Psychoeducation articles on attachment, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, and more.
The client has been coming for six weeks. She talks fluently, intelligently, and at length about her childhood, her marriage, her anxiety. She understands, intellectually,...
Read Article →You can describe the car accident in sequence: where you were, how it happened, what you saw. But when you try to explain what it...
Read Article →Your seven-year-old has stopped wanting to go to school. She cries most mornings, complains of stomachaches, and has been waking up at night. When you...
Read Article →After something traumatic happens , whether to a child or an adult , the mind and body can get stuck in survival mode. Sleep won’t...
Read Article →Nobody likes being told what to do. Even when the advice is sound, even when you’ve already thought about it yourself, there’s something about being...
Read Article →Think about the last time someone really listened to you. Not waiting for their turn to talk. Not already forming a response. Not quietly judging....
Read Article →Picture a young child who reaches for a parent during a moment of fear, only to be met with irritation, dismissal, or nothing at all....
Read Article →You have things you need to do. Things you want to do , or at least, you know you used to want to do them....
Read Article →You try to explain how you’re feeling and the words come out wrong, or they come out right but the response you get is advice,...
Read Article →During the day you manage. Maybe you’re busy, or you’re around people, or there’s enough to do that you can stay ahead of whatever is...
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