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Love Isn't the Problem: How childhood trauma affects adult relationships

May 31, 2019
2 min

Love Isn't the Problem: How childhood trauma affects adult relationships

Ever wonder why you keep finding yourself in unhealthy relationships? Maybe you jump from one relationship to the next with no time in between. Maybe you really do want to be in a relationship but find it difficult to let someone in and self-sabotage when they get too close. Sound familiar? Many of my clients talk about these types of relationship patterns and make conscious efforts to find “the right one” only to find pain again and again. Why is this? This is because they a

Expressive Arts: An Exploration of its benefits in Trauma Recovery

Mar 30, 2019
2 min

Expressive Arts: An Exploration of its benefits in Trauma Recovery

Sometimes we go through things that we can barely put into words. The way the memory is stored in our mind is jumbled. Our feelings about it are mixed up. Our understanding of what it means is confusing. We often call these experiences “adverse” or otherwise referred to as “trauma.” In a previous blog post, I shared the primary model I use with clients effective in trauma work being EMDR therapy. While EMDR is an exceptional model for building adaptive networks and healing th

I Don’t Need Therapy! Dispelling 5 common myths that stop you from going.

Feb 26, 2019
3 min

I Don’t Need Therapy! Dispelling 5 common myths that stop you from going.

Therapy is one of the things that can have a lot of misconceptions and stigma around it. When people think of therapy, they often think of the traditional psychoanalytic model, client laying on an oversized sofa talking about childhood. As cliché as this might be, there is a great deal of insight that can come from talking about childhood traumas. However, your relationship with your mother isn’t the only reason to go to therapy! This article dispels 5 common myths around why

EMDR Therapy and Trauma: What makes it so effective?

Jan 25, 2019
2 min

EMDR Therapy and Trauma: What makes it so effective?

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapy is one of the top clinical modalities used to treat trauma. This is why I have chosen to incorporate it in my work with trauma survivors. However, the name alone can be pretty intimidating what with it's long scientific-sounding acronym. This blog post is going to help break down what it is in a simple way that makes it helpful to understand and consider if you might be a good candidate for this type of therapy. Fir