Damaris Karanja
Understanding Defense Mechanisms

In the journey of mental health, we often encounter various psychological strategies that help us cope with difficult emotions and situations. These strategies, known as defense mechanisms, can play a crucial role in how we navigate life's challenges. While they can provide temporary relief, it’s essential to understand how they can also hinder personal growth and healing. Let’s explore some common defense mechanisms and their implications.

Understanding Defense Mechanisms
Damaris Karanja
Resistant Depression, Could it be Unsolved ...

Have you been been going to therapy year after year without seeing any significant results? Do you feel like your therapy sessions are more like venting sessions? Have you been jumping from therapist to therapist and never finding the growth that you are looking for or due to feeling like your voice is not being unheard? Are you frustrated that your therapy sessions feel more like listening or venting sessions and do not go deep enough?

Resistant Depression, Could it be Unsolved Trauma?
Damaris Karanja
The Amazing Power of EMDR Intensives

Are you ready to unlock the remarkable potential of EMDR Intensives? EMDR intensive therapy sessions have the power to bring healing and relief in a shorter time frame than traditional therapy. Let's delve into the extraordinary capabilities of EMDR Intensives and discover how they can be a game-changer for your mental health journey.

The Amazing Power of EMDR Intensives
Damaris Karanja

The Power of EMDR: Unlocking Healing Through Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

In the world of psychotherapy, there are several approaches and techniques aimed at helping individuals overcome trauma and other psychological distress. One such method that has gained significant attention and recognition is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). This groundbreaking therapeutic approach has shown remarkable effectiveness in treating various mental health issues and empowering individuals on their journey to healing.

The Power of EMDR: Unlocking Healing Through Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Introduction In the world of psychotherapy, there are several approaches and techniques aimed at helping individuals overcome trauma and other p
Damaris Karanja
Understanding Attachment Trauma: Unveiling the ...

Attachment is an innate and fundamental aspect of human nature that influences our emotional development, relationships, and overall well-being. When attachment experiences are disrupted or damaged during early childhood, it can lead to attachment trauma, which profoundly affects an individual's ability to form secure and healthy connections throughout their life.

Understanding Attachment Trauma: Unveiling the Impact and Path to Healing

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The Power of Forgiveness! It is for you, not for them!

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The Power of Forgiveness! It is for you, not for them!

10 Steps of Forgiveness

 

Did you know that forgiveness is one of the most empowering things you can do? Forgiveness is a powerful tool that can help you break free from your past. Unforgiveness bleeds resentment, which is a toxic emotion that can lead to multiple other mental and physical problems. As long as you are alive, you will experience hurt from other people. The hurt, whether unintentional or intentional has a negative impact on both your mental and  physical health.

Most people have great difficulty in forgiveness because they do not understand what it is and what it is not. Forgiveness does not mean that you excuse or tolerate the offender’s behavior. Forgiveness is for you. It helps you grow from the situation and move on with your life.

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Break Free From Your Past, Embrace Your Future

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Break Free From Your Past, Embrace Your Future

We are all products of our past. No one grew up in a vacuum.  Most of our struggles today are rooted in our past. We fail to fulfill our purpose if we are held hostage by past negative experiences. Lack of freedom from our past is like walking backwards towards our destiny. Letting go of your past creates space for new experiences in your life.  Every child is born with dreams, but the cares and troubles of life can make us not to bring forth our dreams.

In our past is the source of our insecurities, fears, anxieties, and other unmet emotional needs.

Marriage Tip: Embrace Differences In your spouse

Marriage Tip: Embrace Differences In your spouse

Growing up, we were all accustomed to romantic fantasies for fairy tale weddings which concluded with “…and they lived happily ever after.” This leads to a myth that happy marriages are void of conflict or disagreements between spouses. According to renowned relationship expert John Gottman, happy marriages are based on a deep friendship between you and your spouse. This means respect for each other and enjoyment of each other’s company. In happy marriages, couples respect and appreciate each other's differences and there is little effort in trying to change each other. John Gottman asserts  that even happily married couples argue, but arguments don’t necessarily harm a marriage.

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