December 16, 2025
Powerful Feelings from the Past When I think back over my life and recovery, one thing I have learned is that children and adults do the best they can with the information and resources they have at that time. Unfortunately, Read more…
In this post I describe for you 23 exercises and self-assessments that I developed to help people move through the stages of behavior and emotional change during recovery from Family Trauma Syndrome. Throughout my posts I offer detailed descriptions of Read more…
December 15, 2025
In this post I want to explain to you how I helped people understand themselves and find enduring solutions to the challenges they faced. Throughout my career, I used ordinary language descriptions rather than psychological diagnostic terminology (except for PTSD Read more…
December 11, 2025
In this post, I introduce you to research on “Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs)” and give you the opportunity to take stock of the ACEs you faced utilizing a scale developed by Drs. Vincent J. Felitti and Robert F. Anda and Read more…
Why do so many of us face family trauma and other adverse experiences during childhood? We now know that family troubles pass from generation to generation when children adapt to the limitations of their parents, and then as adults unknowingly Read more…
December 6, 2025
The Process of Changing Behavior This post gives you a Map of the process of how to change your behavior patterns, a critical building block in recovery. We now understand clearly the process of how to change behavior patterns. Prochaska Read more…
November 28, 2025
In this post I introduce you to what I describe as Family Trauma Syndrome. Through my own recovery from childhood family trauma and alcoholism, and through my professional work guiding people of all ages toward recovery from traumatic experiences, I Read more…
November 27, 2025
Are you still suffering from childhood traumatic events? The goal of this website is to guide you step-by-step as you move beyond the harmful experiences you faced and overcome their powerful and enduring effects in your adult life. I’ve walked Read more…
My Story To help you understand how I came to specialize in helping people overcome family trauma during my career as a Clinical Psychologist, I want to share with you my personal journey to recovery from childhood family trauma and Read more…