Friendship Matters: Dreams, Friendship-Wreck, Janina
As far back as I can remember, I longed for a best friend. I guess a best friend represented the equivalent of a beloved partner or even parent who placed me first
Neglect is the story of nothing, which is why it is a largely overlooked phenomenon in the trauma world and in the larger world. Thankfully we now have the category of ‘trauma-informed’, a concept that has permeated modern culture and is part of our daily vocabulary.
I am on a mission to do the same with “neglect-informed”. I want to help you recognize that nothing DOES matter, so you and all survivors of neglect trauma can be heard and understood in a way that you never have before.
Neglect-informed psychotherapy offers a compassionate and comprehensive approach to identifying and addressing the lasting effects of early neglect on individuals’ mental health and well-being. As a therapist, I seek to understand how truly traumatic missing experiences were in shaping clients’ sense of self, relationships, and worldview.
Neglect is a form of trauma that can lead to feelings of worthlessness, abandonment, and mistrust. Our job is to shine a light on the unnoticed and bring a voice to the unheard – because NOTHING matters!
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As far back as I can remember, I longed for a best friend. I guess a best friend represented the equivalent of a beloved partner or even parent who placed me first
I often ponder the question, of how it can be that parents can be so oblivious or thoughtless about their children. How can this happen? I have wondered this since childhood, and
I am no scholar of poetry, but I do remember that my grandmother (who was), often quoted the famous line of John Keats: “a thing of beauty is a joy forever.” I
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