As we support clients through their trauma history, dissecting the meaning of trauma and a few general components assigned to it will be beneficial. Generally, trauma is defined as an event that overwhelms the nervous system and its ability to cope. What do we mean...
Trauma survivors often have experienced an invasion of emotional and physical boundaries, which is the residue of power and control imposed on them. A boundary is defined as a way of limit setting where clients identify the emotional and physical space that feels safe...
Millennials – some of us remember the excitement we felt when we got our first Nokia brick cellphones (the ones with the antennas that just would not break), while some of us found ourselves as mere preteens when the revolution of iPhones emerged in 2007. Individuals...
Naturally, I am an outspoken and fiercely passionate person regarding things I care deeply about, Ruby’s Place and women’s rights being at the top of my list. One thing I haven’t spoken about openly is my personal experience with abortion. Just saying that...
I get this question a lot from people, why are you growing so much now, in the middle of all that is happening around the world. Isn’t it time to batten down the hatches (as they say), hold tight, and protect your current programs? Well, yes, AND why can’t we do both?...
