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Posted: March 30, 2020
This time of self-quarantine is hard on most of us. However, those with a history of intimate partner violence or domestic violence, this time might be especially hard. This is because it might remind you of when you were isolated from family or friends by…
Posted: March 20, 2020
A key feature of mental health is flexibility and adaptability. Our beliefs and coping strategies and decision making should all be informed by the particulars of a situation. Life experiences and learning should influence and inform our way of viewing ourselves and the world. When…
Posted: March 18, 2020
When we perceive a threat, then our survival instincts and drives kick in. These strategies are fight, flight, freeze, fawn, and flag. These are drives that get activated before conscious thought. When there is a history of chronic traumatization and danger, this system might remain…
Posted: March 15, 2020
Hope is such a tricky, complex thing. It is an amazing motivator for change and persistence. And its absence can be devastating. Often when clients come to me, they have lost hope, or find that it is diminishing. In the beginning then, part of my…
Posted: March 15, 2020
I think this is one I will repeat periodically as it is SUPER important. Let’s just stop putting pressure on each other to reach out to family, or a particular family member. Some people have made a healthy decision to cut off their family or…
Posted: March 7, 2020
I heard this line in a song in high school and it has stuck with me ever since. When you have gone through traumatic experiences and are acting in ways that don’t make sense to you, you are living what is still held inside of…