Articles on Trauma and Relationships
How We Let Anger Sabotage Our Intimate Relationships
Anger is a strategy, not just an emotion. Learn why angry complaint pushes your partner away and what to do instead, from a trauma and relationship specialist.
What’s Wrong with Being Right
Being right feels like safety. But as a relational strategy, it backfires spectacularly. Learn where the need to be right comes from and how to choose connection instead.
Trauma and Responsibility (when Healing CPTSD)
What happened to you isn't your fault, but healing is your responsibility. Learn how to stop letting unresolved trauma damage the relationships you care about most.
You Are Not Food: Breaking Free from Non-Reciprocal Relationships
One of the harmful impacts of growing up in homes with entitled or grandiose caregivers is an ongoing vulnerability to non-reciprocal relationships.