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“I believe, in the fall, we shed like the trees.” This thought floated into my awareness of the moving pavement,...
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Even the healthiest of relationships sometimes goes through times of struggle and disconnect. Life circumstances, differing expectations, personality clashes, and...
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Trauma, by its broadest definition, is everywhere. In various segments on the nightly news, in one Bible story after another,...
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Understanding Vicarious Trauma
Emotionally intelligent people can express empathy, the ability to step into another person’s shoes, seeing and feeling things from their...
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How Trauma Can Impact Our Bodies
Trauma rewires our brains. It turns on our fight/flight/freeze response. Our brains often struggle to recover from this. The human...
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It is a common misconception that grief counseling is only for the person who cannot get out of bed because...
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Natural disasters. Sexual assault. Physical assault. Witnessing an act of violence. The sudden death of a parent or close friend....
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Life often catches us off-guard with its messiness. Grief intrudes into our lives, whether it’s through the loss of a...
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Understanding the Effects of Trauma
There is a lot in this world that is worth celebrating. The smile of a child, a bright sunny summer...
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“Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort. Their...
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“Your silence will not protect you.” — Audre Lorde As a mental health therapist, an African-American woman, the wife of...
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A woman once came to therapy because she was feeling distressed about her current situation. She was trying to stop...
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