You can heal from childhood emotional neglect and the consequences of it. Healing starts with awareness, acceptance and grieving what you lost to the emotional neglect. It continues with learning skills to replace what you…
Emotional neglect is the absence of critical nurturing interactions. This makes it harder to pinpoint experiences of emotional neglect because these things are subtle and less observable than other types of adverse childhood experiences. There…
Childhood emotional neglect is subtle because it is mostly about what didn’t happen rather than what did. This means that you may not identify what you experienced as emotional neglect, and the first indications of…
Spirituality can be a powerful aspect of your helping process, whether you take your form of spirituality into your therapy sessions or not. It was for me, but I know not everyone is like me.…
Mindfulness is the practice of fully attending to the present moment without judgment. The options for practicing mindfulness are almost limitless. Additionally, there are many benefits to a regular mindfulness practice. What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness…
Reconciliation is the process of restoring harmony to a relationship. It is not a fast process but a slow one of renewing trust and intimacy. You may not be able to find reconciliation in every…
You may find it frustrating when you do something that is recommended or are told that it will help you, and it doesn’t work for you. There are reasons why your coping techniques may not…
Please realize you do not need to completely trust your therapist to find healing.Often, people have had a lot of damage in the past due to trauma or past betrayal, and you have learned that…
Self-soothe grounding techniques are about taking care of yourself. With self-soothe grounding techniques, you are grounding yourself in things that are comforting to you. One important thing with self-soothe techniques is to listen to your…