do EMDR eye movements, tones, and tappers work equally well? What head-to-head studies found, what they don't settle, and how to choose a format.

Oct 413 min read

Disorganized Attachment in Adult Relationships: What Helps

Disorganized Attachment in Adult Relationships: What Helps

Disorganized Attachment in Adult Relationships: What Helps

Pulling close, then pulling away? A psychologist explains disorganized attachment in adult relationships, why it is not a diagnosis, and what helps.

Oct 315 min read

Can EMDR Help With Grief? What the Research Shows

Can EMDR Help With Grief? What the Research Shows

Can EMDR Help With Grief? What the Research Shows

Can EMDR help with grief? What the research shows, why sudden or violent loss can get stuck, and when grief-specific therapy should come first.

Oct 313 min read

EMDR Looping and Blocked Processing: What Happens Next

EMDR Looping and Blocked Processing: What Happens Next

EMDR Looping and Blocked Processing: What Happens Next

Feeling stuck partway through EMDR? What looping and blocked processing mean, what your therapist checks, what they try next, and when to raise it.

Oct 214 min read

Religious Trauma Therapy: What the First Sessions Look Like

Religious Trauma Therapy: What the First Sessions Look Like

Religious Trauma Therapy: What the First Sessions Look Like

What the first sessions of religious trauma therapy involve: assessment, safety, faith without pressure, early progress. Nashville or telehealth in TN.

Sep 3014 min read

Trauma Therapy for Teens: How TF-CBT Works, Step by Step

Trauma Therapy for Teens: How TF-CBT Works, Step by Step

Trauma Therapy for Teens: How TF-CBT Works, Step by Step

What happens in each phase of TF-CBT for teens, why skills come before the trauma story, and what parents do at every step. Nashville and telehealth.

Sep 2914 min read

Scared to Drive After an Accident? Why Treatment Differs

Scared to Drive After an Accident? Why Treatment Differs

Scared to Drive After an Accident? Why Treatment Differs

Scared to drive since a crash, or always have been? How clinicians tell trauma from a driving phobia and how that changes treatment. Tennessee telehealth.

Anxiety & Depression

Sep 2317 min read

Getting Started with Childhood Trauma Therapy When There Was No Single Event

Getting Started with Childhood Trauma Therapy When There Was No Single Event

Getting Started with Childhood Trauma Therapy When There Was No Single Event

How to start therapy for childhood trauma when there was no single event: what to say at intake, and how early progress actually shows up.

Sep 2213 min read

Teen Trauma: Weekly Therapy or a Residential Program?

Teen Trauma: Weekly Therapy or a Residential Program?

Teen Trauma: Weekly Therapy or a Residential Program?

How to tell whether your teen needs weekly trauma therapy or a higher level of care in Tennessee — what clinicians ask, and what the evidence shows.

Sep 1213 min read

CBT for Trauma: What Each Session Looks Like

CBT for Trauma: What Each Session Looks Like

CBT for Trauma: What Each Session Looks Like

A session-by-session look at CBT for trauma: how the work is structured, what the early sessions involve, how long it takes, and how it compares to EMDR.

Sep 1113 min read

Religious Trauma Therapy: Who It Helps and When

Religious Trauma Therapy: Who It Helps and When

Religious Trauma Therapy: Who It Helps and When

How to tell whether religious trauma therapy fits your situation: what the work involves, when it helps, when another approach is better, and how to start.

Sep 1012 min read

What to Expect from Birth Trauma Therapy, and When It Helps

What to Expect from Birth Trauma Therapy, and When It Helps

What to Expect from Birth Trauma Therapy, and When It Helps

What birth trauma therapy involves after a traumatic birth, how it differs from postpartum depression care, and how to tell if it is working.

Sep 717 min read

What to Expect from ACT for Trauma, and When It Fits

What to Expect from ACT for Trauma, and When It Fits

What to Expect from ACT for Trauma, and When It Fits

What a course of ACT for trauma involves, who it fits, and when a trauma-focused therapy like CPT, PE, or EMDR is the better first step.

Sep 615 min read

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