Mental Health Blog

Breaking the Cycle: How Trauma (and Resilience) Pass Between Generations
Learn how intergenerational trauma passes through families and how EMDR and somatic therapy in Vancouver can help you become the one who breaks the cycle.

Why So Many Women Are Getting ADHD Assessments in Their 20s and 30s
More women are looking into ADHD assessments in their 20s and 30s than at any point before. Learn why so many were missed in childhood, how trauma complicates the picture, and what a trauma-informed ADHD assessment in Vancouver actually looks at.

PCOS and Trauma: What the Research Shows and How EMDR Can Help
A look at the connection between PCOS and trauma, how chronic stress affects hormone health, and how EMDR therapy in Vancouver can support nervous system regulation and healing.

Does EMDR Help With Anxiety? What Actually Happens in the Body
Wondering if EMDR helps with anxiety? Learn how this evidence-based trauma therapy works with the nervous system to ease anxious symptoms at their root, explained by our Vancouver-based trauma therapists.

When Sleep Isn’t Safe: Understanding Nightmares and Night Terrors in Kids and Adults
Nightmares and night terrors can affect both children and adults carrying unresolved trauma. Learn what drives them and how EMDR and somatic therapy in Vancouver can help restore safe, restful sleep.

When the Person Who Hurt You Also Made You Feel Loved: Recovering From a Narcissistic Relationship
Recovering from a narcissistic relationship is more than getting over heartbreak, it’s healing the nervous system dysregulation, self-doubt, and trauma bonding that relational abuse creates. Learn how trauma therapy, EMDR, and somatic approaches support recovery. Vancouver-based

A Day of Healing: What EMDR Intensives Are and Who They Help
Curious about EMDR intensives in Vancouver? Learn how this focused trauma therapy format works, what a typical day looks like, and whether it’s the right fit for your healing.

Coming Out to Yourself: Accepting Your Queerness with Compassion
Gentle, trauma-informed guidance for queer women on accepting their sexuality through parts work, somatic awareness, and EMDR therapy in Vancouver.

Why Control Feels Like Safety: OCD, Trauma, and the Nervous System
Discover the link between OCD and trauma: how nervous system dysregulation, uncertainty intolerance, and compulsive patterns intersect, and what trauma-informed therapy in Vancouver can offer.

Brain Fog Explained: What Your Nervous System Is Really Telling You
Despite the feeling that brain fog is tied to lack of sleep, it’s actually your nervous system sending a signal. Learn how chronic stress and trauma dysregulate the brain, and how EMDR therapy and somatic therapy in Vancouver can help you think clearly again.

When Your Body Holds What Your Mind Can’t: Trauma and the Pelvic Floor
Chronic pelvic pain, tension, or disconnection from your body may have more to do with trauma than anatomy. Learn how the nervous system holds trauma in the pelvic floor, and what healing actually looks like.

Deep Brain Reorienting: A New Approach to Healing Trauma From the Bottom Up
Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) is a neuroscience-based trauma therapy targeting the brainstem’s response to shock. Learn how DBR works, what the research says, and whether it might be right for you.

The Difference Between Coping and Rewiring
High-achieving women master coping, but coping isn’t healing. Learn the difference between managing trauma symptoms and actually rewiring your nervous system through EMDR therapy and somatic work.

Your Benefits Can Pay for Trauma Therapy: Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Direct Billing at The Trauma Therapy Group
The Trauma Therapy Group now offers direct billing to over 30 major Canadian insurance providers. Learn how direct billing works, which providers we accept, what happens when benefits run out, and how to keep your healing on track all year long.

Dissociation: The Trauma Response No One Talks About
Dissociation: The Trauma Response No One Talks About Meta Description: Dissociation is one of the most common (and least recognized) trauma responses. Learn what it looks like, why it happens, and how EMDR and somatic therapy in Vancouver can help you feel present in your life ag

Should I Get Tested for ADHD? 7 Signs an Assessment Might Help
Wondering if you should get tested for ADHD? If you’re a high-achieving woman in Vancouver struggling with focus, overwhelm, and emotional dysregulation, learn seven signs an ADHD assessment might finally give you answers, and how trauma can complexify the picture

What Is Deep Brain Reorienting? A Trauma Therapist’s Guide to This Powerful New Approach
Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) is an emerging, body-based trauma therapy that works at the level of the brainstem to release stored shock and overwhelm. Learn what DBR is, what recent research says, and what to expect in sessions at The Trauma Therapy Group in Vancouver.

Healing the Inner Child: The Role of Parts Work in Trauma Therapy
Discover how parts work and inner child healing can transform trauma recovery. The Trauma Therapy Group offers expert trauma therapy in Vancouver, including EMDR therapy, Ego State therapy and IFS Therapy to help high-achieving women reclaim wholeness and inner safety.
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10 Signs Your Anxiety Is Actually Trauma (Not Just Stress)
If your anxiety feels constant, physical, or disproportionate to your circumstances, it may be rooted in trauma rather than everyday stress. Learn 10 signs that

What is Complex PTSD? Understanding Trauma That Lasts
Complex PTSD develops from prolonged or repeated trauma and affects how you feel, relate, and function, long after the danger has passed. Learn what C-PTSD

How Anxiety Shows Up in Kids
Learn how anxiety shows up in children through sleep struggles, physical symptoms, and emotional reactions. Explore trauma-informed, nervous-system-based strategies to support your child and yourself.

Why You Keep Going Back to Toxic Relationships (Even When You Know Better): The Neuroscience of Attachment & Trauma Reenactments
Why you keep going back to toxic relationships explained through neuroscience, attachment, and trauma. Learn how EMDR therapy and trauma therapy can help you break

The Link Between ADHD and Trauma
The link between ADHD and trauma is often misunderstood. Learn how trauma affects attention, nervous system regulation, and focus, and how trauma therapy in Vancouver

Overcoming Shame: The Hidden Link Between Trauma and Eating Disorders
Discover the hidden link between trauma and eating disorders. Learn how trauma therapy can help you overcome shame and build a healthier relationship with food.

