How to Help a Loved One That Has Mental Health Problems
Want to know how to help a loved one with mental health problems? Here’s how.
4 Signs you may have PTSD
Here’s the four questions. Ask yourself these, and if you answered ‘yes’ to 3 or more, you may be suffering from PTSD
How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love The Frown
Holding two conflicting emotions is actually important for your mental health.
How to Tell if Your Therapist is Effective
Setting up an initial consultation with a new therapist can be scary and intimating. It’s normal to wonder what you might talk about or what you should ask to determine if this is the right therapist for you. For my consultations, I always want you to leave the meeting knowing at least three things. If …
How To Move Through Emotions, Rather than Fighting Them
One of the reasons I love my role as trauma therapist, is witnessing and partaking in the growth and healing of my clients. I tell them I am a co-partner on their healing journey, I do not see myself as wiser than, or an expert, rather a trusted guide. I mentioned in my first blog, …
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Depression? Maybe It’s Shame
There is a great article in the New York Times about the connection between negative early childhood experiences and chronic shame. Hilary Jacob Hendel writes about a patient who experienced an invalidating and cold environment in a child and points out that: “One innate response to this type of environment is for the child to …
What Is Trauma Therapy for PTSD?
What Is Trauma Therapy for PTSD? I say these words so often I forget they are a mystery to many. It sounds fairly scary and honestly, at times, it certainly is. Let’s first examine the definition of trauma before moving into the world of what it means to heal from it through therapy. Since …
How to Know When You are Ready for Trauma Therapy
When I meet with people for the first time, they usually tell me they have been thinking about getting into therapy for a long time. They think about it. They research it. They find a list of trauma therapists in Denver and pore over their websites. Everyone wonders if they are ready for trauma therapy, …
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Just Give Me a New Box
Change doesn’t just happen. You need to create a safe space for yourself to think, feel and explore. If you create a good container, growth will follow. We’re all walking around with cracked containers. We’ve been cracked and warped by dysfunctional relationships, too much self-abuse and self-sabotage, and those nicks and scratches form childhood. …
How common is Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault?
How common is sexual assault and sexual abuse? More common than you might think.
Get into Flow and Make Your Brain Happy
Psychologically speaking, what’s your optimal functioning? What’s the 14-er summit of your mindspace? You might think it’s when you are the happiest, but joy is a false summit (the one you glare at while trying to get your breath and sucking for dear life on your camelback). The real high-point for your brain is when …
How to make a new habit
Everyone’s been talking about New Year’s Resolutions lately. We all know, love, or loathe these January Jumpstarts. While trying not to fume at how crowded my Kickboxing class is becoming, I do try to take stock at the beginning of the year and focus on healthy habits. Forming a new habit is tough. Our old …