by Maria Dimachkie | Relationships
None of us are born with the ability to name, notice, or regulate our emotions. The child-caregiver relationship provides developing children with critical emotional experiences that define their relationship to emotion, their relationship with themselves, and their...
by Maria Dimachkie | Relationships
For many, the negative consequences of trauma are all too familiar. Changes in mood, intrusive thoughts and memories, challenges in interpersonal relationships, difficulty focusing or being present in our bodies… the list goes on. These symptoms can hugely impact...
by Maria Dimachkie | Relationships
In the 1990s, Judith Herman began to notice a trend in some of her patients. She noticed a common “constellation of symptoms” among children and adults with a history of childhood abuse and neglect: difficulty creating and maintaining healthy, balanced relationships,...
by Maria Dimachkie | Relationships
You’ve tried everything. You’ve tried ignoring the sadness – but you kept finding your attention drifting towards the aching in your chest and the heaviness in your body. You tried distracting yourself from the feeling, which worked for a little while… until it...