You may have asked yourself this question more times than you can count: Why did I just do nothing? You might replay the moment over and over, wondering why you did not fight back, speak up, leave, or stop what was happening. Maybe the question has slowly turned into...
You may have had this thought at some point: Nothing violent happened. So why does this still bother me? Maybe you have replayed it over and over, trying to make sense of why something that “wasn’t that bad” still shows up as anxiety, self doubt, trouble trusting, or...
For so long, women were told things like: “You’ll just have to learn to live with it.” “Maybe your symptoms will get better someday.” “You can cope — that’s the goal.” But here’s what modern trauma science tells us: PTSD is highly treatable. Recovery is real. And...
“Trauma-informed” has become a buzzword. Therapists put it on websites, yoga studios use it in their marketing, and workplaces include it in their brochures. But trauma-informed care isn’t a slogan. It’s a standard. A set of behaviors. A way of practicing that...
Many clients enter therapy believing their job is simply to come in once a week and recount the hardest parts of their week. It feels good to be heard. It feels good to be validated. But feeling heard is not the same as being healed. If you’ve been in therapy for...
One of the biggest reasons people avoid therapy — especially trauma therapy — is this fear: “If I start telling my story, I won’t be able to stop.” “If I open that door, I’ll fall apart.” “I don’t want to relive it.” “I’m scared a therapist will make me tell every...
