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How Collective Trauma Shapes Communities, Culture, and Our Lives
This article explores how collective trauma shapes our world and offers a tangible path toward healing—for you and for the communities you’re part of.
Why Integrating IFS with EMDR Therapy is So Powerful for Trauma Healing
Feeling stuck in trauma healing? The integration of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and EMDR therapy offers a uniquely powerful approach to treating past trauma.
The Long-Term Benefits of Trauma-Informed Therapy for LGBTQ+ Refugees
Fleeing persecution means leaving behind your home, your language, your culture—everything familiar—because staying could cost you your life or freedom. For LGBTQ+ refugees, getting to safety is only the beginning.
Is Your Addiction a Response to Trauma? How Therapy Heals the Root Cause
This article will explore the powerful neurological and psychological link between trauma and addiction, and how a dual approach using EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy can address both the stored trauma and the internal system that relies on addictive behaviors for survival.
The Role of Pets and Emotional Support Animals in Depression Recovery
If you're struggling with depression, your pet might be one of the few constants that brings you comfort. They don't judge you for staying in bed. They don't ask why you can't just "snap out of it." They simply offer their presence, their warmth, and their unconditional love.
Navigating Gender and Sexual Triggers Amid Today's Political Climate: How Therapy Can Support LGBTQ+ Individuals
If you've been feeling emotionally exhausted lately, you're not alone. Many LGBTQ+ individuals are experiencing heightened stress right now. Between political debates, discriminatory legislation, and constant media coverage questioning your identity, it's hard to feel safe.
Trauma and Anger: How Therapy Unlocks Healthier Expression
Discover how therapy helps transform trauma and anger into healing and healthier emotional expression. Start your journey to peace today!
How Therapy Can Help You Manage Media-Induced Panic
Feeling overwhelmed by constant news alerts and doomscrolling? Learn how therapy approaches like EMDR, IFS, talk therapy, and mindfulness can help you heal from media-induced panic and reclaim your peace.
Myths and Misconceptions About Trauma Therapy: Understanding How EMDR Can Help
Trauma leaves invisible wounds that can shape every aspect of your life—your relationships, your sense of safety, your ability to trust, and even how you experience your own body. Yet despite how common trauma is, misconceptions about trauma therapy often prevent people from seeking the help that could transform their lives. Find in this blog a list of trauma misconceptions.
Spirituality and Depression Therapy: Finding Meaning in Healing
Depression isn't just sadness that lingers too long. It's waking up feeling hollow. It's the gnawing sense that nothing matters, that you're disconnected from yourself and everything around you.
Your First Steps to Calmer Days with Anxiety Therapy
Anxiety is exhausting, isolating, and incredibly common. You are not broken. In fact, anxiety is one of the most responsive conditions to treatment. The right therapy can help you move from feeling consumed by worry to living with clarity and control.
A Guide to Trauma Therapy, EMDR, and Finding the Best Therapist in Los Angeles
Trauma touches the lives of millions, casting a long shadow over mental health and overall well-being. It can stem from anything, including childhood struggles, unexpected accidents, violence, or even inherited family patterns—and deeply influences how we live each day.
Is It Normal to Feel Worse Before You Feel Better in Trauma Therapy?
Starting trauma therapy can feel like a brave and hopeful step. You might expect relief, clarity, or even peace right away. But what happens when you begin to feel worse before you feel better? It can be unsettling—but it’s also completely normal.
What Is EMDR—the Form of Therapy That Miley Cyrus Says “Saved Her Life”?
In a recent interview with The New York Times, pop icon Miley Cyrus opened up about a transformative experience with EMDR therapy. Cyrus described EMDR as “so weird” yet “medical” and “real,” crediting it with helping her process complex emotions and ultimately stating, “I’ve never had stage fright again”.
How to Stop People-Pleasing When It Stems from Trauma
People-pleasing often develops as a survival mechanism, especially for those who have experienced trauma. . Understanding how trauma influences people-pleasing and seeking therapy or counseling can be essential steps toward healing and reclaiming personal boundaries.
How Trauma Can Manifest as Anxiety and Depression—and How EMDR and IFS Can Help
Many people experience anxiety and depression without realizing that these mental health challenges may be symptoms of unresolved trauma. Therapeutic approaches such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Internal Family Systems (IFS) can offer powerful pathways to recovery.
Overcoming Childhood Trauma
Childhood trauma can leave lasting imprints on an individual’s emotional and psychological landscape. It’s important to recognize that healing is possible, and with the right support and strategies, individuals can overcome the effects of childhood trauma.
What Is Trauma-Informed Care?
Trauma-informed care is an essential approach in the field of mental health that recognizes the profound impact of trauma on individuals. In a world where trauma can stem from various sources it’s vital for caregivers and practitioners to adopt this framework to provide effective support.
How To Support Those Displaced By Major Natural Disasters
Natural disasters can leave profound physical and emotional scars on individuals and communities. Many individuals displaced by such events may experience symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), including flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, and emotional numbness. Understanding how to support these individuals is crucial in their healing journey.
How Can EMDR and IFS Treatment Heal Trauma
Trauma can leave deep emotional scars, impacting various aspects of life. Fortunately, therapeutic modalities like EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and IFS (Internal Family Systems) offer effective ways to heal. Here’s how EMDR and IFS can help you on your healing journey.