Healing From Harm

Tag: abuse

  • Something is wrong with me – her breakthrough

    Something is wrong with me – her breakthrough

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    The Breakthrough Story “There is something wrong with me,” she repeats over and over again. She desperately needs to find a solution to fix herself and return to normal functioning like she should be. The existential dread consumes her, but she does not realize what it means. It gnaws at…

  • Animal visits and healing trauma

    Animal visits and healing trauma

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    An animal visited me today as I’m working on finally healing my deepest traumas with a newfound settlement.

  • Working with attachment issues alone

    Working with attachment issues alone

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    It seems counterintuitive but often with trauma survivors, we don’t have secure attachments to work with. How to work with them alone.

  • A note to all therapists, please don’t do this to trauma survivors ever

    A note to all therapists, please don’t do this to trauma survivors ever

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    Open letter to all trauma therapists – never do this

  • Natural Alchemy

    Natural Alchemy

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    Natural Alchemy is transforming our caverns of trauma into pathways of exploration.

  • When it is just me…. A Poem

    When it is just me…. A Poem

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    When it is just me – a poem dedicated to the split inside me from trauma where one feels well and the other does not.

  • Eternally seeking the mother

    Eternally seeking the mother

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    Humanity eternally seeks the mother, and it’s because we are missing key ingredients to our wholeness. Happy Mother’s Day.

  • Dissociation – Split from Self

    Dissociation – Split from Self

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    When I am in dissociation/splitting from Self, it feels like a switch in my brain; one keeps me grounded in my body and environment, and the other pulls me into a fog of fragmentations.

  • Core Dilemma – wanting to be you and wanting to belong

    Core Dilemma – wanting to be you and wanting to belong

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    Do you feel the internal struggle of wanting to connect with others on a deep level but doing it in a way where you can be authentically yourself? Do you struggle with relationships where you feel you must be one or the other?

  • Therapy Models Versus Abuse Models of Care

    Therapy Models Versus Abuse Models of Care

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    There is a disconnect between therapeutic models that discuss moving away from victimhood and abuse models that reinforce that there is no victimhood, just victims.