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Reflections on trauma, recovery, and belonging

I write weekly essays exploring trauma, emotional abuse, healing, and the search for belonging—drawing from clinical insight and lived experience. If this kind of thoughtful, trauma-informed writing matters to you, you’re warmly invited to join me by entering your email below.

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Silencing Suggestions of Insignifiance
A writer recently asked me this question. What do you, as a therapist, do when you feel lonely?
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Contentment and Complacency
Am I complacent here and now? I don’t think I’ve found a hard answer to that. But I am content, even as I strive toward new goals.
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The Courage to Take up Space
Overcoming the fear of being "too much".
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New Beginnings
The beauty of life, I am realizing, is that it is never truly too late for new beginnings.
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