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 | Jan 9, 2025 | Anxiety & Calm, Artistic Healing, books, EMDR, EMDR books, Feel Better, help for the helpers, Relationships, Resources, self-EMDR, self-help exercisees, Therapy, Uncategorized
An EMDR Workbook for Everyone Self-Help EMDR Therapy? Self-EMDR is a kind of radical notion, I’ll admit, but it’s time has come. You already know that EMDR (eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing) therapy works with the whole nervous system to resolve...
by Deborah Cox | Feb 23, 2024 | Becoming More of Your True Self, Connect, love, Relationships, Resources, Therapy, Women
It’s All Love, Part II We Never Stop Loving Think of someone who used to be your partner or your friend. Maybe this person was your first boyfriend/girlfriend. Maybe this person was a best friend when you were younger. Maybe you were married to this person or trusted...
by Deborah Cox | Feb 8, 2024 | Becoming More of Your True Self, Feel Better, following inspiration, love, Mood, Relationships, Therapy
Love is Everything Think of when you were younger and you wanted to be in love. Remember the dating, the hopes, the rejections, the euphoria, the heartbreak, the waiting and watching. What pictures come to mind? How do you feel about all of that now? Maybe, like me,...
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...
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