Sipora B. Weissman, LCSW

02/13/2026

02/08/2026

This March join .lcsw and I for a six week learning experience on Coherence Therapy!!! The great thing about Coherence Therapy is that it blends nicely with other therapies like IFS, EMDR, AEDP and more! Link is in bio to sign up!!!

02/07/2026

Therapists & Coaches‼️ Join me in a 6 week learning experience on Coherence Therapy. Learn about the science of Transformational Change. This March!

Details: https://siporaweissman.com/coherence-therapy-manual-deep-dive-march-2026/

02/06/2026

01/30/2026

Don’t get me wrong, I love me some jewelry and a nice meal, but if you’re following my page you are probably one of the many with attachment trauma. And when you have attachment trauma, relationships can be hard. We often pick partners with the good AND bad qualities of our caregivers. PS attachment trauma can also show up in platonic relationships.

01/27/2026

General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) describes the body’s biological response to prolonged stress. It unfolds in three stages: alarm (activation of the sympathetic nervous system and stress hormones like cortisol), resistance (ongoing physiological adaptation to maintain functioning), and exhaustion (depletion of regulatory systems when stress is chronic). Over time, this sustained activation can disrupt immune, endocrine, and nervous system functioning—helping explain burnout, anxiety, and stress-related illness.

If you grew up in unfavorable conditions, where there was a threatening adult, societal stress, a not safe home or environment, your brain as an adult will be on higher alert.

And if you’re a highly sensitive person, environment is really important. Highly sensitive people really take in more of their environment and that could be extremely regulating or dysregulating for your nervous system.

As adults, we have certain choices now. And I understand that there are hard life circumstances that we all have to deal with. If you are able to make your environment more healthy for you now, I would highly recommend you do that.

But also many people who grow up in chaotic environments as children not only was the outside chaotic, The inside was chaotic too. And the inside is still chaotic.

What you can work with is the inside. Helping yourself to find inner safety within your body through grounding or orienting or comfortable sensory stimulation. This is the bottom up message to your brain that you are safe now.

Whether you have a trauma history or are also a highly sensitive person I hope to share more tools here to support your inner system so you can help yourself to make your outside environment, more healthy, and safe for your brain and your spirit.

01/24/2026

NO is OK.

01/13/2026

01/13/2026

https://siporaweissman.com/depression-treatment/

Lacking motivation? Procrastinating more? Getting out of bed feels pointless? Depression Treatment in Ventura California can help.