Tag: trauma

  • Stuck in Cycles of Anxiety and Depression?

    Stuck in Cycles of Anxiety and Depression?

    These are natural human coping mechanisms to overwhelming, prolonged stress – there’s absolutely nothing wrong with you. These cycles often originate from childhood. As impressionable young ones, everything we experience seeps into the unconscious. This is especially true in connection to early caregivers. They inform the way we’ll relate to ourself and others for the rest of…

  • 8 Core Principles for Healing Trauma

    8 Core Principles for Healing Trauma

    I believe that effective healing is built on eight fundamental principles: 1. Healing Happens in SafetyTrue healing can only occur in an environment where you feel safe, acknowledged, and supported. An important part of this safety is consistency and dependability. Growing up, our caregivers may have been on and off, hot and cold, supportive and…

  • The Coin Metaphor: The Impact of a Hyper-Aroused Nervous System

    The Coin Metaphor: The Impact of a Hyper-Aroused Nervous System

    Living in a state of constant stress, whether conscious or unconscious, can be illustrated through the metaphor of coins. Early traumatic experiences become stored in the body, affecting muscles and organs, and especially the fascia ~ the connective tissue throughout our body. In Transforming Touch therapy, the emphasis is on the client and their regulation…