For adults recovering from childhood abuse, including emotional, physical and sexual abuse, and exploring how these experiences have affected their sense of self, relationships and life in adulthood.
Clients often ask me this: When do you cut ties with toxic family after childhood abuse? This question doesn’t have a single answer. Each client found a different option. There’s no single right answer. If you are asking this question, though, something still doesn’t feel right about the relationship in the present. I had this…
If you’re reading about types of childhood abuse, you may not think of yourself as someone who experienced childhood abuse. Maybe your childhood was difficult in ways that felt normal at the time — because it was the only childhood you knew. Maybe you’ve wondered whether what happened to you was significant enough to count….
Disclaimer: This article discusses healing childhood sexual abuse as an adult and stigma. It explores what healing looks like when the people around you — including professionals — don’t believe it’s possible. Healing is possible, but it is often a gradual journey that requires patience, persistence, and curiosity. If you feel activated while reading, please…
If you’re wondering how to heal from childhood abuse as an adult, you’re not alone. It’s normal if you’re not even sure whether what happened to you “counts” as abuse. Many people begin this journey without a name for what happened. Realizing that your childhood was abusive is often a gradual process. It includes sorting…
Many people who experienced childhood abuse are functioning well in many areas of their lives. They hold jobs, maintain relationships, and show up for others. The effects of childhood abuse on adult mental health don’t always look like crisis. Often it shows up more quietly — in the patterns that keep repeating, the reactions that…
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Bright Horizon Therapies
Trauma counselling and coaching for adults with childhood trauma, complex trauma and relational trauma. Online across Canada and internationally. Evenings and Saturdays available.
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Bright Horizon Therapies is located on the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprising the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations). This land is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III. We acknowledge the traditional caregivers of the land and the importance of a commitment to continued decolonization of our work.
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