Tag: trauma
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Intellectualization in Relationships | When Insight Replaces Contact
Highly intelligent couples often default to analysis instead of connection. This post explores how intellectualization protects us—and how it can quietly limit intimacy when it replaces emotional contact.
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The Difference Between Fault and Responsibility
The content discusses the distinction between fault and responsibility, emphasizing that while injustices may not be our fault, finding solutions is our responsibility. It warns against fixating on fairness, which can hinder progress, and highlights how past traumas shape behaviors. Ultimately, ownership of our future is essential despite external unfairness.
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Curiosity Without Judgment: Understanding the Adaptive Logic of Our Behavior
The article explores the importance of distinguishing between judgmental and curious forms of questioning when reflecting on our behaviors. It emphasizes that understanding the underlying intentions behind our actions, often shaped by past adaptations, allows for personal growth. By fostering curiosity without judgment, we can integrate our past experiences into a healthier present.
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The Snake in the Room: A Mindful Approach to Understanding Anxiety
Not all anxiety is the same. This post explores three distinct forms of anxiety—trauma, adaptive fear, and cognitive worry—through the metaphor of a snake in the room. Learn how to discern what kind of support each form needs.
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Mindfulness Interventions for Both the Therapist and the Client to Increase Therapeutic Effectiveness When Treating Trauma
Research has suggested that Mindfulness interventions can be extremely beneficial in the treatment and prevention of symptoms associated with trauma and vicarious trauma. The intention of this paper is to look into the possible positive effects of incorporating Mindfulness practices into therapist self care routines, and therapeutic interventions. To arrive at such an end this…
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Trauma – What happens to a person who has experienced trauma and why.
Quick overview: Trauma is a normal reaction to an abnormally difficult circumstance. The brain has an adaptive method of dealing with traumatic instances in the moment, which can have a negative impact on a person once the traumatic instance is no longer present. In this blog I will briefly explain what happens to a person…