by solace | Jul 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Why It’s Okay to Think “Others Had It Worse” When Healing from Trauma In “The Childhood Trauma Book Club” there’s a theme that comes up over and over again — “My trauma wasn’t that bad.” “Other people had it so much worse.” “Do I even belong in this group?”When I hear...
by solace | Jul 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Many survivors of Complex PTSD (CPTSD) carry trauma not just from family or interpersonal experiences but from harmful religious environments. Religious trauma—especially when tied to fear-based doctrines, spiritual abuse, or rigid systems of control—can shape the way...
by solace | Jan 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
Clients often come into the office for a first session with a previous diagnosis of ADHD or a concern that they might fit the diagnosis for ADHD. They report a long history (since childhood) of inattention, difficulty focusing, feeling ‘different from others’, failing...
by solace | Dec 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
*this information also applies to Social Anxiety, Anxiety, and other diagnoses in which previous trauma plays a role. The short answer our symptoms may or may not go away, but we can get learn to navigate them easier, hopefully recover quicker when triggered, and more...
by solace | Oct 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Memoirs as Trauma Therapy The first ‘trauma’ memoir I read was, Piece of Cake, by Cupcake Brown. Some parts of her story parallel mine, and some are very different. Through her words, I began to imagine what it might be like to tell my own story. Reading her book was...
by solace | Jul 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Adult Children (grown adults exposed to abuse as a child) often spent our entire childhoods being gaslit: being told we shouldn’t cry or be upset, that nothing was wrong, and that things didn’t happen the way we thought they did. We were coerced into doubting our...
