Trauma

To me nature is an amazing source of healing and strength. We do not get nearly enough of nature in our world. But taking a moment to go outside and really just absorb the natural beauty can be restorative. It is a way of grounding…

Consider this a public service announcement. Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) does exist, and is not actually as unusual and rare as many have been taught to believe. Unfortunately, there remains a great deal of misunderstanding out there about DID, even among mental health professionals. It…

One thing I find in my work with developmental and attachment trauma is a complex and strained relationship with emotions. And a disconnect from their bodies. Often I find that my clients cannot identify their own emotions as growing up this was unsafe for some…

Human being are wired to feel emotions. However, in our culture, we get so many messages about which emotions are okay to express and feel and which are not. Many make the error of believing that just because our emotions are not always logical or…

One of my jobs as a therapist and a trauma therapist in particular is to be a holder of hope. So many of the people I work with come in feeling hopeless and in the beginning it is my job to hold out hope for…

This is a good reminder that the way we see the world is shaped by our own mental health, cognitive distortions, etc. If you are depressed, you have a negative view of yourself, the world and your future. And you will filter all of what…