
6 Red Flags a Parent Might Be an Abuser
A POST FOR ADULT CHILDREN AND THOSE CONCERNED AN ADULT THEY KNOW MIGHT BE ABUSIVE* For child abuse survivors, it … Continue reading 6 Red Flags a Parent Might Be an Abuser
A POST FOR ADULT CHILDREN AND THOSE CONCERNED AN ADULT THEY KNOW MIGHT BE ABUSIVE* For child abuse survivors, it … Continue reading 6 Red Flags a Parent Might Be an Abuser
The men who attacked me were trying to make me small. They wanted to keep me quiet. I was a … Continue reading The First Steps of Exposure Therapy
I was an exposure therapy skeptic. What I knew of exposure therapy came from abusers. More than one had justified … Continue reading Exposure Therapy
Impact statements have revealed the many self-defeating, destructive lessons that sexual assault taught me. In the ten years between 16 … Continue reading Sexual Assault and the Slow Erosion of Self-Efficacy
Between my twelfth and thirteenth birthdays, I became a different person. At 12, I was still skipping down the corridors … Continue reading Trauma Stuck Points
Pine needles drop from branches out my window. First, they grow brittle, fading from green to ochre. Then, all it … Continue reading Writing the Impact Statement
This year a study found that we have around 6,000 thoughts each day. That’s a whole lot of self-talk. Most … Continue reading My Thoughts Are Mostly Nonsense
If I’m being honest? Well, everything. Let’s start with coconuts. If you’ve never spared a thought for what can fall … Continue reading What Are You So Afraid of?
You don’t want to go in there. You know something’s waiting for you in those woods, but you’d rather not … Continue reading Taking That First Step
Personality psychology, several of my college professors asserted, is the least scientific branch of psychology. And I get it. There … Continue reading Why I’m Loving the Enneagram