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What is the Cycle of Abuse?
As a follow up to the October domestic violence awareness post, I wanted to dig deeper into what happens within an abusive relationship...
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Abi Sims
Nov 117 min read
Living with CPTSD: Preparing for the Holiday Season with Family
For many, the holidays are a magical time of year filled with friendship, warm gatherings with family, and delicious food.
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Abi Sims
Oct 215 min read
Election Season & Mental Health
Whether you're deeply invested in politics, political outcomes, or just trying to get through the constant noise of news, the weeks leading
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Abi Sims
Aug 55 min read
Fight, Flight, Fawn, and Freeze: Understanding Trauma Responses in Relationships
Trauma responses are natural reactions to perceived threates, shaped by our past experiences. These response (fight, flight, fawn, and...
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Abi Sims
May 285 min read
Life's Hard Lately. What Now?
Have you ever had a season of life where hard things keep happening, and it feels like you can't catch your breath? And then, when you...
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Martha Witkowski
May 64 min read
Unraveling Toxic Shame: Understanding and Healing the Roots of C-PTSD
Toxic shame. What do we even mean by that? Simply put, we are talking about the true origin of C-PTSD and what we experience at the root...
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Ryan Witkowski
Apr 308 min read
Mental Health Crisis: What can we really do about it?
It was my first day of graduate school. Naive. Excited. Scared and ready to learn how to be a therapist. I was ready to make a difference...
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Abi Sims
Apr 255 min read
When Your Body Yells at You: Understanding the Stress Disease Response in Trauma
We've all been there: days that feel like weeks, trying to manage our workload while raising children or caring for our families,...
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Martha Witkowski
Apr 85 min read
Attachment Styles: What's going on in your relationship?
This blog delves into the attachment styles and how they might look in relationships.
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Abi Sims
Mar 255 min read
Healing from CPTSD: Confronting Shame & Embracing Self-Compassion
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) is a debilitating condition that arises from prolonged exposure to traumatic events,...
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Abi Sims
Mar 194 min read
Healing From Childhood Trauma: Finding Peace Without an Apology
Childhood trauma can leave scars that linger well into adulthood and affect our relationships, our thoughts, our beliefs, and our...
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Abi Sims
Feb 274 min read
The Important Role of Safe Relationships in Healing C-PTSD (Complex Trauma)
C-PTSD (complex trauma) develops as a response to prolonged emotional, physical, sexual, mental, and/or verbal abuse or neglect is...
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Abi Sims
Feb 124 min read
The Silent Battle: Exploring Mental Health Challenges in the U.S. Military
A quiet struggle persists within the U.S. military and has for decades: the battle against mental health challenges. With an increase in...
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Abi Sims
Jan 295 min read
"Ghosting" Your Therapist: Let's Talk About It
"Ghosting" someone is a term for abruptly ending a relationship without providing any explanation or follow-up communication. It's common...
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Abi Sims
Dec 26, 20234 min read
The Connection Between Childhood Trauma and Autoimmune Disorders
We've known for a long time that childhood trauma impacts overall health, but within the last few decades, we've come to learn how...
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Abi Sims
Sep 14, 20234 min read
Intergenerational Trauma: Integrating Our Core Trauma
In the last three posts, we explored how intergenerational trauma passes through 3 generations, how the four unconscious themes show up...
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Abi Sims
Sep 7, 20237 min read
Intergenerational Trauma: Core Descriptors & Core Sentence
In the last two blog posts, we explored the science behind how intergenerational trauma passes through 3 generations. We learned about...
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Abi Sims
Aug 30, 20235 min read
Intergenerational Trauma: Core Language Mapping
In last week's blog post, we explored the science behind how intergenerational trauma passes through 3 generations. We learned about the...
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Abi Sims
Aug 22, 20235 min read
Intergenerational Trauma: Four Unconscious Themes
Neuroscientists, researchers, scientists, psychologists, therapists, and other professionals in the research field have know for a while...
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Abi Sims
Jul 17, 20234 min read
Codependency & CPTSD
CPTSD (complex post traumatic stress disorder) is caused by ongoing trauma, typically childhood trauma, that's caused insecure attachment...
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