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Posted: November 2, 2020
So often I find in working with attachment trauma, that my clients feel that everyone does indeed matter. Well, everyone except themselves. Children who grow up in homes where they cannot be recognized for who they truly are learn to suppress or hide that quite…
Posted: October 30, 2020
Intersex people are born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that don’t fit into our societal constructs of male or female (the gender binary). The outdate and more offensive term you may have heard before is hermaphrodite. Some intersex people have a combination of reproductive anatomy,…
Posted: October 23, 2020
Memories are the architects of our identities because of the meaning we derive from our experiences, the messages about ourselves, our lives, relationships, family, and the world. And what if your memories are painful, and traumatic? What then? Too often the meaning we make of…
Posted: October 21, 2020
These words are wise and cliché and true. But learning to let go of our desire to be understood is hard. Especially when our hurt separates us from our families and their understanding. Maybe that hurt is due to growing up in a chaotic, neglectful,…
Posted: October 17, 2020
October 15 is Infant & Pregnancy Loss Remembrance Day. When someone is going through a rough time – a loss, a separation, an illness, etc.- they need support. Often the go to response is to say “let me know if there is anything you need.”…
Posted: October 16, 2020
Does this sound familiar to you? So many of the people that I work with are beating themselves up about their past – things they should or should not have done, things they wished they had figured out sooner, etc. And if you grew up…