This blog was written by Hina Wain, a therapist in training who interned at Centered Therapy Chicago this past year. As a South Asian in North America, I have always been curious about the meeting of Eastern ideas and Western inquiry. May, as you may know, has been named as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and...
Everyday we are bombarded on social media, news channels, and television with stories of community violence, mass shootings, sexual assault and more. It’s hard not to feel distressed by these current events. Daily exposure to traumatic events can have a cumulative effect on us, even when we are not directly exposed to the event. This...
CTC embraces somatic therapy as an important approach to healing because we know the mind and body are connected in very important ways. A landmark study called the Adverse childhood experiences or ACES study linked early traumatic events with the development and prevalence of a wide range of serious health and mental health difficulties throughout...
October is a scary month! There are frightening Halloween ghosts, spiders, skeletons, and zombies all around you! In the news, there is an onslaught of very real and very scary events as well as political turmoil. During difficult times, it’s normal to experience anything from feeling nothing to feeling intense rage and fear. Recently at...
Last month, Caroline Guhde, LCSW shared her knowledge and practice of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. This month, Caroline provides tips and exercises that we can utilize to begin cultivating mind-body awareness and healing after a traumatic event. When we create a safe space & cultivate mindful awareness we can hold the memory of what happened with our present moment experience. ...
by Bianka Hardin, Psy. D. Letting go of a past relationship is not easy. People who have gone through difficult break-ups sometimes have a difficult time moving on in their lives. Fortunately, there are things you can do to help you move through a difficult break-up and move on in your life. Therapy can often assist...