EMDR

  Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is the result of repeated and on-going trauma. The fact that the trauma is chronic, it therefore results in more pervasive and complex effects on the individual and their personality. Typically, this type of trauma starts in childhood in…

June is national PTSD Awareness month. For many, the concept of PTSD is linked to military service. The reality however, is that this disorder can affect anyone. In the US, approximately 7-8% of adults will experience PTSD in their lifetimes, with women twice as likely…

  Not everyone who goes through a traumatic experience develops PTSD. I believe that, in part, the reason for this is because those who develop PTSD draw some sort of negative conclusion about themselves, others and/or the world. These negative beliefs are dysfunctional as they…

Little kids are sponges and because of their (developmentally appropriate) immaturity and dependency, they believe that everything what their care givers’ say about them and teach them about themselves. This means that if they are bombarded with message about how they are unwanted, unloved, or…

You are never too old and it is never too late to change your bad habits, your dysfunctional patterns and find a healthier, happier way to live. Telling yourself that you are too broken, or weak, or lazy, or bad simply keeps you stuck. Those…

Often when clients come into therapy one of the first things we do is start working on language, although that is not what we call it. Sometimes it is not so much developing a new language as it is making sure that the words, we…