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…
Emotional abuse (also called psychological abuse) is a pattern of using emotions, words, and behaviours to control, manipulate, and hurt another person. It can leave long-term devastating consequences on a person’s mental well-being. However, there…
Spiritual abuse is when someone uses spirituality to manipulate or control others. It can come with great harm to the victim. However, there are ways to heal from the wounds of spiritual abuse. What is…
Dissociation is a state of being disconnected from yourself or the world around you. Everyone has experienced milder types of dissociation, such as daydreaming, zoning out, or going into automatic mode when driving or performing…