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  By: Dwight Bain, LMHC, NCC    Community Care After a Crisis- Identifying Emotional Warning Signs and Trauma Symptoms   A community crisis can terrorize an entire community in just a few minutes, while the recovery process to rebuild from a major critical incident may take weeks or months to sort through. The more you know about how to survive and rebuild after the crisis, the faster you can take positive action to get your personal and professional life back on track.   Since community crisis events like shootings at schools, malls or churches, bombing or terrorism are unpredictable, it requires a different course of action than the crisis brought on from natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, fires and floods. What can you do right now to cope with the psychological impact of a major community crisis brought on through violence?   1. Deal Directly with Your Emotions   This will reduce the tension and stress on you, which allows y...

  Natural Disaster Recovery Guide- By: Dwight Bain, LMHC, NCC     Psychological Strategies to rebuild your Life, Home & Business   By : Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor and  Critical Incident Recovery Expert       Natural disasters change people forever. Most people know to prepare physically ahead of time by keeping a watchful eye on tracking the storm or stocking up on the resources needed, like flashlight batteries, bottled water, canned goods, prescription medication, first aid kits and other essential survival supplies. What we usually don't know is how to deal with the devastating psychological reactions that come after a terrible storm hits. Emotions like stress, anger, worry, depression, trauma, rage, confusion, anxiety, and panic are common and can build up to dangerous levels after a major critical incident which can lead to disastrous and self­ destructive be...