We’ve all had the experience of feeling so overwhelmed and drained, yet having too many items on the to-do list to be able to rest. You’re backed up on work, the house is a mess, you haven’t had much time with your loved ones, and *sigh* it’s only Tuesday?
After more than a year of living with COVID-19, there are signs that we could return to something close to normal by this summer. That’s right: a future of mingling with friends, family, and colleagues indoors is within sight.
When children and teens need therapy, it’s not unusual for caregivers to feel like they have failed. But rather than being a sign of failure, seeking help for your child is a brave act.
In order to describe your internal experiences, you must have some capacity to observe, by witnessing without acting, your feelings, thoughts, urges, impulses, and emotions.
I like to describe trauma as a distressing event or situation that comes at you as too much and too fast, overwhelming your sensory system and nervous system.
unwanted behaviors, prioritizing targets by how unsafe or harmful they are to you and your relationships.
Most of us understand flashbacks as being a memory w/images & pictures. It is important to understand that flashbacks are any one, or up to all, of the following emotional content coming up in a distressing way.
Meditation is often talked about as the cure-all for emotional suffering. However, this not always true for those with trauma.
Deep healing occurs when we mindfully address and work through imbalances in these 7 layers, or energy centers, starting from layer 1 up to layer 7.
The premise of parts work is based on the multiplicity of the mind, and really the psyche as a whole, which makes up each of our unique personalities. We are all born with a true self (TS) and a personality.
