Self-Care and the #MeToo Movement
Self-Care and the #MeToo Movement A few weeks ago, I watched a powerful documentary called What Haunts Us . In this documentary, the filmmaker investigates a series of suicides that are related to ...
Overcoming Betrayal and Entering Therapy
Overcoming Betrayal and Entering Therapy For so many partners of addicts , entering into therapy can seem so overwhelming. It feel like you're just trying to hold the fabric of your life, and maybe ...
How EMDR Therapy Can Help Sex Addicts And Their Partners
How EMDR Therapy Can Help Sex Addicts And Their Partners Sex addiction riddles a relationship with secrecy, shame and resentment. It is essential to not only understand if you or your loved one is su ...
Emotional Mindfulness can Lead to Healing
Emotional Mindfulness can Lead to Healing Our emotions can be bound in a way that can cause a lot of problems in our lives. Without release, these emotions can wreak havoc on your relationships and y ...
Staying with the Emotional Process… Where Less is More
Staying with the Emotional Process... Where Less is More When working through any problem, many people want to blaze through the issue that they are facing. This makes sense. When we're experiencing ...
7 Lost Lessons of the Harvey Weinstein Controversy
7 Lost Lessons of the Harvey Weinstein Controversy As you probably have read, there are many opinions being shared in relation to Harvey Weinstein, and the allegations and controversy surrounding him ...
Titrating Experiences for Emotional Healing
Titrating Experiences for Emotional Healing In Somatic Experiencing , we use a term called "titration." In chemistry, if you mix too much of one chemical in with another at one time, the beaker cou ...
Looking at all Sides in Social and Historical Traumas
Looking at all Sides in Social and Historical Traumas Our experiences shape us. We have difficulties and challenges that we face from our childhood, on through our adulthood. We have personal experie ...
Gaslighting Makes the Real Unreal
Gaslighting Makes the Real Unreal Gaslighting is a term that is used for someone who is being lied to, but also convinced that their reality isn't actually real. This term is commonly associated with ...
I Haven’t Had Any Trauma in My Life? Or Have I?
I Haven't Had Any Trauma in My Life? Or Have I? Trauma is something that seems easy to define, but it's actually more complicated than it seems. Many people think of the most severe types of trauma. ...