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How do You Define Safety from Feeling Unsafe?

By Kathy Broady MSW 40 Comments

  What is safety???   This is a big important question! We’ve had a lot of discussions lately about safety, so Laura and I decided to collaborate on an article talking about this very topic.   Safety is extremely important, and in our opinion, it is the foundation of healing.  It’s hugely important and absolutely essential for every dissociative trauma survivor to understand what safety means. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Featured post #1, mental health, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Childhood vulnerability, Conquer fear, Current-day Safety, DID trauma survivors, feeling unsafe, Healing from trauma, making positive changes, safety vs danger, what is safety

Wintertime – A Dark Night for Winter Solstice

By Kathy Broady MSW 17 Comments

  Well…. it’s December 21st in the northern hemisphere.  Making today the Winter Solstice. In the southern hemisphere, like in Australia, this is the Summer Solstice. I originally wrote this article when I lived in Dallas.   The weather in Dallas was nearly 80 degrees Fahrenheit that day, making for a very warm day even though it is considered to be the official first day of winter.  It’s the Winter Solstice and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, DID/MPD, emotional pain, Fear, Mind Control, Ritual Abuse, Trauma Tagged With: Compassion, Current-day Safety, Darkness, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Dissociative Survivors, emotional pain, Empathy, Freedom, Full Moon, Healing from Ritual Abuse, Kathy Broady, Longest Night of the Year, Lunar Eclipse, Moon, Picturing Dissociative Identity Disorder, RA, Ritual Abuse, Ritually Abused, Sadness, Safety, Safety from Abuse, Safety from Perpetrators, Season Change, Shortest Day of the Year, Spiritually Abused, The Dark Day, Trauma Survivors, Winter Solstice

10 DID Therapy 101 Tips

By Kathy Broady MSW 27 Comments

  Lots of trauma survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder are just starting their healing process.  Other dissociative survivors are not new to their healing process, but they might realize that they haven’t yet covered all the basics.  Do you need any tips for DID therapy? DID therapy can feel huge, daunting, difficult, and overwhelming.  There is so much to do and so many areas of work.   For a broader … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Domestic Violence, emotional pain, Featured Posts #3, Internal Communication, Kathy's Video Comments, Self Injury, therapy, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Abuse, Body Memories, Creative Expression, Current-day Safety, DID Education, DID Survivors, DID Therapy, DID Therapy 101, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Domestic Violence, emotional pain, External Safety, Flashbacks, Goals for DID Therapy, Healing, Healing Process, Intense Feelings, Internal Safety, Journaling, Journaling Exercises, Kathy Broady, multiple personality disorder, Painting, Play therapy, Poetry, Safety, Scrapbooking, Scrapbooks, Self Harm, Self Injury, Self soothing, SI, therapy, Therapy Process, Trauma, Trauma Survivors, Treatment for DID / MPD, Treatment Goals for DID

The Layers of Halloween Weekend

By Kathy Broady MSW 47 Comments

  It’s Halloween weekend. This is a difficult, heavy weekend for a lot of dissociative trauma survivors. I’ll say right upfront – and please hear this clearly -- that it is NOT a difficult or triggery weekend for every DID trauma survivor.  To assume that every dissociative survivor has experienced the same kinds of abuse is completely wrong, and I will be the first trauma therapist to say that not everyone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Mind Control, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Ritual Abuse, Self Injury, sexual abuse, Trauma, trauma therapist Tagged With: Abused, Compassion, Creating Safety, Current Day Abuse, Current-day Safety, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Survivors, Halloween, Helping your insiders, Kathy Broady, Kindness, Leaving the Darkness, Organized Abuse, RA Abuse, RA Survivors, Ritual Abuse, Ritually Abused, Safety, Self Injury, Self-loathing, Sexually Abused, Trauma Survivor, Trauma Therapy

Safety First – Recognizing and Leaving Domestic Violence

By Kathy Broady MSW 10 Comments

      Hello, hello,   Tonight at 9 pm CST, I will be presenting on BlogTalkRadio. You are welcome to listen to the radio show or to participate by calling in.  I’ll be glad to hear from you! For more information, please go to blogtalkradio.com/dvmemorial   Safety First - Recognizing and Leaving Domestic Violence (part 1) Domestic Violence (DV) is a form of sexual and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Domestic Violence, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Fear, mental health, Physical Abuse, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Trauma, trauma therapist Tagged With: Abusive Marriages, Abusive Relationships, BlogTalkRadio, Current Day Abuse, Current Safety, Current-day Safety, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, DVMemorial, Family Violence, Internet Radio, Kathy Broady LCSW, Leaving Abusive Relationships, Radio Show, Recognizing Abuse, Safety First

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