Last week, I was in a room full of trauma therapists for a training I was giving. We were talking about something that doesn’t always get named clearly, but everyone in the room could feel it. The depth of relationship required for real healing. Not...
Fundamentally, Supernatural is a tale about intergenerational trauma—the transmission of suffering, grief, loss, beliefs, and coping mechanisms from one generation to the next. Despite the show being full of monsters and otherworldly dangers, family legacies rather than outside foes are the root of many of...
Over the years, I have fostered more than 100 orphaned and mistreated kittens, along with a few bunnies. Some arrived ready to climb into my lap. Others hid, hissed, froze, or watched me carefully from across the room. I learned pretty quickly that I could...
By Amy Wagner, LMHC, LMFT Founder & CEO, Growing Branches Counseling There is a moment I have witnessed many times in therapy. A person has spent months, sometimes years, understanding their story. They can tell me what happened. They can recognize the patterns. They understand...