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What Causes Attachment Trauma?

Every time you meet someone new — a friend, co-worker, neighbour, potential partner, etc. — your attachment style comes into play. Even when both of you feel an instant connection, it doesn’t mean all will go smoothly. This is because each of us learned what we know about attachments without…

Reclaiming Agency: Addressing the Fawn Response in Trauma Therapy

You’ve probably heard of the fight-or-flight response. Put simply, it’s a phrase used to describe two ways a person might react to stress. As the words imply, they may sometimes flee the situation, and other times, they may opt to stand their ground. That said, there’s also a response that…

Can You Still Do EMDR Therapy If You Struggle to Remember Trauma?

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is unique in a variety of ways. It’s a short-term therapy that can help you reprocess traumatic memories in a matter of weeks (depending on complexity). It isn’t a traditional form of talk therapy in that you’re not sharing heavy details about your…

Why Healing from Complex Trauma Is a Challenge

Overcoming the lasting effects of any kind of trauma can be difficult. But, complex trauma is often more of a challenge because of the tangled web it can weave within your mind. Complex trauma is usually caused by consistent, ongoing traumatic experiences. It’s most often found through things like childhood…

What Does It Mean If You Feel Bad for Setting Boundaries

So you’ve set a boundary, and now you feel worse than you did before the boundary was set. You did this to help yourself feel better, right? So why is it that you now feel worse? Don’t worry; experiencing negative emotions around setting boundaries is completely normal. Here are a…

How to Calm Your Anxiety of Having Another Baby After Birth Trauma

Giving birth has the potential to be a traumatic experience. We’ll explain more about birth trauma below, but for now, it is important to recognize how birth trauma can impact a family, especially the person giving birth. When a moment you expect to be joyous turns out to be scary…

What is Trauma Informed Care?

There is no definitive list of who can experience trauma — because anyone can. Children, teenagers, adults, men, and women can all go through something traumatic and experience symptoms of trauma. Trauma, at the base level, is a response to a highly emotional event or situation. Trauma commonly occurs after…

How EMDR Addresses Complicated Trauma

Quite often, the general perception of trauma involves a single incident. In many cases, this can be accurate. But complicated or complex trauma is a reality, too. Some people go through a relentless barrage of traumas. These ongoing abuses may, for example, be related to trafficking, living in a war…

What is a Trauma Bond & How to Break Free

At first glance, you may assume a “trauma bond” occurs when two or more people endure a crisis together. However, the term has a much different meaning. Have you ever had a relationship—romantic or otherwise—in which you always felt off-balance? The other person seemed to run hot and cold—but usually…

How Reliving Your Trauma Keeps You Stuck

When you are traumatized, it can often be hard to carry on with your day-to-day life. You may feel triggered often, or unable to move on after what has happened. As difficult as it may sound, you have to try to function and move forward. Otherwise, you may feel stuck…

Category: <span>Trauma</span>

What Causes Attachment Trauma?

Reclaiming Agency: Addressing the Fawn Response in Trauma Therapy

Can You Still Do EMDR Therapy If You Struggle to Remember Trauma?

Why Healing from Complex Trauma Is a Challenge

What Does It Mean If You Feel Bad for Setting Boundaries

How to Calm Your Anxiety of Having Another Baby After Birth Trauma

What is Trauma Informed Care?

How EMDR Addresses Complicated Trauma

What is a Trauma Bond & How to Break Free

How Reliving Your Trauma Keeps You Stuck

Stressors of Modern Parenthood: Reasons It’s Harder Today

Gentle Parenting: Weighing the Pros and Cons

Validating Your Partner: The Art of Acknowledgment and Appreciation

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