There are many benefits of trauma therapy for teens, but here are the most significant takeaways you can expect.

One common question we get from trauma survivors is: What is the difference between Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD)? As with all diagnoses, the nuances are really important to acknowledge when it comes to understanding diagnoses, diagnostic criteria and the events leading up to the diagnosis. Remember: self-diagnosis can be a destructive path. Find a professional to discuss your concerns with before assuming you meet diagnostic criteria for any mental health disorder.

Trauma can occur and many stages of life, however treating adolescent trauma looks different than treating adult trauma. Does this come as a surprise to you? If so, I am going to break down what really is trauma therapy for teens. If you're a parent or a teen who has questions about trauma therapy, you’ll get answers that will tell you what trauma therapy for teens looks like, what a teen can expect in trauma therapy, and how trauma therapy for teens different from adult trauma therapy.

If you’ve made the decision to invest in trauma-oriented therapy and want to set specific goals, here are some helpful characteristics of goals that best work to counteract your trauma symptoms and promoting healing.

Here, you’ll learn the areas of life and self most impacted by PPD, the most common signs and symptoms of PPD, and two resources that you can immediately use to support your recovery. This is not an exhaustive list of signs and symptoms, but some of the most common.

If you have experienced trauma symptoms after an upsetting or life-threatening medical event, Medical PTSD might be an appropriate label for your experience.

Group Therapy is a style of therapy in which the group itself is the main instrument of therapeutic change, and one or more therapists facilitate the group with several people synonymously. Group therapy is a dynamic process that encourages and utilizes relationships between members and therapists to create insight, build skills and work toward overall improvement.

I’m guessing you’re here because you’ve been shaken by something in your life, and you’re considering asking for help. There are many different types of support out there so I am going to help break it down for you and detail what trauma therapy even looks like, so you can decide if it’s right for you.

Here, I’ll break down the three steps for identifying trauma, so you can feel better equipped to decide what’s next.

There are many myths out there about codependency and the people-pleasing dynamics that many of us experience in our relationships, but I find that four main myths come up most frequently for those who are in therapy to address their people-pleasing patterns.

One of the most powerful things you can do for yourself is to learn how to regulate your nervous system. If you have a hard time calming down or you find yourself stuck in dread and helplessness, here are a few ways that you can regulate your nervous system today and all of them are literally free. ⁣

Myth: You need to be in a crisis to seek therapy.

Truth: There is nothing wrong with seeking help with anything you might be going through.

The formula for burnout has now played out in our global response to COVID-19. So if you are feeling burned out right now, I’m here to tell you that it makes sense and you’re not alone! Here are a few things you can do about it.

Although your body is trying to protect you, often you might been triggered by something that is not actually dangerous. So, here are a few steps for helping yourself feel grounded after a trigger.

Trauma healing happens in big stages. There can be a lot of small ups and downs within these stages, but healing generally unfolds in this way.

The ways in which trauma survivors attempt to find safety in the context of a new relationship can cause one of two problems in the dating scene - over-sharing or under-sharing.

Have you noticed in yourself a tendency to minimize your own needs? To not cause a fuss and keep the peace at all costs? These may be reflections of one of codependency’s main symptoms: self-betrayal.

Here are a few books your therapist definitely wants you to read in 2021.

This book list is full of helpful trauma reads, as well as writing that challenges our colonized, white-centric ways of thinking about the psychology of our patients.

Give the gift of mental health this holiday season.