In this article, we review 10 hopeful signs you are healing from trauma. Be sure to check out our companion article that discusses the signs your body is releasing trauma. Whereas in that article we identify the somatic (body-based) markers...
6 Promising Signs Your Body is Releasing Trauma
Trauma, whether single-episode or complex relational trauma, lives in the body. Trauma-informed psychologists understand that in order to fully process and work through responses to trauma, therapy must address the somatic experience of the trauma. When this happens consistently, you...
ADHD vs Anxiety in Adults: How to Tell the Difference
“Do I have anxiety or ADHD?” ADHD and anxiety can be surprisingly hard to differentiate. As a psychologist, I have often treated adults with previous diagnoses of anxiety disorders where it turns out that undiagnosed ADHD has played a central...
High Functioning ADHD in Adults: Symptoms & Treatments
High Functioning ADHD: What to Know If you are someone with high functioning ADHD, you may not even know that you ‘have’ ADHD. Like other mental health diagnoses, ADHD exists on a dimensional continuum. At the highest level of this...
5 Therapeutic Questions Every Therapist Should Ask You in the First Session
In my experience as a psychologist, effective therapeutic questions don’t come from a prepared list. Both therapist and client should enter their first session of therapy with an open mind. Good therapy process dictates that getting a feel for one...
Technology Overuse: How to Stop Digital Addiction
Technology overuse is a problem that is prevalent in our society today. In order to understand how to stop technology addiction and reduce the negative effects of technology overuse, it is important to first understand the behavioral principles behind digital...
Do Therapists Have Therapists?
The issue of ‘therapy for therapists’ is a curiosity to the public and the subject of books, television shows, and movies. People are naturally curious about the mental health of therapists (do they get depressed?), how they work on their...
Where is Shame Held in the Body?
Shame is an emotion that is experienced by everyone but that often goes unacknowledged or intentionally hidden. In this article, we discuss the physiological presentation of shame as it exists in the body. This includes addressing areas such as: nonverbal...