“How do you build trust? Am I always going to be the person who screwed up? Where do we go from here?” As I sat on my end of a telehealth session listening to a client ask me some variation of these questions, I experienced a momentary bout of imposter syndrome as I struggled to […]
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Trauma tends to feel like a buzzword these days. All humans seem to have it, which begs the question: is living traumatic? So, what is Trauma? There are many definitions. A basic definition of Trauma shows something to the effect of “a distressing or disturbing event”. The American Psychological Association explains trauma as the “emotional
Clients with chronic pain describe similar experiences of a struggle to focus. They are constantly vacillating between two not-so-great options: 1) experience their bodies and all the pain and suffering within them or 2) attempt to balance in the space somewhere outside the body, beyond pain’s grasp. I present these two options like there is
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Maintaining a healthy and happy relationship is not always easy, especially since many of us do not have great role models, and our education did not teach us how to have mature and secure romantic relationships. As a result, our intimate partnerships tend to struggle with communication, emotional connection, eroticism, and even specific challenges such
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As someone who lives with Multiple Sclerosis, I understand the various challenges and concerns that come with it, both for the partner with a disabled body and the partner with an able body. In my experience, a lot of support is available for people with MS, but there aren’t as many resources for partners who
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