Greg and Sara came to couples therapy because their marriage had grown cold. Both partners felt misunderstood and misrepresented. Their conflict spiraled into bigger arguments. Or they just wouldn’t engage at all. In our first session, Sara began by recounting Greg’s anger that arrested the conversation and sent it spinning. Sara would feel scared and …
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Many think that trauma inevitably occurs in the midst of a traumatic event, but this is not the case. What separates a child who suffers a PTSD diagnosis from another who walks away emotionally unscathed? It is what happens immediately after the event rather than the event itself that matters most. My daughter is 4 …
Tom came to see me because he was suffering from social anxiety and panic attacks that would affect his breathing and trigger heart palpitations. His profound fear of being sick in public would often keep him home. It was not uncommon for his anxiety to creep up on him in the most inopportune moments, and …
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