Unresolved Trauma and Relationships
March 9th, 2010
Posts Tagged ‘trauma’
A Decision to Heal
February 24th, 2010
How does it feel to heal from sexual abuse? What efforts do people make to once again feel healthy & strong, to regain trust? A terrific resource is the book ”Strong at the Heart” by Carolyn Lehman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005). She makes space for eleven survivors of sexual abuse to tell their stories of healing and hope.
The Trauma of Oppression
December 29th, 2009
Being a Person of Color in America has it’s challenges. You already know that. You don’t need a therapist to tell you about racism and how it affects you and your life. What I would like to tell you about, however, is how therapy can help relieve trauma-based symptoms which are caused by social conditions, like racism, sexism, and the like.
Escaping Trauma (Examples from the movie “Precious”)
November 23rd, 2009
Have you seen the movie “Precious”? I found it to be very moving, upsetting and enlightening. I thought that the main character, Precious, gave us some excellent examples of the negative effects of trauma and abuse - be it physical, sexual, or emotional.
How Therapy Helps
May 21st, 2009
If you bring forth that which is within you,
Then that which is within you
Will be your salvation.
If you do not bring forth that
Which is within you,
Then that which is within you
Will destroy you.
~The Gnostic Gospels
Walking with the Dawn
April 1st, 2009
Being walkers with the dawn and morning,
Walkers with the sun and morning,
We are not afraid of night,
Nor days of gloom,
Nor darkness–
Being walkers with the sun and morning.
- Langston Hughes
Healing from Abuse
November 2nd, 2008
It’s obvious…abuse hurts. Sexual, physical, emotional and mental abuse causes pain and suffering. People who’ve been abused often feel shame too. Our culture doesn’t smile upon the vulnerable and hurt. In fact, it often judges those who’ve been victimized, no matter whether your a man or woman, gay or straight.
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