Open Road Therapy

10/10/2025

What Counts as Trauma?

Researchers and therapists have tried to define trauma for quite a while now. What counts? There are some great definitions out there and some not so great. Menakem and Levine have similar definitions, but my favorite I heard from Bridger Falkensetein,

"Whenever something comes into our internal space that is too much too soon, too much for too long or too little for too long. "

Check out the link to learn more.

www.openroadtherapy.com/articles/what-is-trauma-understanding-the-impact-on-mind-and-body

09/18/2025

What is EMDR? More Than Just Trauma Reprocessing

www.openroadtherapy.com/articles/blog-post-title-four-55ney

02/10/2024

08/24/2023

If you’ve experienced spiritual trauma or have curiosities about what that means or looks like, this podcast is a great resource.

07/20/2022

A supportive community is vital to our well-being because our brain body system is primed for relationships. Find and foster a community that is with and for you.

06/26/2022

Many of us don’t get all we need from our attachment relationships growing up. However, we can learn to be our own best parent as adults, i.e. being the “parent” we needed while a child. calls this earning security. Through therapy and/or other co-regulating relationships we can learn self-regulation and the qualities that come with it: resilience, boundaries, and how to be healthy interpersonally. What are the first steps to re-parenting your inner child?

06/07/2022

Someone once said words create new worlds. This is true of our emotional life as well. How we label what we are feeling actuality shapes that feeling. If we have limited words to describe our emotional life, we will have limited emotional experience. Tools like a feeling wheel can help expand our emotional vocabulary.