Ever wonder how chronic dissociation, particularly Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID/OSDD) develops? According to our current understanding, the capacity to dissociation is learned in very early childhood when a child’s needs are going unmet.   When a little one is in need of food, a diaper…

We’ve just come out of Invisible Disabilities Week, intended to bring awareness to the fact that many disabilities are not something that are visible to others. Many folks out there struggle with mental health or cognitive disabilities, impacting approximately 23% of US adults each year.…

Traditional models of attachment focus on the relationship between the child and their caregivers. As mentioned previously, there’s also the Nested Model of attachment proposed by Jessica Fern which suggests that attachment is shaped across many different levels of human experience. Today I want to…

    From this cishet ally, to all the LGBTQIA+ folx out there: I see you, I believe you. I will support and defend. And to fellow non-community members…. It’s important to acknowledge that queer folks and their rights are currently under attack. The trans…

There are a lot of misunderstandings out there about EMDR therapy & what can & what cannot be changed or addressed with it. So let’s get into it. EMDR myth: Can’t be safely used with Dissociative Disorders EMDR truth: There’s a benefit in using EMDR…

Suicide is a solution sought to what is experienced as unendurable pain and is absolutely a mental health issue, and an epidemic in the US. AND there are a lot of things that are not about mental health that need to be part of our…