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Healing From Trauma & Trauma Recovery For Adults, Teens & Kids in Portland OR

Trauma can take many forms, but the common thread seems to be a negative experience (whether momentary or prolonged) that hits you as being too fast, too scary and too intense to process in the moment, as well as one you feel or felt alone with.  The lack of safety felt in that experience can…

Help! Do I Have ADHD or Am I Just Lazy?

I work with so many adults, teens and children in my clinical practice who are afraid that they are lazy. This is often messaging that we heard (or are currently hearing!) as a child, from important adults and authority figures in our lives. In the best of cases these messages may have been misguided attempts…