Many men who experienced sexual abuse in childhood carry a silent weight — one that shapes their relationships, identity, and sense of worth. Breaking the silence is not weakness; it’s a radical act of strength. In therapy, that silence meets safety, and the long-overdue work of healing begins.
CHILDHOOD TRAUMA IS THE ROOT OF ADDICTION
Trauma often lives in your body and nervous system, showing up as intense reactions to seemingly small moments. These triggers can leave you feeling confused, overwhelmed, or ashamed of your response. In this post, I share how to begin recognizing your trauma triggers, why they happen, and how therapy can help you respond with more compassion and calm.
PANDEMIC OF UNHEALED WOUNDS
Are you starting to see and no longer deny and avoid the effects of your unhealed wounds in your relationship with yourself and those close to you? Have you been experiencing pain in your body as your memories and emotions are more difficult now for you to stuff and avoid your pain? Are you feeling overwhelmed and “stuck” by your woundedness and having difficulty moving forward? Are you starting to understand how essential it is for you to address your pain and no longer neglect yourself so that you can begin to heal?
KEYS TO UNBLOCK YOUR TRUST ISSUES
Are you continually finding yourself struggling with trust issues? Do you find it difficult to know who you can trust and who is not trustworthy? Do you often make choices of letting people in that hurt you and cause you to doubt yourself rather then having healthy relationships with people that support you and encourage as well as challenge you to grow? Do you struggle with trusting yourself and your own impressions and perceptions? Do you expect to be rejected and betrayed rather than honored and loved?
MOVING FORWARD WITH HOPE
Pandemic has been so stressful for so many of us and for others it has been traumatic. You may already have had a history of trauma as a child or adult and this difficult stressful time has been a “reinjury” ” Now that there is more movement forward in this pandemic situation you may have become even more aware of how this has effected you both inside and out as well as you may be longing to begin another level of moving forward with HOPE and to gain understanding of how your history of trauma has effected you and that you need to take time to HEAL but are not sure how to go about that.
DAUGHTERS TRAUMATIZED BY A TOXIC FATHER
A father’s love is meant to protect, affirm, and steady a daughter’s heart. But when that relationship is marked by criticism, control, absence, or emotional volatility, the wound can run deep. As a grown woman, you may find yourself questioning your worth, struggling to trust others, or working relentlessly to prove you’re enough — all while carrying an ache you can’t quite name. These wounds don’t just fade with time; they show up in relationships, self-talk, and the quiet moments when you feel most alone. Healing begins when you stop minimizing your pain and begin honoring the truth of your story — and your right to move beyond it.
REMOVING THE WALL AROUND YOUR HEART
Have you noticed that in your attempt to protect yourself from pain (caused by others)that now you feel even more “shutdown” and “frozen”? You have created your own prison and closed the door to your heart. The wall that you created to “protect Have you noticed that in your attempt to protect yourself from pain (caused by others)that now you feel even more “shutdown” and “frozen”? You have created your own prison and closed the door to your heart. The wall that you created to “protect you” is now hurting you as you are now closed off from “giving and receiving love”? you” is now hurting you as you are now closed off from “giving and receiving love”?
FEELING SAFE IN YOUR OWN BODY
As a trauma survivor it is so important to begin to feel safe in your body as when you experience trauma: which is anything so overwhelming that at the moment it is too frightening to process then the nervous system is holding the memories and feelings you could not process.. In an effort to protect yourself from feeling you may be in a shutdown or “frozen” state which makes it difficult for you to heal and become fully alive and safe in your body.