3. Art Therapy
• Creates a calm environment for people
experiencing PTSD
• Expressive and creative
• Helps ease the mind by relaxing the patient
• http://wthitv.com/2014/03/01/art-therapy-
helping-local-veterans
4. Yogic Breathing
• A type of yoga which focuses heavily on the
autonomic nervous system
• Lowers anxiety and heart rate
• Controls hyper arousal
6. References
• University of Wisconsin-Madison. (2014, September 11). Yogic breathing
shows promise in reducing symptoms of PTSD. ScienceDaily. Retrieved
November 18, 2014 from
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140911151651.htm
• Art Therapy helping local veterans [Video file]. Retrieved from
http://wthitv.com/2014/03/01/art-therapy-helping-local-veterans/
• Rappaport, L. (1998). Focusing and art therapy: tools for working through
post-traumatic stress disorder. Retrieved from
https://www.focusing.org/pdf/rappaport_focusing_and_art_therapy_tool
s_for_working_through_trauma.pdf