There can often be a lot of pressure from individuals and communities for someone to forgive their abuser. And this pressure can be so damaging. As a therapist, I’m here to tell you that you absolutely do not “need to forgive” your abuser and why you don’t need to.
Foundational to the work of therapy is this: being able to feel and appropriately express our feelings is the key to living a more enlivened, rich life. In today’s post, I share with you concrete tools to learn how to do this. It’s an essential read if you struggle to identify the emotions you are feeling and/or have trouble regulating how much, how little, or how you express them to others.
Welcome. However you found this blog, I’m so glad you’re here. I’ve been writing about a variety of mental health topics every two weeks for over four years now, so there’s quite a bit of content here! I invite you to explore my blog post categories and archives below for the topics that resonate with you the most right now. Thank you for taking the time to read my words. I hope they feel helpful.
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