There is an undeniable connection between psychological trauma and physical health. Trauma affects both the mind and the body, creating a complex web of responses that shape how individuals process and heal from distressing events.

Self-awareness is the cornerstone of healthy relationships, enabling you to share your authentic self with others. This crucial skill involves recognizing your strengths, weaknesses, and quirks through introspection.

Have you ever felt your heart racing, palms sweating, and a sense of impending doom wash over you for no apparent reason? If so, you may have experienced a panic attack.

Are you and your partner struggling to connect or communicate effectively? Romantic relationships are complex, demanding mutual support and individual growth.

When distressing current events echo your past trauma, it can feel like you're reliving painful experiences all over again. The constant stream of news and social media can make it difficult to escape reminders that trigger intense emotions and memories.

Have you ever felt a deep unease about your place in the world? Perhaps you've questioned the meaning of life or grappled with feelings of isolation and insignificance. These experiences may be signs of existential anxiety, a profound psychological state that stems from confronting life's fundamental questions.

The constant influx of information, global uncertainties, and personal challenges can make decision-making feel overwhelming. As a therapist, I've observed that this pervasive indecision often stems from a combination of external pressures and internal conflicts.

Trauma-Informed Therapy is a therapeutic framework that prioritizes understanding the effects of trauma on individuals and incorporates this understanding into the therapeutic process.

By exploring aspects of Attachment and Humanist theories, along with the EFT model, we can uncover why conflict might be the very thing that helps relationships thrive.

“Any New Year’s Resolutions this year?” It’s become a cliché question around this time of year, every year. But I have also never found the new year to be a particularly good time for me, personally, to set goals.

However, today’s inspiration comes from what seems to be a looming government shutdown, and what the leadup can teach us about relationships.

I was inspired to write this as I often encounter the question, “How does therapy work?” which I believe should always be asked, even though the answer is both elusive and varies greatly among therapists. This gives it a flexibility that can confound clients and beginning therapists alike.

I’ve been wanting to write about fear for a long time but was – perhaps not ironically – afraid of how to put thoughts into words. . And then in publishing, facing the fear that some of my own existential thoughts might not align with those who are reading.

Because in a nutshell, the more we strive for something that is unattainable (assuming the cliché is true), or far out of reach (if the cliché isn’t quite true), the more we allow room for feelings of disappointment to emerge.

I specifically chose the title of that piece, “Presence, as Opposed to Perfection, Within,” because I knew at the time that I wanted to write a second part. I knew that I wanted to provide commentary on the ways the perfectionist voice can impact how we exist among the relationships that encompass our worlds.

Psychotherapists tend to talk a lot about feelings. We do have the tendency in psychotherapy to focus on more negative emotions, then processing and making sense of them, all the while trying to work through them.

Have you ever — or often — said to yourself, “wow, I can’t do anything right”? You would definitely not be alone. Instead, I might say that you are normal and have a strong inner critic.

I wanted to outline my working knowledge of the “inner critic,” , everyone has one, but not everyone is consumed by his or her inner critic. I am not one of those “extremely lucky” few, and I was inspired to write this post because of my own inner critic.

I decided it would be fitting (if not ironic) to reward myself for my one-year blogging anniversary with a post on burnout. I felt like my transition to private practice mimicked a lot of the struggles my clients face in really figuring out the question, “what do I want?”