Isolation Well-Being
Sadly, we’re at the 250K statistic of Covid-19 deaths. Most of us won’t be celebrating the holidays as we had hoped in order to keep our loved ones and ourselves […]
Category Archives: Kate's Couch: PTSD Therapy
PTSD Therapy: Bubbles, Tiny Bubbles
This week sucked. It’s 90 degrees in Seattle. I’ve been in PTSD hell since April 20, and I fired the third therapist in a row who doesn’t have a fucking […]
PTSD Antidote: Dr. Teal’s Epsom Salts & Bubble Bath
Who knew? I’ve been in PTSD hell since last June due to never-ending bureaucratic bullshit that should never, ever happen. But, it does. Hopefully, this ended on Monday, 4/14/14 ~ […]
Inspiration: Self Care and Value
Abuse survivors are conditioned to dance to the narcissistic perpetrator’s tunes. The narcissist’s needs matter. Our needs don’t. Oh, hell to the NO! We can’t function properly if we don’t […]
Kate’s Couch Session Five: Who ARE You? Who? Who?
After Kate cracked me open like an egg during our fourth session, she started helping me put the Humpty Dumpty pieces back together again during our fifth session. We often […]
Kate’s Couch Session Four: Bastille Day
Mt. St. Helens in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State blew up the same day as my marriage: May 18, 1980. My father passed away on Bastille Day, 2005. Bastille […]
Kate’s Couch Session Three: Which Dog Do You Feed?
Therapy is very much like excavating an archaeological site. We gently dig around in the dirt until we unearth buried treasure. As we continue with our healing process, we naturally jettison the junk: the unhealthy aspects of our personalities and lives. We take out the trash.
After we take out the trash, we need to fill up the empty spaces. Nature abhors a vacuum. So, we need to replace the junk. . .to showcase the treasures we unearth with our digging. . .we need to replace the negative with something positive and valuable.
Kate’s Couch Session Two: Are You a Queen?
In the midst of a PTSD episode, we often feel abject powerlessness. Everyone seems to have control of our destiny but us. How do we effectively ask for help. . […]
Kate’s Couch Session One: Midsummer’s Eve
My first session with Kate was appropriately on Midsummer’s Eve: the day of women’s empowerment. I knew instantly that I was in the right place when she said her role […]
Kate’s Couch: Sharing My Complex-PTSD Therapy Sessions
Therapy for Complex PTSD (multiple traumatic events) is more shot-in-the-dark than science. Mental health professionals don’t have viable treatment protocols for PTSD (one traumatic event), and most are totally clueless about treating Complex PTSD. Sadly, too many still think, for example, that EMDR is effective. It isn’t.
Anne Caroline Drake 