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Since we are in the new year it’s always a good time to remind you about the toxicity of diet culture and our society’s obsession with thinness. This is from Annie Goldsmith’s “Diet Culture and the Double Bind” in Perspectives of Dissociative Identity Response: Ethical,…

It’s a struggle as a trauma therapist to always know when/if to post about current events. It’s not because I am oblivious, don’t have an opinion or am afraid to share my opinion. It’s because I know how flooded social media can become around things…

My heart is heavy. There is so much pain going on in the world it is hard to hold. It is hard to know so much of the war, pain and suffering that is happening around the world. It often makes me feel helpless. This…

As we approach the holiday season, please remember this time can be really hard for some folks. It is inescapable, all of the focus on family, family togetherness, family gatherings, love of family….it’s in commercials, TV shows, movies, social media, at the grocery store, on…

For many folks with complex trauma, silence and stillness are super scary and intimidating. Without chaos and constant activity there is more chance of having to face the past, or parts of self they don’t like. This is the truth that Pink is singing about.…

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how one explains Dissociative Disorders to people in general to help them understand it, without fearing it. I like David Spiegel’s explanation here, it is very normalizing. It doesn’t focus on the cinematic idea of “people” with different…