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Treasures from around the web

Here we share external links that we love that you just may love too. One section features informative articles and podcasts from mental health professionals and the other valuable poetry, inspiring and entertaining writing, as well as other validating resources for your healing journey.
 

Finding Your Core Wound

Aletheia Luna
Exploring the unworthiness we feel at the core, how to identify one’s core wound and practices to work with it

Oddly Specific Childhood Trauma Issues

Patrick Teahan
I found this video to be so spot on! These were a smattering of vexing tendencies that I just chalked up to my spaced=out self, and I suddenly understood it differently when this therapist connected the dots.

Mommy, Where Were You?

J. Cori
Poignant poem that puts into words what children of emotional neglect never received.

The Dark Side of Therapy

Dr. Beverly Pedroche
This article is funny and also honest about how unfair therapy sometimes feels, but it’s subtly encouraging to just do it anyway.

Become! Become! Become!

John Roedel
Brilliant poem on what feels like breaking down but is really changing and growing, or like my therapist says, “breaking open.”

Kleenex in Psychotherapy

Ryan Howes, Ph.D.
An enjoyable (and a little unsettling!) piece about the humble Kleenex tissue, so integral a part of therapy sessions everywhere. You might rethink how you wipe your tears!

Bone Weary

Dr. Glennon Doyle
Such a validating article to read on a day where you just need to rest and stop and do nothing on this journey toward healing, especially when you doubt it leads to anywhere..

Healing From Therapy Trauma

Mirel Goldstein
Sometimes therapy can be damaging, even if it moves you forward. This article explores why even a well-intentioned therapist can sometimes cause therapy trauma and how to move past it when seeking a new therapist.

The World's Best Therapy Client

Ryan Howes, Ph.D.
Great (even funny!) article for people pleasers who want to be perfectly behaved therapy clients, which explains why they should show their true selves.

Trust Is Built

Carolyn Spring
Truly beautiful and validating piece exploring trust and how it is the seemingly small, steady actions that build trust and not just platitudes

What Do You Need?

Carolyn Spring
Painfully stirring, soul-touching piece depicting a therapy session in which a shift in regard to “needs” is seen. If you love this (and the next article), check out the rest of the blog.

Emotional Neglect and Therapy

Aline LaPierre
This is really a book review of the book Emotional Neglect and the Adult in Therapy by Kathryn Stauffer. However, the article in itself gives a great glimpse at how emotional neglect impacts individuals in a whole different way and requires targeted treatment.