The Two Kinds of Depression, What They Mean, And What To Do With Them
Depression reflects disruptions in core psychological structures formed in early relationships. Learn about the two different kinds of depression and what can be done to find deep and lasting change.
The Three-Step Mood Change Technique for Relational Trauma
When you feel flooded, abandoned, or misunderstood during a conflict, your nervous system might be replaying old trauma. Learn a three-step emotional regulation practice to restore safety and connection using insights from psychodynamic theory and interpersonal neurobiology.
How Shame is Born
Core shame and the deep suffering that follows in its wake can be undone by relearning how to identify needs and feelings, experience them, and express them in healthy and adaptive ways, and establishing meaningful connection, firstly with ourselves, and then also with others. The pattern of avoidance of painful feelings is not innate to us as babies, it is a learned “skill,” which means, happily, that it can be unlearned.