Trauma during adolescence can take many forms, ranging from physical abuse and neglect to emotional trauma like bullying, loss of a loved one, or witnessing violence. These experiences can have profound and lasting effects on an adolescent's mental health.

Coping with negative or traumatic life experiences is a challenging journey that requires strength, resilience, and self-compassion.

…talk to yourself in positive terms about the situation and wait for the result. Keep focused on the good that can come out from this.

The core principle of Brainspotting lies in the notion that trauma is stored in the brain and body, and by locating and processing these Brainspots, profound healing can occur.

There are no “correct” ways to grieve or mourn and it does not occur in stages, rather it vacillates between grief and resiliency.

Vulnerability is not a weakness, rather, as I have learned in my practice, it is a true strength.