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Posted: June 2, 2024
If you have a lot of traumatization and adverse life events, be very cautious about implementing a practice of pushing yourself outside your comfort zone. There is nothing wrong with this practice, and it is needed to help build up the ability to tolerate…
Posted: May 9, 2024
While it is true that hurt people hurt people, it is also true that hurt people heal so that they don’t hurt others. This is true for many therapists and it is certainly true of the trauma clients I work with. And that is part…
Posted: April 25, 2024
Okay, here is an annual reminder that Mother’s Day can be VERY hard for some people. Let’s not make it any harder. It is not your business if someone does not want to spend Mother’s Day with their mother. It is not your business if…
Posted: April 11, 2024
National Autism Awareness month is intended to raise awareness to promote increased autism acceptance and celebrating neurodiversity and individual differences. According to the CDC about 1 in 36 children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Autism occurs in all ethnic, racial, economic, sex and…
Posted: March 17, 2024
There’s reason to believe that transgender or non-binary folks are at increased risk of developing dissociative symptoms compared to their cisgender counterparts. Reasons to expect dissociation in gender diverse individuals: Dysphoria at the lack of concordance between the body and identity may predispose them to…
Posted: February 11, 2024
Although I know that Valentine’s Day is a manufactured holiday, I am choosing to take the use it as an opportunity to send some loving reminders to some of you who might need them. Loving reminders for trans and non-binary folks: You were born worthy…