by Robyn Brickel | Apr 28, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, Trauma-Informed
The experience of trauma makes a profound mark on a person. It doesn’t matter whether the injury is grave and evident, as the bruising of a battered person, or hard to see, like the emotional neglect of someone detached and withdrawn. Whatever the cause, when a person...
by Robyn Brickel | Feb 12, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, Trauma-Informed
The experience of trauma makes a profound mark on a person. It doesn’t matter whether the injury is grave and evident, like the bruising of a battered person, or hard to see, like the emotional neglect of someone detached and withdrawn. Whatever the cause, when a...
by Robyn Brickel | Jan 19, 2021 | CPTSD, LGBTQ and Complex Trauma Healing
On November 7, 2017, Virginia voters elected Danica Roem to the Virginia House of Delegates. Roem is the first openly transgender state legislator in America. Her campaign focused on local issues, especially improving traffic problems, which resonated with voters....
by Robyn Brickel | Dec 23, 2020 | Healthy Relationships, Trauma-Informed
It’s good, healthy, and human to want love and seek it out. We live longer, healthier lives when we feel close to someone safe. Some people feel painfully disconnected, and long to open up to others. But then they stop themselves from reaching out. As therapists, we...
by Robyn Brickel | Nov 30, 2020 | Attachment Trauma
I invite you to notice the feeling you have when I say vulnerability is strength! Does it feel like a pit in your stomach? A lump in your throat? Does the idea of being vulnerable scare you? I am asking you to think about what’s not working for you in your life. Have...