If you’ve been thinking about starting trauma therapy, there’s a good chance the biggest question in your mind is not just what happens in trauma therapy. It’s something deeper: Will this be okay? Can I handle it? Will I be pushed to talk about things I’m not ready to...
“If it wasn’t for me, you’d be totally comfortable living in filth,” you joke. Except it’s not really a joke. When it comes to managing the household, it often feels like you have three kids, not two. Your husband needs to be reminded to put his things away just as...
Here’s a question for you: if you dated as a teenager, what was that experience like? What relationship beliefs did you have? What behaviors did you put up with, and how did you act within that relationship? Now picture this. How would your teenage dating experience...
What Does Unresolved Trauma Look Like Day to Day? Unresolved trauma rarely looks dramatic in daily life. Instead, it shows up as patterns — reactions, emotions, and habits that feel automatic and hard to control. These responses once helped you cope, but may now feel...
What Qualifies Something as Trauma? Trauma isn’t defined by how extreme an experience looks from the outside. It’s defined by how your mind and body respond. If something overwhelmed your ability to cope at the time and still affects you now, it qualifies — regardless...
