Have you noticed when someone asks what your goals are, you might answer with ideas of traveling, finishing college, having a career, family, etc.? For those healing from trauma, I hear goals of ...read more
Healing Trauma: From Childhood
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
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
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
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
COVID-19, Anxiety, and Depression
Well, here we are: COVID-19 restrictions have reached its peak. When I heard our Governor say the words, “State Lockdown,” I’ll admit, I grasped my breath and felt my chest restrict for a ...read more
The Real on EMDR Therapy
As a certified EMDR therapist, these are common questions or comments I often get about EMDR Therapy: What is EMDR Therapy? I’m not sure if it’s right for me and what I want to focus on in ...read more