Posts by PsychSolutions

EMDR for Childhood Emotional Neglect

Woman sitting on a couch holding her head in her hands during a counselling session with a therapist, representing support and healing from childhood emotional neglect and emotional trauma.

Childhood emotional neglect is one of the most invisible forms of early trauma. Unlike physical abuse, it leaves no visible marks. Instead, it shapes how you see yourself and the world around you. Many adults carry their effects without ever knowing the source of their pain. You might feel chronically empty, disconnected, or like you…

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High Functioning Professionals and Burnout. When Success Starts to Cost Too Much

High functioning professional sitting at an office desk experiencing workplace stress, mental fatigue, and burnout.

For many high functioning professionals, burnout does not look like falling apart. It can look like continuing to work. Continuing to meet deadlines. Continuing to answer emails, attend meetings, make decisions, manage teams, care for family, and accomplish everything that needs to get done. From the outside, everything may appear fine. Internally, however, things can…

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EMDR for Healing Childhood Trauma

A woman sits in a counselling office holding their head while speaking with a psychologist about the lasting effects of childhood trauma and exploring EMDR therapy for healing.

Early difficult experiences often warp how you view yourself and your sense of safety, even after you’ve become an adult. The utilization of EMDR for childhood trauma addresses these deep-seated distortions. EMDR works by helping your brain reprocess the old memories that still fuel your current distress. The fear, shame, or helplessness you experienced early…

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EMDR for Performance Anxiety

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Your heart races, your mind goes blank, your hands shake, and suddenly the thing you know how to do feels impossible. Performance anxiety isn’t just stage fright. It can show up before a presentation, during an important meeting, at the starting line of a race, in an audition room, or even when you’re expected to…

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Why Managing Stress Isn’t About Having Less Stress

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Imagine two professionals working in the same office. Both have overflowing inboxes, tight deadlines, difficult conversations, and responsibilities that continue long after the workday ends. By Friday afternoon, one person feels completely exhausted, overwhelmed, and emotionally drained. The other also recognizes the week was demanding, but is still able to think clearly, make decisions, recover…

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Is Workplace Underperformance Really a Skills Issue?

A woman sitting at a desk with her head resting on her arms, representing workplace stress, burnout, mental fatigue, and the impact of chronic stress on concentration and functioning.

Or Could Long Term Stress, Burnout, or Brain Health Be Affecting Performance? When an employee’s performance begins to decline, the first question is often, “What is wrong with their skills?” Perhaps they need more training. Perhaps they are not motivated. Perhaps they are not managing their time effectively. Perhaps they are no longer committed to…

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The Reality of War Trauma: What It Is and How It Manifests

A thoughtful adult sitting beside a window, looking outside with a reflective expression. Soft natural light illuminates the room, conveying themes of contemplation, emotional healing, resilience, and recovery following the invisible impacts of war trauma.

War trauma rarely looks the way movies portray it. Yes, there are flashbacks and triggers, but the lived reality of combat-related trauma is far more complex, far quieter, and far more pervasive than any dramatic scene can capture. For veterans and anyone who loves them, understanding what war trauma actually does to a person is…

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Tips for Managing Chronic Pain in Daily Life

A pair of hands gently holding the word pain, symbolizing the emotional and physical experience of chronic pain and the importance of understanding both body and mind in healing.

You might have sore muscles after a workout. A stubbed toe can ache for days. Sitting at your computer may cause your back to feel tight. Pain happens. Chronic pain, as the name implies, is a whole different story. Defined as ongoing discomfort that lasts for six months or more, chronic pain can very much…

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