Many people may not realize how unresolved trauma can influence the quality of their life and their relationships. They may downplay the significance of their trauma or may live “distracted” where ...

So, you've started to notice some patterns in your life, and you're wondering why you react the way you do. Emotional habits can feel like second nature, but sometimes they're more than just quirks.

Many of us will have heard of the “flight, fright, freeze” response when we are confronted with a threatening situation. In ...

What’s the big idea? People-pleasing is not a personality trait. It is part of the trauma response known as fawning. Although it can be a useful mechanism at times, existing in a state of fawning ...

After a year that stretched you emotionally and mentally, healing doesn't mean erasing what happened. Here are seven ...

Fight or flight are not the only common responses to a traumatic event. I addressed this a bit in a column published on November 22, 2022 explaining that some authors describe “4 F’s”: fight, flight, ...

These days, it's common to scroll through social media feeds and see certain "buzzy" terms in captions and on images, like "gaslighting," "golden handcuffs," "brightsiding," "parentification" and ...

'Fawning is a survival response often learned in childhood,' one psychologist says A money-related offshoot to a common trauma response is "financial fawning," which can impact how we spend, talk ...

Every January, National Human Trafficking Awareness Month prompts renewed attention to a crime that continues to grow at ...

The recent catastrophic flooding in Kerr County has seemed to surface some of Southeast Texas' own flood anxiety. In response, a few local counselors are offering free virtual sessions to help ...