How Can I Heal After Betrayal

How Can I Heal After Betrayal

When someone we trust with all of our heart betrays us, it hurts. This pain can be so severe that it doesn’t only impact our future relationships, it impacts the way we see ourselves and life in general. It changes us. The lack of coping skills adds to overall...
Why Art Therapy?

Why Art Therapy?

Studying Psychology as an undergraduate and a graduate student I was introduced to numerous forms of psychological and physical healing techniques to improve a person’s emotional state. My first opportunity to apply Art Therapy (AT) was around 1987 with a group of...
Redefining Strength And Weakness

Redefining Strength And Weakness

The other day I was thinking about the word “weakness” and what it means to me personally. I was surprised that things that many individuals call weaknesses are actually strengths to me. I think we still have a long way to go in understanding human...
Setting New Year Goals While Healing

Setting New Year Goals While Healing

As 2022 is coming to an end, it’s important to take a moment and reflect on what we are leaving behind. After we are done with that, let’s proceed to set goals or intentions for the New Year ahead. Now, if you are on your healing journey, then it might not...
Vicarious Trauma In Military Families

Vicarious Trauma In Military Families

Most of us have heard of trauma or PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), and those words evoke a variety of responses from people.  Some may think, “ …it’s that crazy thing really messed up soldiers get who go to war.” Another person thinks, “Isn’t that what happens...