Trauma Survivors Blog

The DEAR MAN skill is part of Interpersonal Effectiveness in DBT. Its goal is to help you communicate your needs or wants in a way that is clear, respectful, and more likely to get a positive outcome.

Feeling safe in your own space can be an important part of healing. Changing the look, layout, or energy of a space can help it feel like it truly belongs to you, supporting a sense of comfort and safety.

There’s a kind of grief that doesn’t get talked about much. It’s the grief of the childhood you should have had. The one that you deserved.

The effects of having our emotions invalidated while we’re growing up isn’t talked about enough and it can have lasting effects. This can...

This applies to anyone, but I really want to emphasize this to my fellow survivors who went through trauma as children and/or teenagers....