When most people hear the phrase “trauma-informed therapy,” they picture someone working through a specific event. An accident. A loss. Something that clearly belongs in the category of trauma. But trauma-informed therapy is not a specialty track reserved for people with a formal trauma history....
If you have ever tried to stop thinking about something and found that the thought immediately got louder, you have experienced one of the more frustrating truths about how the mind works. Telling yourself not to think about something is almost guaranteed to make you...
If you find yourself jumping to the worst possible explanation for almost everything, a delayed text, a look from your boss, a physical symptom you cannot identify, you are not imagining it, and you are not broken. Your brain is doing exactly what it was...
When a teenager is struggling, the parental instinct to fix it is almost overwhelming. You can see what is happening. You have more experience. You know, or think you know, what would help. And watching your child hurt while staying out of the way can...