Before the houses, rebuilding damaged spirits (The Malibu Times)- About: Psychic News

The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Emergency Outreach Bureau has opened a bureau in Malibu to treat victims and first responders to the fire this week. Stiffelman is setting aside several hours a week for the next month to offer free private counseling to Malibu families who might have suffered loss, on a first come, first serve basis. Annie Thiel has run a family therapy practice in Malibu for more than 35 years and has seen Malibu suffer fires, mud slides and other natural disasters. Thiel said that indications of PTSD in children and adults include trouble sleeping, low energy, lack of appetite, feelings of depression, hopelessness and fearfulness, reoccurring thoughts or nightmares, not being able to focus on daily activities and avoiding places where the fire was prominent. read more

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