by Jeff Spiteri | May 26, 2021 | ACEs, Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Family Estrangement, Guest Contributor, Healthy Relationships, Men's Mental Health
We always have choices, sometimes the choice to make a change or take on a quest or journey can be the scariest decision of all. But it is when we leave behind what is familiar that we make space to see with a perspective where we were. While the journey itself can...
by Robyn Brickel | May 14, 2021 | Healthy Relationships, Trauma-Informed
If you and your partner want to pursue couples therapy, that’s commendable! There is so much hope and help available in therapy. What if you’re dealing with intimate partner abuse or violence (IPV)? Therapy for domestic violence requires a trauma-informed approach....
by Rebekah Brown | Apr 15, 2021 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Attachment Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Healthy Relationships
The Friend of Love My best friend is moving away. She’d been dropping hints for months, but I decided to retreat behind a wall of denial and hope for the best. The best was not to be. Ellen is moving, and there isn’t anything I can do about it. We had our share of...
by Rebekah Brown | Feb 4, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Wellness, Feeling Good Enough, Grief, Healing from Toxic Shame, Healthy Relationships, Outer Critic
Gaslighting: to manipulate (someone) by psychological or abusive means into questioning reality. I had watched my big brother board the school bus every day for the last year. Now, it was finally my turn. The very first week of first grade, my teacher, Mrs. King,...
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 Jess | Nov 20, 2020 | CPTSD, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Emotional Wellness, Healing from Toxic Shame, Healthy Relationships
Who has bad taste in romantic partners? I do! No matter how many times I think I’m choosing wisely… uh… I’m not. Plain and simple, I don’t know how to choose a good human for my significant other. Am I a chronic dater? Just taking whatever comes my way? Nope,...
