Before there was Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) there was abreaction, which entailed having the patient verbally recount their traumatic experience. It was believed it would be cathartic for the patient as they would be...
The Secret To Finding Your Best Therapist A therapist should be chosen as carefully and mindfully as a spouse. This is especially so when seeking a therapist to treat chronic childhood trauma. In years...
If honesty is the best policy, why do so many of us who experienced childhood trauma (especially chronic childhood trauma) quake at the very thought of speaking our true feelings, needs and desires out...
Boundaries are the flak jackets of relationships. Once mastered, boundaries ensure you don’t get used, manipulated, punished or guilt tripped by other people. For those unfamiliar with the machinations of boundaries, their newly born...
People pleasing is a dangerous endeavor. The more vigorously it is pursued the more our True Self gets effaced, until all that, seemingly, remains is a puppet whose strings are constantly being pulled by...
I used to have an overwhelming urge to run smack into any car sporting the bumper sticker, “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” When I finally took the leap and assumed responsibility for my own...
The limbic system controls feelings and emotional reactions in addition to categorizing and storing memories. It releases specific neurochemicals based on its interpretation of your survival needs at the moment. Your safety requirements, according...
The feeling that was most pervasive for us as children and the one which is most insidious to us as adults with post childhood trauma symptoms is that we are somehow all ALONE. We learned...
All our life we have been running away from our feelings and now here I am asking you to run toward them. Here’s a newsflash, feelings are neither good nor bad; they are just...
We are no longer victims. Although we most certainly suffered through childhood trauma we also had many positive experiences, sometimes even with those who caused us the most pain. We can get so...
