Dr. Rene Cross Talks Rocking-Chair Therapy

Great article from the VA, originally published here.

“The chair helped me control my thinking and emotions.”

Who says therapy has to be complicated?

Perhaps an effective tool for treatment and recovery could be something as simple as, say … a rocking chair.

Just ask a Marine Veteran who participated in a rocking chair study through the Robley Rex VA Medical Center in Louisville, Kentucky. At the time, he was in recovery from a serious addiction to alcohol and drugs, including recreational and pain-killing substances. “If it was a pill, I was popping it,” he says. Continue reading Dr. Rene Cross Talks Rocking-Chair Therapy