Psychoeducation

On June 19, 1865 enslaved African-Americans in Galveston, Texas were finally told that the Civil war had ended and that they were free. And thus was born, Juneteenth, an annual celebration commemorating the actual end of slavery in the US. It is also known as…

Gender identity and sexual orientation are not the same things. Gender identity is who we know ourselves to be, as it relates to our gender. It is an internal sense. This internal sense MAY result in a corresponding gender presentation. But it does not have…

In my work, being disconnected or unaware of one’s body is a huge red flag signaling trauma and dissociation. If you are someone who does not know when they are hungry, when they are thirsty, when they have to use the restroom, or are prone…

Self-awareness and self-knowledge are in much too short supply these days. Therapy can help with this in many ways. And this past year with COVID and the lockdown have certainly seen an increase in people’s attempts to self-medicate, to flood this unendurable void – with…

  There is a lot of energy that is taken up in dissociative disorders when there are separate parts, ego states, alters, etc. This is because mental energy is needed to keep up the amnesic barriers between parts, between awareness and between conflicting emotional states.…

We hear so much about gender dysphoria, and the heartache and struggle, that can be associated with being trans, non-binary, or gender fluid, that we often don’t stop to reflect on the good. And there certainly is good along with the bad. One example of…