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 […]
What is Narrative Therapy?
Guest blog by Aaron Johnson, LCPC Rewriting Your Story Everyone has a story, and those stories shape how we see ourselves and the world around us. But what happens when those stories are filled with pain, failure, or trauma? Narrative therapy steps in to help you realize that your story is not set in stone […]
How to Help Someone With Drug Addiction
Originally posted in August, 2020 We all have our guilty pleasures. For some it’s using a drug to find a pleasant high. However, what do you do when someone you love slips from occasional use to addiction? It can become an ugly struggle quickly, negatively affecting relationships and health. When you love someone, it’s only […]
What is Somatic Experiencing Therapy
Have you experienced a traumatic event? Some people seem to easily overcome the impact of such an event, while others struggle to cope and are overwhelmed by the same situation. Their brain gets rewired to maladaptive physical and mental responses, and the body gets stuck in a constant stress response. Somatic Experiencing therapy addresses […]
To (Radically) Accept or Not to Accept; That is the Question
Guest blog by Sarah VanMeter, LCSW If you’ve been alive for any length of time at all, you know that life is full of situations, people, and circumstances that you just don’t like. Every human being faces this. But how do you deal with it? You may find yourself falling into the trap of saying […]