Breaking the Chains of Trauma: Strategies for Healing and Growth
Experiencing trauma can shatter one's sense of safety, leaving deep emotional scars that linger long after the event has passed. Trauma...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Dec 5, 20238 min read
Healing at the Intersection: Ketamine Psychotherapy for Depression, Trauma and Autistic Burnout
In the intricate landscape of mental health and well-being, unconventional journeys often lead us to unexpected places in search of...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Jun 1, 20233 min read
ADHD and PTSD: A Surprising Link
In recent years, there has been a growing body of research exploring the relationship between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder...
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Bay Area Mental Health
May 22, 20237 min read
Breaking Free from Negative Thinking: The Promise of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
It’s no secret that we are in a mental health crisis that was exacerbated by the COVID pandemic, growing economic instability and social...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Apr 25, 20232 min read
Our Issues are in Our Tissues
This week I am starting from a phrase used often by one of our therapists, Jesalyn Eatchel, LCSW: "Our issues are in our tissues!" This...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Oct 7, 20223 min read
Trauma And Addiction: Is It A Never Ending Cycle?
“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” — Laurell K. Hamilton,...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Oct 7, 20223 min read
Only "Yes" Means Yes: Protect Yourself From Sexual Violence
Sexual assault on school campuses has received a lot of attention in the press lately. That doesn’t mean that the number of rapes is...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Oct 7, 20224 min read
Mental Health Effects of Sexual Abuse
Awareness of the prevalence and impact of sexual abuse has recently surged in the media following such events as the #MeToo movement and...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Oct 7, 20214 min read
How Childhood Abuse Shows Up In Adult Life (and what to do about it)
Childhood abuse happened in the past. Unfortunately the effects of abuse don’t stay tucked in the past but rather invade your daily life...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Oct 7, 20214 min read
Impact of Sexual Abuse on Mental Health
Awareness of the prevalence and impact of sexual abuse has recently surged in the media following such events as the #MeToo movement and...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Oct 7, 20211 min read
My "Why" for being a Trauma Therapist: Interview with Guy Macpherson
I was interviewed by Guy Macpherson of The Trauma Therapist Project this week about my “why” for becoming a trauma therapist. I was...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Oct 7, 20212 min read
DBT For Trauma And Depression
I am passionate about Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). I use it in my own life and it has made all the difference. I cope with...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Oct 7, 20213 min read
Bipolar, Borderline and PTSD: What's The Difference?
Diagnosing mental illness is an imperfect science. The DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) describes bipolar, borderline personality...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Oct 7, 20212 min read
How Is PTSD Affecting Your Relationships?
60% of adults report experiencing trauma in their childhood (National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention,...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Oct 7, 20215 min read
Overcoming Childhood Sexual Abuse
"Anything that is “wrong” with you began as a survival mechanism in childhood." ~ Dr. Gabor Maté Being sexually abused as a child,...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Oct 7, 20213 min read
Sexual Abuse: Why You Can't "Just Get Over It" - Part 3
You are not alone. Healing from sexual abuse and rape requires working with every part of the trauma experience – instinct, emotion,...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Oct 7, 20214 min read
Sexual Abuse: Why You Can't "Just Get Over It" - Part 2
You aren’t broken. Trauma and complex PTSD caused by sexual abuse and rape are underdiagnosed and often misdiagnosed as something else....
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Bay Area Mental Health
Oct 7, 20213 min read
Sexual Abuse: Why You Can't "Just Get Over It" - Part 1
“Just get over it.” It’s one of the worst things someone can say to a survivor of sexual abuse or rape. And yet how many times have you...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Oct 7, 20214 min read
Trauma Therapy: How Childhood Abuse Shows Up In Adult Life
Childhood abuse happened in the past. Unfortunately the effects of abuse don’t stay tucked in the past but rather invade your daily life...
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Bay Area Mental Health
Oct 7, 20213 min read
Bipolar, Borderline and PTSD: What's The Difference?
Diagnosing mental illness is an imperfect science. The DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) describes bipolar, borderline personality...
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