The Part of Therapy No One Explains—and Why You Keep Baking a Cake When You Need a Sandwich
Therapy isn’t just about fixing problems. Learn the overlooked relational part of therapy—and why old survival patterns feel so real in the present.
Beyond Fight or Flight: The Hidden Development Needs in Therapy
Have you ever thought about therapy as just a way to process trauma responses? You know, the classic fight, flight, or freeze reactions we often hear about? While that's certainly important, there's another crucial layer to therapeutic healing that doesn't get enough attention: our incomplete developmental journey.
The basic problem that brings people to therapy: Part One
I would wager that most of what brings people to therapy are emotional conflicts. Emotional conflicts are the results of some kind of trauma experience. When emotional conflicts come from growing up they are considered symbols of what’s called, developmental trauma (sometimes called “small ’t’ trauma”). When they are in connection to a shocking or harrowing moment or event they are considered symbols of what’s called, shock trauma (sometimes called “large ’T’ trauma”).