3 Tips to Tame Your Inner Critic
This blog is dedicated to KL thank you for your courage and inspiration. For trauma survivors, the battle with the inner critic can be particularly challenging Those harsh, self-condemning voices from the past can linger in our minds. Whose voice is it anyway? The...
Clinical Observations from an Estrangement Clinician: Observation #2
I am an estrangement clinician primarily working with parents who are estranged from their adult sons and/or daughters. My lived experience as an estranged parent is a far greater credential than my degree in psychology and my training as a life coach combined. Like...
Lost & Found: (Re) Claiming Emotional Vibrancy Lost with CPTSD
In adapting to the circumstances of growing up with relational trauma, most of us had to give up our innate sense of personal power or sovereignty Generally, this meant having to forfeit our agency, vibrancy, energy, or creativity. Most of all, it meant no one was...
Breaking Up With Lazy
In the therapy room, there’s a four-letter word that creates unease in my nervous system every time I hear it: “lazy.” Working with trauma survivors, I witness the fallout of abusive and neglectful households, and the last thing I want to hear is my...