Never feeling good enough is a deeply ingrained emotional experience that many individuals wrestle with throughout their lives. This feeling often stems from early life experiences, particularly childhood emotional neglect. To fully understand this connection,…
Childhood is a formative period that shapes who we are as adults. For many, it is a time of learning, nurturing, and love. However, for individuals who experienced childhood emotional neglect, this critical developmental stage…
Perfectionism is often seen as a commendable trait, a mark of ambition and high standards. However, for many who experience it, especially those with a background of childhood emotional neglect, perfectionism can become a deeply…
Safety messages are important to help us cope in a world that often seems dangerous. Safety messages are important to helping overcome a number of conditions like PTSD, anxiety, and chronic pain. What are Safety…
EMDR can be a powerful therapy to process your trauma and help you get more out of your life. Unfortunately, there are side effects that can happen. Fortunately, these side effects are usually mild and…
Self-compassion can be a powerful tool that can help you cope with trauma, chronic pain and other conditions. Although it can be helpful, it can be a struggle for some people, like those with childhood…
Emotional abuse can have devastating consequences for the victim. Unfortunately, the damage continues after the emotional abuse is over. There are ways to counteract and heal the damage done by emotional abuse. What is Emotional…
We have innate stress responses to protect ourselves. They come automatically with no conscious control by us. Unfortunately, with trauma and chronic stressful situations, these once adaptive things can become maladaptive and interfere with our…
I have strived to write this blog post from a biblical perspective as part of a series on Spiritual Abuse supporting my Christian Therapy practice. Unfortunately, people with abusive parents often face additional spiritual abuse…
People with complex PTSD and histories of emotional neglect often find Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) triggering. When they are trying to heal, they are faced with something that is supposed to be healing that is…
