Healing From Harm

Tag: abuse

  • Something is wrong with me – her breakthrough

    Something is wrong with me – her breakthrough

    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

    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

    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

    Open letter to all trauma therapists – never do this

  • Natural Alchemy

    Natural Alchemy

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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.