How to Open Up to a Therapist About Trauma
Originally published June, 2021 Addressing trauma can be difficult, even when you are finally ready to deal with it and move on with your life. It can be hard to know how to open up to a therapist about trauma. Opening up can feel vulnerable. That is particularly true if you’ve ever experienced gaslighting from […]
Resilience is the Key to Raising Kids That Can Cope
Guest blog post by Codie Surratt, MA, LCPC, EMDR Originally published in April 2021 The pandemic was one for the books. As in all of the books – the record books, the medical journals, the how-to-survive-a-pandemic-while-raising-kids-without-losing-your-mind books! One thing we know for sure is that those who could pivot despite uncertainty fared better. Pivoting helped […]
Why Does Therapy Progress Feel Slow Sometimes?
Guest blog by Rebecca Muir, LSW Just because you have a bad day, a bad week, or even a bad year, this doesn’t mean your progress is lost. Challenges, slips, backsliding into old behaviors, or a resurgence of unwanted symptoms do not nullify therapeutic progress. It just doesn’t work that way. Thinking all progress is […]
How to Embrace Change When Trauma Symptoms Feel so Familiar
Change can be challenging for anyone. However, for trauma survivors, it can be even harder. Especially when change feels uncomfortably familiar. It may seem easier in the moment to push change away, refusing to accept it. Yet, that robs you of the opportunity to overcome and make meaningful change. So, how do you embrace change […]
How Childhood Trauma Affects Parenting Styles
It would be nice if things that happened in the past stayed in the past. However, with unresolved childhood trauma, it tends to linger into your adulthood, including into your parenting style. But it doesn’t mean you are destined to traumatize your child or become retraumatized yourself. Here’s how childhood trauma affects parenting styles and […]