As you progress throughout life and you have untreated or what we trauma therapists call “trapped trauma,” your mental health symptoms will continue to worsen.

As people progress throughout life, there are signs that they have not dealt with their trauma, especially to the trained eye. This manifests in two ways. They either internalize their pain and suffering or externalize their pain and suffering.

It is inevitable that at some point during your lifetime you are going to suffer with grief not once, but probably multiple times. Most people have the misconception that grief only encompasses the death of a loved one.

The more significant your trauma, and the more of it (compound trauma), exponentially affects brain development, the immune system, hormonal systems, and even the way our DNA is read and transcribed (replicated).

In 2017 Yolanda gave a TEDx Talk about the power of eye movements and its ability help heal trauma. It is a powerful presentation on how Accelerated Resolution Therapy and bi-lateral stimulation are great tools used by therapists to help people resolve trauma in their lives. 

And whether you’re a speaker, entrepreneur, athlete, actor, or CEO, Harper Therapy’s ART-based individual intensives can not only help you prepare and enhance your performance, it can help uncover deeply seated blocks that we aren’t even aware of

The push harder-get things done-grit your teeth and get through it way has taken a toll. And that toll has been inflated through the past two years. There’s only so much more that your body will take of this way of handling the hard things in life.

Why is “Inside Out” so emotional? And why are we discussing it on a therapy blog? Because “Inside Out” incorporates so many components throughout the movie that touch on the topics of trauma and depression.

That’s because many times trauma symptoms and anxiety symptoms can overlap. But with trauma, you’re dealing with a hijacked limbic system -- that fight, flight, freeze part of the brain -- so it can feel exponentially worse

everyone has trauma, it just looks different for each person.

We believe that trauma is only related to veterans or a person who has suffered sexual abuse. But this is not the case, we can all experience trauma in our daily lives

Meet Alejandra! She is our bilingual, amazing, new therapist. Alejandra is a Registered Clinical Social Work Intern. Her superpower is helping people to feel safe. She will help you navigate the uncertainty and overwhelming feelings. Along with helping you find your voice and finding balance in caring for others and yourself!