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Coping Strategies to Build Resilience for Trauma Survivors: Part Two
If you’re a trauma survivor, you’ll know all too well that the pain of a traumatic experience can follow you long and far after the event itself has passed.
Coping Strategies to Build Resilience for Trauma Survivors: Part One
When it comes to navigating the intricate landscape of trauma healing, the therapeutic journey extends well beyond the walls of the therapy room.
Entering Motherhood with Childhood Trauma
Wounds. What happens to wounds when we don’t treat them? They become more irritated. It might leave a scar, but the way in which we treat that wound during the time we notice it will play a key role in the way we remember that scar every time we look at.
Unveiling the Truth: Top 3 Misconceptions About PTSD
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a complex and often misunderstood condition that affects millions worldwide.
Why is it Difficult to Leave an Abusive Relationship?
If you think about domestic abuse in a home, you may find yourself asking, "Why don't they just leave..." However, it is never that simple.
How to Provide Support for Domestic Abuse
Domestic violence is a distressing problem affecting millions of people worldwide of all ages, genders, and socio-economic status.
Impacts of Domestic Abuse on Children
Domestic abuse can impact a child before they are born.
Impacts of Domestic Abuse
Experiencing any form of abuse is traumatic, especially for the survivor. Domestic abuse impacts survivors in many ways
Recognizing the Signs of Domestic Abuse
Suppose you are in an intimate relationship, dating someone new or have a friend or family member who makes you question your worth, mistreats you, or displays control and power behaviours.
Types of Trauma
There are different types of trauma such as acute, chronic, complex, and vicarious trauma.
Domestic Abuse and It's Forms
You may have heard the terms used to describe domestic abuse: intimate partner violence (IPV) and domestic violence. Domestic abuse looks like patterns of behaviours in all kinds of relationships to obtain or hold power and control over someone else
Understanding the Legacy of Trauma
If you’ve scrolled through mental health TikTok or followed any wellness influencers across other social media platforms, you’ve probably seen some over-generalized content about one of popular psychology’s current favourite buzzwords – trauma
Men’s Issues
When we think of men, we think of providers, dependable, breadwinners, hard workers, strong, emotional, and intelligent… emotional? If the word emotional stuck out to you, maybe this blog posting may be for you.
Overcoming Perfectionism
Perfectionism is when you worry too much about doing something perfectly or not doing it at all. You may feel like you're always failing at things, even the things that you think are easy for you.
What Happens in the Brain after Trauma?
After experiencing a traumatic event a change in brain function can occur.
5-Steps to Stop or Lessen People Pleasing
People-pleasing is a way to maintain relationships through avoiding conflict by agreeing to requests or interpreting others’ needs.
What is Inner Child Work
Inner child work is the act of trying to understand the adolescent issues that may be causing you problems as an adult. Examples of these issues can include various forms of trauma, abuse, or neglect that occurred during years of development. They could have occurred either within or outside the family system.