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Tag Archives: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Book Review: I Let You Go

July 15, 2019by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

Why don’t you leave? Clare Mackintosh answers this question in graphic detail in her debut international bestseller I Let You Go.  She also provides brilliant insights into the twisted minds […]

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Book Review, DV Fiction

Book Review: City of Girls

July 10, 2019by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

When you see an old woman, can you imagine her wild and crazy youth? In City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert, Vivian Morris, who is in her 90s, tells the […]

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FBI’s Powerful Message to Survivors

July 8, 2019by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on Saturday, July 6, 2019 for sex trafficking and conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking by the Southern District of New York (SDNY).  During a DoJ […]

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Book Review: No Visible Bruises

June 29, 2019by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

If you have PTSD, don’t read this book.  My policy is to ignore books I can’t recommend, but I’m breaking this self-imposed rule for No Visible Bruises:  What We Don’t […]

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Dr. Christine Ford: Profile in Courage

October 6, 2018by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony resonated with #MeToo survivors and empowered us.  She is a true profile in courage.  She taught us all why victims never forget and perpetrators fail […]

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Judicial Hall of Shame

Barrow Institute: Brain Injury Treatment for DV Survivors

July 19, 2018by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

Maria Shriver’s Today Show report on the Barrow Neurological Institute’s program for domestic violence survivors with traumatic brain injuries blew me away.  It is the first and only program in […]

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Cara Brookins’ House Built a Family

September 1, 2017by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

A challenging quest is a phenomenal way to transform from barely surviving to thriving and finding joy.  If you are lucky, write well, and know how to promote yourself, you […]

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Life Rafts

Book Review: Cocoa Beach

August 27, 2017by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

Beatriz Williams is new to my bookshelf.  Cocoa Beach is one of the most intriguing books I’ve read this summer.  Ms. Williams exquisitely transitions from World War I to post-war […]

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PTSD Therapy: Bubbles, Tiny Bubbles

August 26, 2016by Anne Caroline Drake 2 Comments

This week sucked.  It’s 90 degrees in Seattle.  I’ve been in PTSD hell since April 20, and I fired the third therapist in a row who doesn’t have a fucking […]

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PTSD: What Works for Me

Book Review: Starlight on Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs

September 6, 2015by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

Susan Wiggs was blessed with great parents:  Nick and Lou Klist.  Starlight on Willow Lake is dedicated to them, and the book is infused with their unconditional love and wisdom on […]

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