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12 06, 2017

What to Look for in a Therapist

Going to therapy can be beneficial for pretty much everyone, whether you’re dealing with something specific or simply want [...]

8 05, 2017
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    What Parents Should Do to Protect Their Children from Sexual Abuse

What Parents Should Do to Protect Their Children from Sexual Abuse

The National Center for Victims of Crime provides statistical information published by David Finkelhor, Director of the Crimes Against [...]

10 04, 2017

Signs You Might Need Therapy

Despite its growing popularity in modern culture, to some, there is still a stigma around going to therapy. There [...]

13 03, 2017

The Many Faces of Surviving Childhood Trauma

In an ideal world, all children would grow up healthy in good homes raised by two loving parents. They [...]

10 02, 2017

How Revisiting Your Childhood is the Key to Healing

Most people who struggle with mental or emotional issues as an adult can trace it back to something that [...]

24 12, 2012

Home for the Holidays: Hints for Childhood Trauma Survivors

Why do we as adults who are childhood trauma survivors go back to our family home for the holidays [...]

22 10, 2012
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    Do Unto Yourself As You Would Others: Therapy Tools for Sexual Abuse Survivors

Do Unto Yourself As You Would Others: Therapy Tools for Sexual Abuse Survivors

You know the saying, “Do unto others as you would yourself”? For sexual abuse survivors, this maxim usually plays out [...]

28 09, 2012

Out of the Past: Pregnancy Can Re-Trigger Childhood Trauma

My heart is pounding. Palms sweating. Ears ringing. Feels like I’m having a full-on anxiety attack. Tick-tock.  Shit, it’s [...]

20 08, 2012

Writing Past Wrongs

A Warrior of the Light knows that certain moments repeat themselves.

He often finds himself faced by the same problems [...]

1 08, 2012
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    Snapshot of the Past: Effective Tools for Childhood Trauma Therapy

Snapshot of the Past: Effective Tools for Childhood Trauma Therapy

The truth hurts.

True. A healthy heaping of reality can be brutal. But avoiding the truth -or being in denial [...]