For a long time I didn’t know whether to call what happened to me ...

Shame does a number on us. Half the time (or more) it’s not even ...

Traumatic events make us feel separate from ourselves. For some, the trauma happens very ...

Dr. Ruth Wimsatt, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in Newport Beach, California. A former ...

We think of a sturdy self-connection as being beneficial. And that’s true. But self-connection ...

This is a story we like in Scientific American. This pull quote Jillian found ...

“The longer I avoid a problem the bigger it becomes. What am I trying ...

Unfurl and re-emerge are both verbs.  Verbs symbolize movement. Movement can take the form ...

1. Blaming oneself about the violation you endured is a common phenomenon among survivors ...

If you have lived through (or are living through) sexual trauma, you may feel ...