People who’ve experienced childhood trauma often find themselves struggling in their interactions with others, but often do not understand why. Trauma therapy is designed to help individuals who have experienced traumatic events, the goal being to help them process their experiences, overcome the emotional distress they may be feeling, regain a sense of control and stability in their life and develop new coping skills to deal with future stressors. The following articles will provide useful tips on how you can start to take back control of your life.
DBT is a skills-based therapeutic approach that has helped many people reduce emotional suffering and create more stability in their lives. This June, I’m launching an 8-week group for adults who are ready to make meaningful changes in how they cope, relate, and thrive.
There are, for everyone, moments of frenzied alarm. Our heart races, our hands shake, and our head starts spinning. We feel temporarily panicked. Then, of course, there are full-blown panic attacks.
Self awareness is not a destination. It’s an ongoing and important journey. We all have a self-image but how self aware are we? The answer to this question plays a major role in our everyday life. What is Self Awareness? Before we can develop self awareness, we must better understand it. Self awareness includes: Understanding … Take These Steps to Develop Self Awareness
While there’s a perception of children being extremely fragile (parents worry about a child’s skinned knee or bumped elbow or monitor media consumption) there’s also a competing perception of children as resilient, able to bounce-back from things because they are young and fresh, perhaps also because they are thought to be unable to understand the … We Are Not Our Past: Overcoming Childhood Trauma
The Science of Happiness What is happiness? Is it something we can define and measure? Maybe and maybe not. You might have seen charts that rank the countries with the happiest people. Perhaps you’ve heard of the Harvard class or the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) called “The Science of Happiness” from the University of … The Science of Happiness: Fact or Fiction