by beachcitiespsy | Sep 15, 2026 | Trauma
When people hear the word trauma, they often think about catastrophic events: abuse, violence, a serious accident, combat, a natural disaster, or the sudden loss of someone they love. And sometimes trauma does look like that. But sometimes it looks like growing up...
by beachcitiespsy | Apr 11, 2026 | Trauma
How the Nervous System Responds to Trauma When many people hear the word trauma, they often think only about the event that happened. But trauma is not just about the event itself. Trauma often lives in the memory that the mind and body create from that experience....
by beachcitiespsy | Dec 6, 2025 | General, Trauma
December is a strange month. On one hand: joy, cheer, lights, peppermint-flavored everything.On the other: grief, financial pressure, family tension, loneliness, anxiety, and the lingering ache of whatever (or whoever) should be here but isn’t It’s a season of...
by beachcitiespsy | Apr 23, 2025 | Parenting, Teenagers, Therapy, Trauma
Divorce impacts the whole family — not just the couple who decides to separate. For teens and tweens especially, the experience can stir up confusion, big feelings, and questions about identity, loyalty, and belonging. Even when the divorce is handled amicably, it can...
by beachcitiespsy | Jun 15, 2024 | Trauma
Many people don’t realize the extent of the negative beliefs rooted in their trauma until they begin EMDR work. Often I have clients who come in who are successful, intelligent, beautiful who reveal to me that deep down they feel that they are not good enough, not...
by beachcitiespsy | Jun 14, 2024 | Trauma
Once upon a time, therapists told clients to go over all of the gory details of the horrific things they had been through because it would be therapeutic. They were wrong. Sometimes this can deepen the neural pathways to the trauma and even re-traumatize. The moment I...
