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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…

Remember: What’s broken Can be mended. What hurts Can be healed. And no matter How dark it gets, The sun is going To rise again.

Marsha Linehan developed the gold standard of care for people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), which is known as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). BPD is a greatly misunderstood and stigmatized mental illness that typically develops out of attachment trauma. Linehan eventually came out as…

As George Bernard Shaw said, “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” I think there is wisdom in this, and I also believe in both finding and creating ourselves. When trauma has happened, when you’ve grown up in an invalidating, toxic, or…