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. . […]
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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 […]
Journey to Joy (Day 6): Sexual Harassment Broke My Wild Filly Spirit
Why do men do it? Power and control. Entitlement too. Misogyny. Incest. Rape. Sexual molestation. Child abuse. Violence against women. Domestic violence. Sexual harassment. The criminal acts of male people with an […]
Journey to Joy (Day 5): Breaking Down My Own Walls of Silence
Isn’t this dancing girl precious? When we see photos like this, we assume that all little girls are loved and cherished. We assume her parents perceive her to be a […]
Journey to Joy (Day 4): Incest Pot Hole
In Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself, April is a lounge-singer who drinks too much. After her 16-year-old niece Jennifer is almost raped by April’s abusive, married […]
Journey to Joy (Day 3): What Do You Really, Really, Really Want?
The first and most important step toward empowerment and joy is to clearly articulate where we want to go. We need a destination, or we’ll end up adrift with our […]
Journey to Joy (Day 2): Smile with Your Liver
Smile with your liver? Crazy. Yet, this was Elizabeth Gilbert’s first lesson in Balinese meditation. She shared her guru’s advice to “sit in silence and smile” in Eat, Pray, Love: One […]
Elizabeth Smart: Smart Advice for Survivors
How do we put the Humpty Dumpty pieces of our shattered lives back together after horrific abuse? Anderson Cooper recently asked Elizabeth Smart if she had any advice for Jaycee […]
Journey to Joy: Mastering the Art of Controlling My Destiny
Julia Powell went on a one-year quest to master the art of French Cooking. She shared her adventures on her blog. It became a book and a movie, Julie & […]
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 