When trauma has made life feel heavy, unpredictable, or unsafe, just thinking about asking for help can feel daunting. You’re not alone. Many people in Sacramento, Roseville, and Fair Oaks have walked this path before you. In like manner, they ask the same questions,...
Kids don’t have a choice. They can’t simply pack up their belongings and leave a horrible situation. And rather than see the trauma or abuse for what it is, many adjust their inner world to try and explain it away, dismiss it, or make it “ok.” Studies show that if...
The truth? There are probably a lot more people suffering from PTSD than we’ll ever know. You may deny your mental anguish, or get completely swallowed by it. When there are also current life circumstances such as stress, worry, and financial woes. It is much...
If you are curious about whether or not you could benefit from therapy, there’s one way to tell for sure: Are you breathing? Great. You need therapy. All joking aside, all of us benefit from therapy at one point or another. No matter who you are or what you have, the...
If you have experienced any form of trauma, you know it lingers. The fear response, the flashbacks and the nightmares insist on sticking around, casting a shadow over everything. A line in the sand separating life before and life after the incident is clear. Though...
Here’s a harsh reality: sometimes, the aftermath of a traumatic event, the residual lingering trauma, can be just as bad (if not worse!) than the event itself. Wounding affects us all in different ways. It exists as part of a spectrum; and can involve a variety of...
