What to Do On Mother’s Day and Father’s Day When You Don’t Have a Good Relationship With Your Parents: Part 2
In the last blog, I introduce some of my clients’ emotions around Mother’s and Father’s Day. Acknowledging these feelings is essential for mental health. Not avoiding these feelings also starts the healing process from a painful childhood. The following are four extra things that may be helpful on these days. Consider Your Boundaries with Your…
Read MoreNavigating Mother’s Day and Father’s Day When You Don’t Have A Good Relationship With Your Parents: Part 1
As a therapist, I understand Mother’s Day and Father’s Day can be challenging. Most of my clients do not have close relationships with their parents, even though they wish otherwise. Below are some of the most common feelings my clients experience around Mother’s and Father’s Day. It’s essential to acknowledge the pain that may arise…
Read MoreHow Childhood Trauma Affects High Achievers: Understanding the Link Part 2
High achievers strive for excellence and success in all areas of their life. And while society admires high achievers for their drive and discipline, they often struggle with their mental health, especially if they have unresolved childhood trauma. My clients, who are high achievers, often seek therapy first for burnout. Specifically, the emotional dysregulation that…
Read MoreHow Childhood Trauma Affects High Achievers: Understanding the Link Part 1
As a therapist, I often work with people who are high achievers and experiencing burnout. Understanding how childhood trauma may impact this group of individuals is essential to healing. Childhood trauma can refer to any experience in childhood that is distressing, frightening, or overwhelming. Childhood trauma can include: Physical, emotional, or sexual abuse Neglect Domestic…
Read MoreTherapy for Mothers: How to Recognize and Address Signs of Burnout
Motherhood can be a rewarding experience, but it is also very demanding. I remember when my children were young, feeling the need to be in multiple places at the same time. My husband and I worked opposite schedules, so the stress would become real if childcare fell through. Now that my children are older, worrying…
Read More5 Ways Therapy Can Help Women Cope with Stress and Burnout
I often work with women struggling with stress and burnout. These women spend years juggling many roles and responsibilities in unsupportive environments. Therapy can be an excellent resource for women feeling exhausted by life’s demands. In this blog post, I will explore five ways therapy can help women cope with stress and burnout. Therapy can…
Read MoreStress and Burnout with New Years Resolutions: Part 2
It’s February. The time when most New Year’s resolutions fail. And if you’ve read the first blog on this topic, you know this failure is not proof of laziness or lack of motivation on your part. On the contrary, New Year’s resolutions are stressful, meant to fail, and often lead to burnout. New Year’s resolutions…
Read MoreStress and Burnout with New Years Resolutions: Part 1
I’m not one for making New Year’s resolutions, but it’s been harder to resist in recent years. Although I don’t seek it, I see self-improvement information everywhere I turn. I now know the most common resolutions (improved diet, exercise, and productivity), how they don’t change much over the years, and when they fail (usually between…
Read MoreHoliday Family Anxiety and Boundaries: Part 4
In this blog series, I introduce holiday family anxiety, how it relates to childhood emotional neglect, and how boundaries with family can start creating change. The post below will conclude this series by highlighting the benefits of holiday boundaries, not just for clients personally but also for their families. Clients create boundaries with their families…
Read MoreHoliday Family Anxiety and Boundaries: Part 3
In the previous posts from this blog series, I introduce the concept of holiday family anxiety as it correlates to childhood emotional neglect. Maintaining family connections with unresolved childhood emotional neglect is exhausting and takes enormous energy. It’s like running a marathon every day. In families with unhealthy dynamics, the demands on children will continue…
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