Monsters Beneath My Bed
Posted onCome Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are… Actually, I don’t know if any of my monsters are under my bed The creatures haunting me from my past have scattered like […]
Internally Yours: The Ambivalence of Loving All of You
Posted on“It looks like you’re checking out on me. Your mood just shifted dramatically,” my therapist says to me. Her eyes soften and she adjusts in her chair, pulling her legs […]
Into the Light
Posted on“I want you to focus on the heaviness hanging over you as you feel the weight of the woman’s words shaming you. Find your seven-year-old self holding on to this […]
How Long ‘Til I Come Back? – Top Questions about EMDR – Part 3
Posted onIn the past two weeks I’ve shared 4 of the questions I’ve most frequently been asked about #EMDR. This week, I discuss what almost everyone considering EMDR treatment wants to […]
Canned Peaches – Top 5 ??s about EMDR – Part 2
Posted onLast week I shared about 2 questions people frequently ask me when considering #EMDR treatment. I shared how EMDR won’t make you forget the bad things (#5) nor will it […]
Lock it up…
Posted onThe Container In trauma-resolution treatment, a container is a compartment in your mind to keep past situations or people you want to prevent from intruding into your everyday life. I’m […]
You’re Going to Need a Map
Posted onThe Way Forward… I have a friend who talks about some parts of her mind being off limits. “There’s Caution Tape over there,” She will say, “don’t go in there […]
No Matter How Far You Roam…
Posted onMy Safe Space It is hard to pinpoint the beginning of my quest for a trauma-informed life. I suppose the exact moment, the precise location, matters very little to anyone […]
