True Self Journey Blog

You’re in therapy, and you’re starting to get into reality about your caregivers and your home environment. With the help of your therapist, you start to connect some dots, and...

  You walk in the door after school and can tell by the sounds your mom is making in the kitchen whether you need to go quietly to your room...

Telling the story of your trauma and being able to name your emotions is an important and courageous part of the healing process. Acknowledging the thinking distortions and limiting beliefs...

As you engage in trauma recovery through therapy, 12-Step fellowships, and other means, it’s helpful to have a recovery toolbox—an accessible catalog of resources  to support your recovery—that is readily...

Recently I thought about what I'd want to say to myself when I was just starting therapy. If I knew then, what I know now about the journey of healing...

You’ve spent your life until now not talking about anything. Hiding your thoughts, feelings, and memories from everyone—including yourself. And you had to do things that way to survive.  You’ve...