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25 Ways to Avoid Self-Injury and Prevent Self-Harm

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  Survivors of sexual abuse often struggle with self-injury (SI). Survivors often use dissociative walls to contain and separate intense emotions from themselves.  This allows them to stay numb, and to not feel.  They can split off their unmanageable, uncomfortable, or conflicting feelings into other parts of themselves, as frequently seen in Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID/MPD). As those dissociative walls … [Read more...]

10 Qualities Therapists Recognize in Good Clients, part 2

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Hello, I hope this day finds you doing well. The first part of this article certainly caused a little stir, and maybe raised a few eyebrows along the way.  Please know, my intention in posting these blogs is not to offend anyone.  If you have any questions or concerns about anything I've posted, please comment and let me know what you're thinking!  And here's a big Thank You! to the folks who did comment to the … [Read more...]

10 Qualities a Therapist Recognizes in a Good Client, part 1

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Most clients quickly think of the many qualities they want in their therapists.  However, are those clients also thinking about whether or not they are presenting themselves as the type of client someone would want to work with?  As an experienced psychotherapist, I am proposing that there are many criteria for clients to consider about themselves as well as about their prospective therapists. Many of the … [Read more...]

Working with Cult – RA – Mind Control and Extreme Torture and Abuse

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      "Have you worked with clients that have 'extreme torture' trauma history in cult-RA and/or mind-control (governmental experiments)? If so, what has worked?"       Thanks for the question.  What a doozy!!!   Yes, I have worked with trauma survivors that have talked about extreme torture, cult / RA abuse, mind control and governmental experiment traumas.  Bunches of clients through the years have … [Read more...]

Interviewing a new Therapist – Questions to Keep in Mind

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  It appears that several of the readers of this blog have gone through the wringer in terms of finding a good trauma therapist.  When you are interviewing new therapists, in addition to clarifying that they have the skills and training it takes to provide proper treatment for your trauma issues, it is also important to ask about their approach to trauma work.  Make sure their views match or blend with your own … [Read more...]