by a Kelsey, a trauma therapist in Portland thoughts from a LMFT trauma therapist PDX If you’ve read Grumpy Monkey , you know the drill:...

By: Kelsey Thomas, LMFT Trauma therapist in Portland Oregon There is a moment in The Little Tree  that always gets me. The tree clings to...

A Reflection Resmaa Menakem’s words remind us that the hurt we carry from racial trauma isn’t just in our minds, it’s held deep in our...

Reflection In Radical Acceptance , Tara Brach invites us to meet ourselves fully, embracing both our tenderness and our turmoil with...

Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act: A Way of Being A Therapist's thoughts on The Creative Act. is a gentle nudge away from overthinking and...

Managing a High Anxiety Brain I'm level 1 trained in IFS and when I attend my first IFS conference with Richard Schwartz in 2014 I learned...

One of the most striking images in The Happiness Trap  is the idea of being on a boat, drifting at sea with demons chained below deck. As...

I’ll never forget the moment I finished When Breath Becomes Air . Picture in a busy salad shop, people everywhere munching on their kale,...

A Reflection I’ve been running a therapists’ book club for the past four years, and we’ve read everything from psychology classics to...

A trauma therapist's guide to befriending our anger

A Reflection In Rest is Resistance , we’re reminded that our bodies and minds are not machines, and that our worth is not tied to how...