I am passionate about Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). I use it in my own life and it has made all the difference. I cope with...

“I don’t want to feel numbed out. I don’t feel like me when I’m on meds.” Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder with really low lows...

“I found myself curled up into the fetal position, crying. I don’t understand where this came from. Am I crazy?” “I’m falling apart at...

Depression affects 10% of people in America and about half of all college students report feeling so depressed at some point that they...

Diagnosing mental illness is an imperfect science. The DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) describes bipolar, borderline personality...

Note: This is a composite, not an actual person "Dear Diary, Sometimes I feel so good, like when I saw D. today. Immediately, I felt...

60% of adults report experiencing trauma in their childhood (National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention,...

"Anything that is “wrong” with you began as a survival mechanism in childhood." ~ Dr. Gabor Maté Being sexually abused as a child,...

Today I am grateful for so many things in life. I am grateful for my husband and my parents, for my children and my kitties. I am...

You are not alone. Healing from sexual abuse and rape requires working with every part of the trauma experience – instinct, emotion,...

You aren’t broken. Trauma and complex PTSD caused by sexual abuse and rape are underdiagnosed and often misdiagnosed as something else....

“Just get over it.” It’s one of the worst things someone can say to a survivor of sexual abuse or rape. And yet how many times have you...

We’ve all been there. Something happens and your emotions take over. You can no longer think clearly and logic is not an option. You are...

Childhood abuse happened in the past. Unfortunately the effects of abuse don’t stay tucked in the past but rather invade your daily life...

Diagnosing mental illness is an imperfect science. The DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) describes bipolar, borderline personality...

Low self esteem seems to be almost an epidemic in our society, yet we play the part of feeling strong and acting confident by what I call...

“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.” —...