Pulling Ourselves Up By Our Roots
Exploring what lies beneath helps us find connection and common ground.
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Melanie Marklein, PhD
- Oct 12
Reflections on Empathy
How much understanding do we need to give to someone whose behavior repeatedly harms us?
Gina Yu, MS, NCC
- Sep 8
Recovering from Trauma
Judith Herman's groundbreaking 1992 book, Trauma and Recovery, remains a mainstay of the work of the young trauma therapist.
Carolyn Cruse, MSW, LCSW
- Aug 12
Roles in Dysfunctional Families
The 5 roles that a family with dysfunction may adopt can help them survive chaos and distress. And can affect their lives for years to come.
Amy Berry, MSW, LCSW
- Jul 14
Yes, The Thing You Are Feeling Is Grief
We see grief as a “me” thing – the result of personal loss. Community grief is also felt individually, but it arises from shared space.
Practicing Hope in a Hopeless Time
“Practicing hope” is not about denying the troubling aspects of today’s world. It is about holding hope alongside the difficult feelings.
Trauma and EMDR
An enigma to many, EMDR is an effective way of helping survivors of trauma to process and relieve the impact of traumatic experiences.
Our Environment, Ourselves: Where Climate Change and Relational Trauma Meet
Like the environment, trauma survivors can be at the same time fragile and stable, sensitive and strong.
David McDaniel, MSW, LSW
- Mar 16
Comorbidity: Depression and Substance Use
Comorbidity is a bleak-sounding word, however it just means a client is experiencing the simultaneous presence of two or more conditions.
Carolyn Cruse, MSW, LCSW
- Feb 10
How Do We Cope
Looking at coping skills we use and at why we choose them helps us identify and update the ones that are more costly than beneficial.
Cynthia Degnan, PhD, MSW, LCSW
- Dec 19, 2021
Attention and Intention at the End of 2021
Mindfulness about the attention we pay and the intention we follow may be key to a more peaceful close of another difficult year.
Melanie Marklein, PhD
- Nov 17, 2021
“What Do I Do with All This Anger?”
Anger, like any emotion that does not get resolved, morphs and intensifies into something else (e.g., rage, boredom, apathy, depression).
Christina Hoppin, MS, LCPC
- Oct 16, 2021
Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD)
PTSD is a familiar term to most of us. But for trauma therapists, the lesser-known term CPTSD (Complex-PTSD), is more eloquent and accurate.
Heather Pierce, MSEd, LCPC
- Sep 16, 2021
I Thought I Was Done: The Non-Linear Pathway of Healing
For the traumatized and victimized, the desire to speed up and speed through healing is a natural and common trauma response.
Carolyn Cruse, MSW, LCSW
- Aug 10, 2021
Therapeutic Writing and the Healing of Trauma
Therapeutic Writing can be a powerful way for survivors to process emotions, experiences, and thoughts if it is done with self-care in mind.
Cynthia Degnan, PhD, MSW, LCSW
- Jul 17, 2021
On Trauma and Doubt
Survivors may question their trauma if memories are unclear or emotional responses change; this is typical and may be symptoms of the trauma
Christina Hoppin, MS, LCPC
- Jun 19, 2021
A Glimpse at Emotional Immaturity
Understanding the indicators of Emotional Immaturity in a parent can help us recognize and heal from the impact of growing up with one.
Melanie Marklein, PhD
- May 19, 2021
Healing with Horses
The “Horse Sense for People” way of training horses has yielded powerful insights into working with trauma survivors.
Heather Pierce, MSEd, LCPC
- Apr 19, 2021
The Vulnerability of Joy
How to increase our capacity for joy and happiness and find greater peace of mind when our brain starts to “dress rehearse tragedy.”
Steadfast Center
- Mar 17, 2021
We Must Feel to Heal
There are ways to take care of ourselves and still feel our feelings about living through a worldwide pandemic.