Childhood trauma is what you will hear therapists call Developmental Trauma or Early Trauma. It’s the experiencing of trauma while a child is also in the process of brain and physical development. ...read more
3 Things You Need to Hear after a Traumatic Experience
A traumatic experience is overwhelming and devastating. Such a sudden, unexpected, or repeated event leaves you confused, dazed, and in a state of uncertainty. Your world has changed and you’re not ...read more
Toxic Relationships – How did I lose Myself?
The relationship started off so well. It was new, exciting, and fun. You laughed, he was attentive, and you began to fall for him. For a moment, you questioned something, but you let it go because ...read more
3 Steps -When You’re Ready for that Conversation
You’re working with your therapist or reading a self-help book and it clicks. You come to the “aha” moment and realize, “Wait, this person hurt me. He (or she) really hurt me! It’s not my fault. I ...read more
Today, Choose Something Different
Today, choose something different. It's my usual routine to come home for lunch. I make dinner which then becomes my lunch and dinner before returning to the office. While things were simmering on ...read more
THE FIRST STEP TO HEALING IN THERAPY
The first step to healing in therapy is not as scary as you think. It's to first believe that you DESERVE it. TRULY believe you deserve it. That you deserve happiness and joy. You deserve to ...read more
Survivors of Abuse & Connection over Rejection
As survivors of abuse, it can be hard to believe the phrase Faith over Fear. Probably even harder to practice, Connection over Rejection Trauma in childhood teaches us how to reject ourselves and ...read more
Long to Feel Protected but too Scared to Trust?
As a survivor of childhood trauma, you may not recognize this longing as “safety and protection,” but you do know that you long for someone to hold you in their arms. To tell you it will be okay ...read more
Finding it hard to feel Hope? Coping tools for stress
Hope is not showing it's pretty, little head right now. But it is there. It can be hard to find when it’s buried so down deep, you can’t see it or touch it. It’s lost and forgotten. Underneath all ...read more
Is therapy right for you right now?
You’re stressed and overwhelmed. The last thing you want to do is focus on negative emotions in therapy right now. If you have kids at home, you may feel you don’t have the time (or energy) to deal ...read more