Grief is something that we will all experience at least once in our lifetime (but most likely more than once). There are some myths about...

“What do you mean I have to accept that this happened!? Why do I have to accept it and move on when they won’t even acknowledge the stress they’ve caused? I didn’t ask for this!” The above quote, or some variation of the sort rings at a high volume throughout any psychotherapeutic milieu, particularly with those healing from traumatic stress. And it’s almost always a speed bump in the initial exploration of the fact that although we do not cause most of our problems in life,

As a parent/care-giver, it's natural to want to protect your child from anything that might hurt them. But when it comes to something...

You don’t have to be an expert on trauma or psychology to know that there is a strong correlation between emotional pain and creativity. Trauma can lead to a hyperactive right brain hemisphere, and the ‘mind’ (left hemisphere, or the ‘storyteller’ of the brain) will always work to symbolize what the inner brain/body have endured. If words can’t explain a visceral experience, our minds have the automatic inclination to search for other methods to express the feeling of what ha

If you are someone who experiences anxiety (like a lot of us do), welcome! My goal for this blog post is a refresher on anxiety, its...

Hello All and Happy Thanksgiving! I wanted to create a quick guide of ways to navigate a holiday that is totally surrounded by food. Tip...

One thing I often suggest to my clients is buying a journal. I get mixed responses of "Okay, sure!", "I hate journaling" or "journaling...