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Learning how to make decisions consciously is one of the most powerful—and often overlooked—parts of healing. In my [...]

There are so many therapists out there today. If you’re searching for trauma therapy, individual therapy, or relationship [...]

One of the topics that feels deeply important to me—both personally and professionally—is spirituality, faith, and the idea [...]

So much of why people come to therapy is because they want change. They want relief. They want [...]

People sometimes ask me why I chose to focus on trauma therapy in my work as a psychotherapist. [...]

In my work as a trauma therapist, there is something I often wish more people knew: the feeling [...]

When we think about addiction, most of us picture the obvious ones: alcohol, hard drugs, gambling. These are [...]

If I’m being honest, this blog was born out of irritation. I often find myself deeply uncomfortable when [...]

When I sit with clients in trauma therapy, one of the themes that comes up again and again [...]

In my work as a trauma therapist, one theme comes up again and again: the belief that happiness [...]

We all have different ways of responding to trauma and making sense of what happens after it. When [...]

Okay—before you get very upset about the title of this blog, pause for a moment. You are absolutely [...]

So many of us have been affected—directly or indirectly—by religious trauma or cultural trauma. In my work as [...]

One of the themes that comes up again and again in both my personal work and my professional [...]

A common experience I see with my clients—and one I’ve personally experienced earlier on in my own healing—is [...]

So… you’ve made it through the holidays. Congratulations. That alone is a big accomplishment. For many people, the [...]

So much of my work at this time of year in trauma therapy involves helping clients prepare for [...]

Complex PTSD (or C-PTSD) is a term that has become much more mainstream in recent years, especially in [...]

Following up from my previous blog about being alone — specifically the fear of being alone — I [...]

By Valeriya Bauer, Psychotherapist A topic that comes up often in the therapy room—and outside of it—is the [...]