Trauma, the Body, and the Ego
Thank you to Ryan Van Wyk for inviting me to share on this blog the Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor (PBSP) psychotherapy perspective on...
How to Rehabilitate Over-Stressed Bodies for Long-Term Wellness
The human body is a brilliant machine. When the physical body is healthy, it works on our behalf every moment of every day with little to...
Undoing the Traumatization of Cognition
Ryan Van Wyk asked me to write a blog about Cognitive Processing Therapy, an evidence based cognitive behavioral therapy designed to...
An evening of reflection on trauma from four different perspectives
MN Trauma Project and our partners were thrilled at the turnout for our May 17 event: “Acknowledging Our Brokenness: An evening of...
When Remembering Trauma is Needed
“You don’t have to remember everything,” Dr. Erickson told me. “That’s old school. You only need to remember what you need to move...
Community conversations about trauma’s effects and paths to healing
We’re excited about our upcoming event on May 17. Titled “Acknowledging Our Brokenness,” it will be an evening of conversation on healing...
New Hope for PTSD: How Neuroscience is Energizing the Brain to Produce Surprising Results
Introduction: I’d been feeling this growing desire to bring my work to a new level and reaching more people. My work with a...
Survival vs. Connection: A tale of two systems in the body and their role in healing
It is really great that there is so much more understanding of trauma, how we experience it, what happens in the body during trauma, and...
Feminism and the Treatment of Trauma
Feminist theory can be traced back hundreds of years, evolving uniquely across societies over time but still marked by parallel themes....
Top 5 mistakes therapists make when treating clients with trauma
Over the past 10 years of my career, I’ve had the privilege of providing, training, and supervising clinicians and students in a myriad...
