Emotional healing after cancer with Ashlea Nicholson, LMAC, LMFT
Ashlea joins us to discuss becoming a therapist and shortly after discovering that she had cancer. The journey of healing through grief
Category: Trauma
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Emotional healing after cancer with Ashlea Nicholson, LMAC, LMFT
Ashlea joins us to discuss becoming a therapist and shortly after discovering that she had cancer. The journey of healing through grief
The power of EMDR for trauma
I am trained in a trauma therapy modality called EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. Yeah, it’s a mouthful. And while science still does not fully understand the complexity of how the brain processes trauma (this is true of any therapeutic model), the process of EMDR is actually quite simple. Think of REM. No,… Continue reading The power of EMDR for trauma
Healing spiritual trauma through personal truths
Kruk describes “spiritual affliction” as a diminishment of faith in others, hope for a better future, and a capacity to give love to others. While I believe that all of these are a part of spiritual affliction, they are mostly connected to emotion about others. These could be defined as emotional trauma because faith in… Continue reading Healing spiritual trauma through personal truths
What is “spiritual trauma”?
To understand spiritual trauma, we must first come to understand the nature of spirit in human beings or what has often been called the psyche. Remen (1999) says that spirit is not morality, or ethics, or the psychic, or religious dogma. Spirit is that part of humanity that is reaching for that which lies beyond. I have noticed that… Continue reading What is “spiritual trauma”?