Trauma Therapy

Why do Trauma Survivors have Intimacy and Attachment Issues?

Why do Trauma Survivors have Intimacy and Attachment Issues?

This dichotomy shows up in our adult relationships in several ways. Often we can feel the strong desire and need for relating while still carrying the need for keeping oneself safe. It can be extremely confusing to ourselves and others. We want to draw close but push others away or create space and safety sometimes without even knowing it. Serving Boulder, Longmont, Denver.

How to Cope With Earthquake Vicarious Trauma

How to Cope With Earthquake Vicarious Trauma

If you’ve been watching the scenes coming out of Turkey and Syria you’ve probably been affected. Maybe you are even experiencing vicarious trauma. Vicarious trauma happens when you feel emotional pain, terror, fear and helplessness from exposure to others peoples’ trauma. For instance, imagining what it’s like to be stuck under rubble from the earthquake, losing your entire family or becoming homeless.

Political Trauma: Signs, Symptoms, & Treatment

Political Trauma: Signs, Symptoms, & Treatment

Political trauma is a real thing and can be quite disruptive. Any time, but especially surrounding an election year, it can be difficult to navigate while maintaining a calm level of mental health. Here are some points for self-evaluation.

Is EMDR Right for Those Without Trauma?

Is EMDR Right for Those Without Trauma?

The way EMDR and many other therapies now conceptualize trauma is with a much broader scope than traditionally thought. It isn’t just limited veterans who have seen combat or people who were abused as children - though those experiences certainly qualify as trauma and often result in a PTSD diagnosis.

5 Ways IFS Therapy Treats Trauma

5 Ways IFS Therapy Treats Trauma

Do you believe that we are all made of different parts? After all, not everyone is all bad or all good. Human beings have a combination of helpful and harmful amounts of themselves. Unfortunately, trauma has a way of bringing out the worst in us. INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS (IFS) is a type of therapy that helps you discover who you are and bring all of these parts together. The three main parts include: Exiles, Managers and Firefighters.

4 Ways Trauma Bonding Negatively Impacts Your Relationships

4 Ways Trauma Bonding Negatively Impacts Your Relationships

Unfortunately, when two people have a traumatic history in a relationship, it can create something called “trauma bonding.” It can even happen in your relationships with family members or friends. It’s easy for abusers to shift the perspective of their victims, often using gaslighting techniques. They can get you to change the way you view what happened, or what continues to happen. Instead of recognizing that you’re the victim, they can end up making you feel like you’re the one to blame.

Letting Go of the Past: Finding Healing from Relationship Trauma

Letting Go of the Past: Finding Healing from Relationship Trauma

The emotional scars that you are carrying from relationship trauma can be hard to heal from. If you have been betrayed once, you are also expecting future betrayals. You may run away from relationships with people who care about you for fear of getting hurt again. But it is important to know that you can heal no matter how long it takes. That not everyone in the world is bad for you.