Post-traumatic stress disorder often kills lives without killing the body. It’s one of the things that leave people devastated in its wake, bringing its victims into a lifelong descent to the endless, soul-piercing chasm of horror by the [...]
Please read Part II here. Within the last decade, the psychological literature on developing resilience has expanded in breadth and depth. Stories of resilience have taken stock with multitudes that cause the medical community to continually wrestle with [...]
Whether consistently bitten by the latest global battle for health and wellness, the most recent political pundit’s commentary or the ongoing inner turbulence of work-life balance challenges within a governmental quarantine, the inner terrain of our thoughts can [...]
Please read Part I here. No longer neglected as part of the human condition and family of experiences, shame is now being termed as the Master Emotion. Truly a juggernaut of personal and interpersonal affects within culture, shame carries [...]
Please read Part 1 here. Overcoming negative thoughts and emotions of a trauma narrative are linked to deliberately, repeatedly, and gradually revisiting the painful, upsetting, and oftentimes distressing memories associated with the trauma. A new conceptual framework for [...]
Often when I have new people coming into therapy, their goal is to get rid of their emotions because they make them uncomfortable. When I see clients dealing with anger, grief, anxiety or fear, they often search for [...]