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Land of the Free?

By Kathy Broady MSW 9 Comments

For folks in the USA, it’s the July 4th holiday weekend.  Barbecues, picnics, swimming parties, and fireworks are happening all over the country.  Red, white, and blue stars and stripes are visible in every direction.  It’s a fun holiday – most people are in festive moods.     The point of the Independence Day holiday is to celebrate freedom.  It’s about being free, living in a land that is free, … [Read more...]

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20 Signs of Unresolved Trauma

By Kathy Broady MSW 241 Comments

    Many people enter the therapy process with minimal awareness of their trauma history.  When the trauma survivors are dissociative, they have the ability to block out an awareness of their trauma.  They may know that their family had problems, or that their family was dysfunctional, etc, but they may believe they were never abused. However, blocking out conscious awareness of trauma does not mean … [Read more...]

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Using the Internal Landscape to Address Dissociative System Issues

By Kathy Broady MSW 8 Comments

  As I’ve said over and over in this blog, internal communication -- people within the DID system talking to each other -- is absolutely central and crucial to the healing process.  The inside parts need to hear each other, talk to each other, see each other, write to each other, etc.  The more you all talk amongst yourselves, the better your healing journey will progress. Addressing and finding problem issues as … [Read more...]

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