I’ve been doing trauma work clinically for over 21 years. The arcs of personal trauma and community trauma are, not surprisingly, entirely parallel: There comes a time when we are strong enough, well-enough endowed at every level that we can boldly refuse our Perpetrator’s definition of us. We can create our lives on OUR terms […]
Finding Your Pando
There is a colony of 47,000 Quaking Aspen trees located in Fishlake National Forest, in Utah that have been gauged to be around 80,000 years old. 80 —- > THOUSAND years! (See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree) for more information and pictures. It’s beautiful!) These trees have been gauged to be approximately 80,000 years old. They have seen peoples and […]
Why We Don’t Report Sex Crimes
I have worked with sexual abuse and rape survivors throughout my nearly 20 year career as a psychotherapist. I am currently working with a number of survivors who are being triggered by the latest Catholic church abuse revelations and the vitriol public fury fest over the allegations being leveled against the current Supreme Court nominee. […]
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