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Mental Health Crisis: What can we really do about it?
It was my first day of graduate school. Naive. Excited. Scared and ready to learn how to be a therapist. I was ready to make a difference...

Ryan Witkowski
Apr 30, 20248 min read
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When Your Body Yells at You: Understanding the Stress Disease Response in Trauma
We've all been there: days that feel like weeks, trying to manage our workload while raising children or caring for our families,...

Abi Sims
Apr 25, 20245 min read
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Attachment Styles: What's going on in your relationship?
This blog delves into the attachment styles and how they might look in relationships.

Martha Witkowski
Apr 8, 20245 min read
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Healing from CPTSD: Confronting Shame & Embracing Self-Compassion
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) is a debilitating condition that arises from prolonged exposure to traumatic events,...

Abi Sims
Mar 26, 20245 min read
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Healing From Childhood Trauma: Finding Peace Without an Apology
Childhood trauma can leave scars that linger well into adulthood and affect our relationships, our thoughts, our beliefs, and our...

Abi Sims
Mar 19, 20244 min read
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The Important Role of Safe Relationships in Healing C-PTSD (Complex Trauma)
C-PTSD (complex trauma) develops as a response to prolonged emotional, physical, sexual, mental, and/or verbal abuse or neglect is...

Abi Sims
Feb 27, 20244 min read
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The Silent Battle: Exploring Mental Health Challenges in the U.S. Military
A quiet struggle persists within the U.S. military and has for decades: the battle against mental health challenges. With an increase in...

Abi Sims
Feb 12, 20244 min read
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"Ghosting" Your Therapist: Let's Talk About It
"Ghosting" someone is a term for abruptly ending a relationship without providing any explanation or follow-up communication. It's common...

Abi Sims
Jan 29, 20245 min read
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What is Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)?
Many people are familiar with the term Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and perhaps even have an image of what they think that looks...

Martha Witkowski
Jan 23, 20245 min read
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The Connection Between Childhood Trauma and Autoimmune Disorders
We've known for a long time that childhood trauma impacts overall health, but within the last few decades, we've come to learn how...

Abi Sims
Dec 26, 20234 min read
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Intergenerational Trauma: Integrating Our Core Trauma
In the last three posts, we explored how intergenerational trauma passes through 3 generations, how the four unconscious themes show up...

Abi Sims
Sep 14, 20234 min read
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Intergenerational Trauma: Core Descriptors & Core Sentence
In the last two blog posts, we explored the science behind how intergenerational trauma passes through 3 generations. We learned about...

Abi Sims
Sep 7, 20237 min read
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Intergenerational Trauma: Core Language Mapping
In last week's blog post, we explored the science behind how intergenerational trauma passes through 3 generations. We learned about the...

Abi Sims
Aug 30, 20235 min read
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Intergenerational Trauma: Four Unconscious Themes
Neuroscientists, researchers, scientists, psychologists, therapists, and other professionals in the research field have know for a while...

Abi Sims
Aug 22, 20235 min read
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Codependency & CPTSD
CPTSD (complex post traumatic stress disorder) is caused by ongoing trauma, typically childhood trauma, that's caused insecure attachment...

Abi Sims
Jul 17, 20234 min read
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Were You Raised in a Toxic Family? (How to Heal)
In the previous blog post (Were You Raised in a Toxic Family? (The Signs)), we looked at specific behaviors that are common in toxic...

Abi Sims
Jul 13, 20234 min read
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Were You Raised in a Toxic Family? (The Signs)
It's common for conflicts and arguments to exist in families; that's not a negative thing, it's a natural part of life. In fact, healthy...

Abi Sims
Jul 13, 20234 min read
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When Mother's Day Hurts
When Mother's Day comes around, it's almost like we can sense it in the air: trees and flowers begin to blossom, grocery stores display...

Abi Sims
May 4, 20235 min read
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C-PTSD: How To Stop An Emotional Flashback in 13 steps
Complex trauma generally shows up in the form of emotional flashbacks- these flashbacks typically present themselves as one of the 4 "F"...

Martha Witkowski
May 3, 20235 min read
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Outer Critic: What Is It & How to Shrink It
In people who have complex post traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), the inner and outer critic are typically very loud. We previously...

Abi Sims
May 1, 20234 min read
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