EMDR and Attachment Trauma
People that have attachment trauma might not even be aware that this is one of the main issues they are facing. Attachment trauma is more common than you might think…
Attachment Styles: The Key to Forming Healthy Relationships
In our previous blog “Attachment Styles and How We Relate to Others” we talked about four main ways in which we tend to form our relationships and try to satisfy our emotional needs
- secure
- preoccupied
- fearful-avoidant
- dismissing-avoidant
Attachment Styles and How We Relate to Others
You might already have noticed that many (if not all) of your significant romantic relationships tend to have something in common. (more…)
Healing Old Wounds with EMDR: How to Live After, Not Just Survive Childhood Abuse
When we think of survivors of childhood abuse, and especially of sexual abuse in childhood, we often imagine than it had to be inconceivably difficult for them to endure such suffering, but now that they’re adults, they’re safe and well. We do recognize that they might have been affected by the horrible experience, but rarely think of them as constantly reliving the past abuse as it were happening right now, at this very moment, with the same horror and helplessness as then. But they do. (more…)
Types of Sexual Abuse and Where to Turn for Help
Sexual abuse is a topic pretty much no one wants to think about, let alone talk about, though it happens every single day. How many times on the news do you see a formerly respected individual hiding behind their hands, being led to a police car with a headline about suspected child pornography or molestation charges? Often. (more…)
Kids These Days: Tykes, Technology and Therapy
Childhood has changed drastically over the past few decades. With the introduction of video games, social media, and all sorts of technology, the digital era had a huge impact on kids and their traditional pastimes. (more…)
Scrolling, Scrolling, Scrolling : How to Stop the Cycle
Guilty As Charged : Addicted To Scrolling
You do it. I do it. You might even be doing it now. “Scrolling.” It’s a phenomenon that many of us have grown up with. When I was a kid, the Internet wasn’t yet commercially viable and when people called on the phone, you would have no choice but to (gasp!) answer without knowing who it was! The pressure! The (potentially) awkward conversation! Yes. The struggle was, as they say, “real.” (more…)
Reasons Your Son Might Be Acting The Way He Is
Excessive “screen time,” character stereotypes, and fatherless homes cause children to grow up isolated and over-stimulated, often leading to mood and behavior problems. Here’s how.
EMDR Therapy
Stephen Rodgers Counseling – EMDR Therapy in Denver Specialized for Men
Many of us have had a traumatic experience in our lives whether it be sexual abuse, negative family experiences, childhood abuse, bullying, a car accident, loss of a loved one, war, poverty or an intense health scare.
10 Signs of Depression in Men
Today’s blog is on a topic very important to me and my practice. It’s a topic I am passionate about. Clinical depression affects more than 6 million men in the U.S. Our beloved state of Colorado has a very high rate of suicide among men as compared to the rest of the country. (more…)
