Month: November 2012

  • Tx Dept of Family & Protective Services has a New “tech-friendly” Website

    The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has, today, launched a new “website” that makes it easier to find what you need and easier to understand what you find. The new DFPS websites sports a new look, improved layout, user-centric organization, and plainer language. This user-friendly website also uses “”responsive design””. That means it…

  • Tx Dept of Family & Protective Services has a New “tech-friendly” Website

    The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has, today, launched a new “website” that makes it easier to find what you need and easier to understand what you find. The new DFPS websites sports a new look, improved layout, user-centric organization, and plainer language. This user-friendly website also uses “”responsive design””. That means it…

  • Are You Really Ready to Adopt a Foster Child?

    November is National Adoption Awareness Month and there are millions of children waiting for permanent homes in the United States. But beware, adopting a child may not be as easy of a process as one might think when going through the foster care system to find a child. It would seem like with such a…

  • EMDR Therapy: Self-Help Techniques for Trauma Relief

    Self help techniques for my brothers and sisters out there also suffering from PTSD April 18, 2012 by Kellie Holly Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is primarily used as a treatment for PTSD. Discovered and developed by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., EMDR uses eye movements, taps or tones to reprogram trauma victims’ thinking. The…

  • Are You Afraid of Your Doctor or Therapist?

    The following article is from a wonderful newsgroup moderated by Dr Sam Vaknin I subscribe to, which offers so many informative articles its hard for me to choose which to re-post. I have spent my fair share of  time in the hospital due to a rare genetic blood disorder I inherited from my fathers side…

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