We Are Held Screaming.
I couldn’t scream. Yet, there were those inside that wished they did. A little girl who wanted to scream But instead was still. Frozen with
May 6, 2025
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Nourishing and Depleting: Applications As An EMDR Therapy Inventory Strategy
One of the loveliest practices I ever learned for my own self-care is to make a two column list. In one column, I write down
April 17, 2025
A Lullaby for Jason
I’ve written several pieces inspired by my friend Jason Fair on this blog. You can check out Merry Christmas, Jason, published just two weeks after
September 23, 2024
Freedom is What You Do With What Has Been Done To You
As I share this reflection with the world on my twenty-second sobriety birthday, I recognize that many folks in the trauma recovery movement may take
July 8, 2024
I Will Rise
I Will Rise was performed at the closing ceremony of the Redefine Therapy Expressive Arts Retreat April 28th, 2024. Judy and Alicia worked together, in the moment, to bring movement and dance into Judy’s poem in a call and response collaboration.
May 14, 2024
The Capacity to Be Honest
Dr. Jamie Marich explores their journey through addiction recovery and trauma treatment, emphasizing the transformative power of honesty in confronting societal stigmas, challenging clinical norms, and advocating for authenticity and inclusivity in trauma care.
February 29, 2024
Continuing Miseducation
“Girl, I heard you speak for 10 minutes and I knew they couldn’t keep you locked up in the university.” This comment, delivered with enthusiasm
January 4, 2024
Pal, This is Not a Holy War
As I slowly moved down another painful declining portion on my second day walking the Camino de Santiago, my already injured knee rolled in and
November 14, 2022
Baba
In her classic Women Who Run with the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes tells the tale of the misplaced zygote. This magical fairy child, brimming with
June 19, 2022
God is in the Music
This summer, I sat in a chapel run by a major religious order before the Holy Mass where my brother Paul would make his vows
December 10, 2021
Mindfulness as “Module 2.5” of the Palette of EMDR Interventions in Addiction (PEIA): Implications for Trauma-Focused Care
“This is not so much an opioid epidemic we are in – it is more a trauma epidemic that people take opiates for.” – My
February 4, 2021
Meditations from the Toilet Seat
There is a highly lauded book in both the yoga and recovery communities called Meditations from the Mat (Rolf Gates, 2002). My experience was slightly less elegant
October 22, 2020
Be the Candle: A Tribute to my Guru and Teacher
In the Spring of 2004, I made what would prove to be the best educational decision of my life. Although I commuted to a small
August 12, 2020
Being “Out,” Naked, and Vulnerable
Since coming out unapologetically as a woman in recovery from a dissociative disorder in 2018, I’ve received so many messages and social media replies that
July 8, 2020
A Prayer for the Foolish Hearts: One Word 2020
For as long as I can remember, people have labeled me the “smart” kid. Being smart was my identity that earned me a curious combination
January 1, 2020
Merry Christmas, Jason
Dear Jason: I am having a very difficult time getting into the fullness of Christmas spirit this year, still very sad that this will be
December 24, 2019
Overcoming Feelings Phobia: Training Ground
Even though I do my best to take off the clinical cap outside of session, friends often ask for my opinion about all things mental
September 25, 2019
The Girl From Nowhere: Subjectivity and World Around Us
The study of subjectivity is broadly concerned with what it means to be an experiencing subject in the world. When I touch the book, “I”
August 6, 2019
Before You Talk Shit About Another Addict
If there was a category in my high school yearbook for “Most Likely to Become a Junkie,” I would not have been a contender. Indeed,
July 8, 2019
How EMDR Therapy Helped Me to Reclaim My Life
I was sitting in front of a client one afternoon as she talked to me about the rape she had experienced a few months ago.
June 25, 2019