When Trauma Enters the Relationship: How Couples Can Heal Together
If you’re in a relationship where one or both of you is living with PTSD or trauma from the past, you might feel like you’re stuck in a painful loop. Maybe you’ve tried to talk things through, but conversations end in shutdown, conflict, or confusion.

The Trad Wife Phenomenon: Empowerment, Healing from Trauma, and the Role of EMDR Therapy
In recent years, the “trad wife” movement has gained attention across social media, sparking conversations about traditional gender roles, femininity, and the modern woman’s place

Your Guide to EMDR: A Breakthrough Treatment for Trauma Survivors
Discover how EMDR, a revolutionary approach in the trauma therapy world, can help you heal. Learn what to expect, who it benefits, and how to

Narcissistic Abuse: How to Recognize It, Get Safe, and Recover
Narcissistic abuse can feel like an invisible prison. You may look like you have it all together on the outside, but inside, you’re second-guessing yourself,

Loving How We Love: How Trauma-informed Therapy Can Support You in Queer, Polyamorous, and Non-Monogamous Relationships
Choosing a relationship path outside of the mainstream can feel incredibly freeing, but it can also come with its own set of challenges. Whether you’re

Is EMDR Scary and Retraumatizing?
Have you heard about EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and are wondering whether it’s safe? Many people imagine trauma processing means reliving painful experiences

Finding Your Voice: Healing from Sexual Trauma with EMDR Therapy
Sexual trauma or sexual abuse can leave deep emotional scars, often causing survivors to lose their sense of connection to self and others, and also

Normalizing Dissociation: Understanding Its Role in Trauma Survival
Discover how dissociation serves as a survival tool for trauma. Learn how trauma therapy can help deshame and heal this response. Have you ever found

When Nausea Is a Trauma Response: Why It Happens and What It Means
If you’ve ever felt waves of nausea during or after a triggering experience, you’re not alone. And you’re not broken. For many people healing from

Embracing Neurodiversity: Trauma-Informed Approaches for Inclusive Healing
What is neurodiversity, and why does it matter in therapy? Neurodiversity refers to the natural variation in how human brains process information, feel emotions, and

Healing from Panic and Anxiety Attacks: Addressing the Root with EMDR and Somatic Therapy
If you’ve ever experienced a panic or anxiety attack, you know how disorienting and overwhelming it can be. The racing heart, shallow breathing, dizziness, or

For Teens Struggling with Anxiety and Disordered Eating: You’re Not Alone, and There’s a Way Through
If you’re a teen navigating anxiety, stress around food, or a relentless inner voice that tells you you’re not doing enough — we see you.

When Sleep Doesn’t Come Easy: Trauma and Nighttime Restlessness
You’re exhausted, your body is begging for rest, and yet the moment your head hits the pillow, your mind speeds up. Or your body suddenly

The Attachment Paradox: Navigating Career, Identity, and What Kids Really Need
In the modern landscape of feminism, success is often measured in professional milestones, financial independence, and breaking through glass ceilings. But beneath this narrative lies

What is Ego State Therapy? A Deep Dive Into Healing Your Parts
Ego State Therapy (EST) is a compassionate, practical approach to understanding and healing the different parts of ourselves. You may notice, especially if you are

Healing Trauma Through Somatic Therapy: Reconnect with Your Body and Mind
If you’ve experienced trauma, anxiety, or chronic stress, you may know that traditional talk therapy can sometimes feel incomplete. While exploring thoughts and emotions is

Staying human in a digital world: the necessity of connection in trauma recovery
How is artificial intelligence affecting human connection today? The rise of AI technologies, from chatbots and virtual assistants to tools like ChatGPT, is transforming how

Parts Work Explained: Healing Trauma by Understanding Your Inner World
Have you ever felt like different parts of you are at odds with each other? Perhaps one part wants to take a risk while another

Why the F*ck Are We Running? Unpacking the Urge to Speedwalk Through Life
The Unsettling Pace of Our Walks Ever notice how even when you tell yourself you’re taking a leisurely walk, you’re still practically speed-walking? Maybe you

Cold Plunge Lovers: Here’s How Your Chill Hobby Preps You for Trauma Healing
Cold plunging has gained popularity as a wellness practice, celebrated for its ability to boost resilience, regulate the nervous system, and foster a sense of

Understanding Emotional Numbness: A Common Response to Childhood Trauma
Discover how emotional numbness can be a response to childhood trauma. Learn about trauma therapy techniques that can help heal and reconnect with your emotions.

Understanding Dissociation and Its Links to Perfectionism and Disordered Eating
A Guide for Women Who Have Experienced Trauma This guide explores how trauma, particularly complex trauma experienced in childhood, can lead to dissociation, perfectionism, and

How Childhood Trauma Shapes Adult Relationships
Childhood trauma can cast a long shadow over our lives, influencing how we perceive ourselves and others. This impact often extends into our adult relationships, manifesting in ways we might not immediately recognize.

Trauma Therapy for the LGBTQ+ Community
At The Trauma Therapy Group, we understand the unique challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community and are committed to providing compassionate, accommodating, and specialized therapy

How Does My Past Trauma Affect Me Today?
Trauma can leave lasting imprints on our lives, affecting our emotional well-being, relationships, and overall quality of life. However, healing is possible. Traumatic events can

EMDR Therapy Explained
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy is an evidence-based treatment modality that has been found to be a transformative tool in the trauma recovery