There are a variety of reasons you may have difficulty identifying or expressing emotions, we call this alexithymia. One reason might be growing up in a home where emotions were not allowed or encouraged. In that type of environment, the child does not have an opportunity to learn about their … [Read more...]
JFK Quote
I find that when someone fears change or the discomfort that may come from it, then tend to over-focus on this pain and fail to attend to the pain of their current state. This is understandable, whatever pain or discomfort you are currently in is at least familiar, it’s known. The possible pain … [Read more...]
Quote from Patricia DeYoung’s Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame
Chronic shame is a hallmark of attachment trauma, of emotional misattunement or lack of validation by caretakers. Shame is the belief not just that one has DONE something bad, but one IS bad. We hold shame away from the light because the idea that someone else might see and know our shame is so … [Read more...]
Quote from Christine Courtois & Justin D. Ford
Words have power, and being able to speak your truth and tell your story has profound healing potential. In many ways therapy is about giving words to wordless experiences. It is giving others a language to use to describe their experience. By putting things into words, we are often helping to … [Read more...]
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