Fear of Abandonment in Young Adults

Written by, Courtney Deadman, LMSW Young adults often struggle with the fear of abandonment, stemming from childhood experiences and relationships. This fear can impact their mental health and relationships in significant ways, making it important for parents to understand and support them through this challenging time. Here’s what parents need to know to help young…

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Hyperindependence: Overcoming Independence Trauma in Young Adults

By Cara Mularski Clinical Intern at Fulshear Transition Hyperindependence can be difficult for young adults accustomed to relying solely on themselves. It often stems from past experiences of interpersonal trauma that have shaped their belief in shouldering burdens alone. Despite appearing strong and self-sufficient, young adults may struggle with seeking help or forming meaningful connections…

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An Experiential Family Approach to Healing Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

Living with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is often a challenging and complex journey, not only for the person directly dealing with the condition but also for their family members. The impact of BPD can strain family relationships, leading to feelings of confusion, frustration, and hopelessness. However, by adopting an experiential family approach to healing BPD,…

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Grateful – Graduation Speech

Welcome and thank you for coming. As many of you know, accepting praise is not a strong suit of mine, so I’m gonna keep this short, hopefully sweet, simple and to the point. I got here in January with not much hope that I would leave feeling any better than I entered. I was hesitant to trust people and even more…

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Finding Attunement With the “Full Ask”

“Horses attune to our internal feelings and respond to our expressed emotion. Working with horses requires bringing the internal mind and external expression into harmony. How do we build that awareness through horsemanship? We focus on both identifying our current internal thoughts or feelings and expressed body. Horses give real time feedback. When we fully…

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Psychodrama Group

“For the Psychodrama group, we tend to focus on exploration of various emotions; it may range from ones the clients feel comfortable feeling, to emotions that they may feel uncomfortable sitting with. The goal of each group is to reenact the clients’ thoughts and feelings, and to bring them to life through the support of…

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How to Train Your Nervous System Group

“Dr. Stephen Porges’ polyvagal approach to therapy is based on the understanding that the autonomic nervous system is molded by early experiences and transformed with ongoing events, but that response patterns can be interrupted and changed, and we can create new patterns. Our polyvagal group begins with clients reviewing polyvagal concepts and learning about the…

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HOPE from Mom to Daughter on Graduation Day

I believe a good word to describe this day is HOPE. However, I don’t think it’s fair to you or to us to minimize today into one positive word like HOPE. Because let’s face it, this past year has been so many things, so much hard work. I’m hoping that maybe some of my reflection…

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Because I’m Ready

“6 years means a lot of time for many people. It definitely meant that for me. 6 years I was in treatment, in and out of different centers and places. They all had different things about them that were good and bad. That’s normal. But normal is a completely different thing for me. What’s normal? Everyone always asks. It…

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Honoring Life: A Graduation Poem

Honoring Life To my parents, my brothers, my extended family, my friends both animal and human, my therapists, my mentors… To the stranger I pass on the street. The kind eyes who met mine. To the ear that listened and held my words as precious. To the ones who stand with me in this lifetime.…

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