The Role of Therapy in Treating Trauma: What to Expect

Trauma

The Role of Therapy in Treating Trauma: What to Expect   We know now that trauma is not a thing that happened to you, of course it’s likely something did happen to you. However, defined by Gabor Mate, trauma is what happens inside you because of what...

Fear of Abandonment Signs

Anxiety, Fears and Phobias, Trauma

Fear of Abandonment Signs   In the 1940s, John Bowlby published his preliminary work on attachment theory. In the 1950s, Mary Ainsworth joined Bowlby to further research in this field. Ainsworth and Bowlby spent decades working together, independently sharing...

The Three Phases of Trauma Recovery

Trauma

The Three Phases of Trauma Recovery   Recovering from trauma is not something that someone can do for you. It is a process that you navigate yourself with the support and guidance of experienced therapists.   Psychiatrist and trauma expert Judith L. Herman...

Can Hypnotherapy Help PTSD?

Trauma

Can Hypnotherapy Help PTSD?   “The trance state induced by hypnosis allowed them to find words for the things they had been too afraid to remember: their terror, their survivor’s guilt, and their conflicting loyalties. It also struck me that these soldiers seemed...

What is Childhood Trauma & How Can You Heal It?

Trauma

What is Childhood Trauma & How Can You Heal It?   When you think back to your childhood, you remember experiences that made you want the ground to open and swallow you. A feeling of shame.   There are other memories that bring back feelings of terror....

What is Generational Trauma & How Can you Heal It?

Trauma

What is Generational Trauma & How Can you Heal It?   “Hold on a minute” …   “I can experience the symptoms of trauma when I haven’t been through any traumatic experiences?”   “yup”, I said.   Do you ever read the symptoms of trauma and start to...