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Coping with Emotional Overwhelm During the Holiday Season
The holiday season is a stressful time of year. People rush about trying to make the perfect Christmas for themselves and their loved ones when there is no such thing. The result is that folks...
More Than Support – 9 Things Trauma-Informed Therapists Always Provide
People need support. Absolutely. Providing support is a foundational principle to a therapist’s role because, as said beautifully by Brené Brown, “what we don’t need in the midst of struggle is...
A Fresh Start After Child Abuse and Trauma
I'm a survivor of sexual child abuse and horrific trauma. My start in life was difficult and painful and I grew up not knowing "how to live". I didn't know how to be a human being. I had no...
How to Celebrate “The Season” Your Way
If trauma can be passed down throughout generations then so can healing. That’s what you are doing! Embrace every day as a special day and create a healing and loving space for yourself in your world, and with others.
Red Flags That Will Prompt You To Get Out From The Toxic Relationship.
Trusting your gut when you see red flags is one of the most important things that you can do for your emotional and physical health.
10 Ways Trauma-Informed Therapy Can Help You Navigate Change
Change in the most basic form means to become or make something different. Changes happen for everyone, whether they are small or large. They can be detours on the road due to construction, your...
Tidings of Joy – How to Survive the Holidays Season
Joy can and does exist despite the wasteland of trauma.
Internal Family Systems: Panic at the Park- Discovering Trailheads to Heal Trauma
A first-hand account detailing how a panic at the park opened the door to calming shame and accessing trauma for deeper healing of Complex PTSD.
Trauma, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and SMART Goals
Trauma and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) go hand-in-hand. You cannot have CPTSD without first experiencing repeated and severely traumatic events. However, you can experience...
Writ of Habeas Corpus – Take Back Your Holidays Alienated Parents
The holiday season: despite your personal experiences during this time of year, if you asked most people upon shutting their eyes - they might picture a family meal with love and laughter, it...
How to Handle the Holidays -Prepare Your Heart and Believe
What if this year, I honored all I had been through and chose holiday celebrations that delighted the heart of the child inside?
Christmas Graffiti: An IFS Approach to Coping During the Holidays
1 Month | 3 Days | 15 Hours Till Holiday Season Ends Every year I battle depression during the holidays, and every year I judge myself for seeing the world through glass-half-empty lenses....
What is Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
“Complex PTSD comes in response to chronic traumatization over the course of months or, more often, years. This can include emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuses, domestic violence, living in a war zone, being held captive, human trafficking, and other organized rings of abuse, and more. While there are exceptional circumstances where adults develop C-PTSD, it is most often seen in those whose trauma occurred in childhood”.
