Two Ways I’ve Seen Trauma Stored in the Body (and How EMDR Can Help) If you’ve ever thought, “I should be over this by now,” or “Why does my body …
Counselling for sexual abuse and sexual trauma doesn’t need to be scary.
r over twenty years I have specialized in the psychology of sexual violence, from research and teaching, writing books on the subject, to counselling survivors. When I tell people what I do, I often get a response like, ‘oh, that must be very difficult and upsetting work’…
Flipping the Script on Reactive Support
(Pulled From Behind the Line, Season 1, Episode 1)
Hear More on the Behind the Line podcast This article can also be found on CRACKYL As a trauma therapist who works with First Responders and Front Line Workers, I …
Trauma Games: Tetris Edition
In a world that can feel inundated with video games, an age-old classic is making a comeback: Tetris. Why and how is it related to trauma? Hang tight.. Post-Traumatic Stress …
Quick & Easy Grounding Skills
Here is a video by our director Lindsay Faas with some quick & easy grounding skills for anxiety and trauma/stress responses.
When talking doesn’t work.
Alternative Approaches to Helping.
The post that follows is taken from an episode of the Behind the Line podcast. Find this episode of Behind the Line (Season 3, Episode 1) here. Behind the Line …
It’s Just Stress…” or Is It?
When mental health impacts physical health
Often when people reflect or take inventory on their health status, they typically only consider physical health and discount their mental health struggles, chalking it up as “just stress”. In …
3 Things I’m Telling Every Client During Covid-19
If you had an amount of trauma or stress experiences before COVID-19, I am telling you right now, you’re triggered.
Non-Suicidal Self Injury
March 1st is self-injury awareness day. Self injury or self-harm is defined as any form of intentional act to damage one’s own body. (Curtis et al., 2018). It may seem …
Managing Trauma Triggers: Small Steps Toward Safety
When the body experiences a traumatic event, it responds on a neurobiological level with mechanisms that are meant to support your survival. It kicks into fight/flight/freeze and works to get …
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