Blogs from a Baltimore Trauma Therapist

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How To Support Your Partner with Depression

Going through depression is hard. Watching a loved one go through depression is also hard – in a different way. You so badly want to fix the problem, and it can be so painful having your good will and offers to help fall flat. So how can you support a partner with depression?

By guest writer Raffi Bilek, LCSW-C

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Tips on Handling Election Stress, by a Baltimore Trauma Therapist

Stressed about election season? Me too! Read on for tips about how to handle the stress so it does not overwhelm.

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Treating Trauma, written by a Baltimore trauma therapist

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Symptoms of PTSD, written by a Baltimore trauma therapist

Whether it is diagnosable PTSD or it shows up in other ways, here are some of the ways unresolved trauma might show up in your system:

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The Impacts of Trauma, written by a Baltimore trauma therapist

We can be shamed for talking about our traumatic experiences or asking for help. Yet, by holding it in, the experiences take deeper root in us. We are made to feel more alone.

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Internal Family Systems: I am trained! And what that means from a Baltimore trauma therapist

As we see our parts as they are, that’s what they become – parts of us, not all of us. And that makes space for us to encounter that deep goodness within.

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What is Trauma? And, what isn’t it?

The word “trauma” actually means wound. Think of trauma as the wound in your body because of a bad, or series of bad, events. It is the change within you.