by Deborah Cox | Sep 8, 2025 | anger, Becoming More of Your True Self, body psychotherapy, Feel Better, Relational Cultural Theory, Relationships, religion, religious abuse, Women
In his groundbreaking book When the Body Says No, physician Gabor Maté describes how suppressed emotions can lead to real, physical illness. His research and clinical stories show us that when we consistently silence our anger, grief, or frustration, the body...
by Deborah Cox | Sep 7, 2025 | anger, Becoming More of Your True Self, body psychotherapy, cultural healing, dissociation, Feel Better, getting grounded, Relational Cultural Theory, Relationships, religion, religious abuse, Wife Material, Women
In When the Body Says No, physician Gabor Maté reveals a hard truth: when we silence our emotions, our bodies eventually speak for us—through illness. Autoimmune disease, chronic fatigue, even cancer often emerge in people who have spent years denying their own anger,...
by Deborah Cox | Feb 26, 2023 | Anxiety & Calm, body psychotherapy, bodywork, Coaching For the Therapist, Connect, cultural healing, Feel Better, Ideas, love, Reconceive, Relational Cultural Theory, Relationships, Resources, Uncategorized
Relationship Self Care for Therapists When was the last time you applied your counseling skills to yourself to think about your own love life as a critical component of your self-care? Relationships form the essential bedrock of self-care. All the yoga and massage in...
by Deborah Cox | Nov 14, 2022 | Anxiety & Calm, Artistic Healing, body psychotherapy, bodywork, Coaching For the Therapist, Connect, Feel Better, Ideas, Podcasts, Reconceive, RECONCEIVE PODCAST: Connecting with You, Relational Cultural Theory, Therapy, Uncategorized
Sometimes solo therapy feels pretty bleak . . . A client tells you he has no emotion as he reveals his father’s suicide. Therapy fails to gain traction and he continues to not feel. Another client has an auto-immune disorder that started when she discovered her...
by Deborah Cox | Sep 7, 2022 | Artistic Healing, Becoming More of Your True Self, body psychotherapy, Coaching For the Therapist, Connect, Create Art, cultural healing, dissociation, Feel Better, Mood, Podcasts, RECONCEIVE PODCAST: Connecting with You, Relational Cultural Theory
Burnout (as a way of life) in Health Professionals Burnout creeps up on us. We’ve been “on” for years, doing what we do to help. But health professionals face an all-time high risk of burnout right now. Why? Given the past two-and-a-half years of pandemic and...
by Deborah Cox | Jan 12, 2021 | anger, cultural healing, Relational Cultural Theory, religion, religious abuse
So Many Sick People A sea of sick people. Not bad people. Just regular people who’ve joined at least one cult. I believe that bad religion, religious abuse, and spiritual trauma hurt the individual, the community, and the world. Right now, the United States has...
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