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Trauma Symptoms You May Not Recognize as Trauma

September 8, 2026 by Tabitha Westbrook

Trauma Symptoms

What are Trauma Symptoms? When most people think about trauma symptoms, they picture nightmares, flashbacks, panic attacks, or being easily startled. Those can absolutely be symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but they are far from the whole story. Trauma symptoms can also look surprisingly ordinary. Procrastination. Indecision. A house you cannot seem to keep […]

Filed Under: Trauma, Trauma / PTSD Tagged With: anger and trauma, C-PTSD, Christian trauma counseling, coercive control, complex PTSD, complex trauma symptoms, decision fatigue, dissociation, domestic abuse, emotional numbness, emotional trauma, hyperindependence, nervous system trauma response, overfunctioning, perfectionism and trauma, post-separation abuse, PTSD symptoms, signs of trauma, spiritual trauma, trauma and executive dysfunction, trauma and relationships, trauma counseling, Trauma Healing, trauma recovery, trauma responses, trauma symptoms, trauma-informed therapy

The Family Fixer Role: How Childhood Trauma Creates the Need to Fix Everyone

May 29, 2026 by Tabitha Westbrook

Family Fixer Role

Written by Gwen Soat, LCMHCA Are you in the Family Fixer role? You Might Be in the Family Fixer Role If… You have become the “therapist friend” or the “fixer partner.” You feel guilty choosing yourself or your own needs if it makes someone else upset. You struggle to say “no.” You anticipate problems before […]

Filed Under: Couples/Marriage, Family Therapy, Trauma, Trauma / PTSD Tagged With: coercive control, complex trauma healing, domestic abuse recovery, emotional abuse awareness, healing from trauma, nervous system regulation, personal growth, Trauma Healing, trauma recovery

The Family Scapegoat: Understanding the Black Sheep Role and How to Heal

May 22, 2026 by Tabitha Westbrook

family scapegoat

Written by Gwen Soat, LCMHCA You Might Be the Family Scapegoat if… You feel like the black sheep in your family. You are blamed for problems that were never fully yours. Your mistakes are remembered longer than anyone else’s. Your successes are minimized, ignored, or picked apart. You feel emotionally excluded from your own family. […]

Filed Under: Family Therapy, Parenting, Trauma, Trauma / PTSD Tagged With: brainspotting north carolina, brainspotting texas, coercive control, complex trauma healing, domestic abuse recovery, EMDR Flower Mound, EMDR Wake Forest, Trauma Healing, trauma recovery

Golden Child Syndrome – What it is and how to heal

May 15, 2026 by Tabitha Westbrook

Golden Child Syndrome

Written by Gwen Soat, LCMHCA You Might Be Experiencing the Golden Child Syndrome If… You feel anxious when you’re not being productive You struggle to know what you actually want You seek acceptance, but praise often feels uncomfortable You fear disappointing people more than anything You put everyone else’s needs above your own You’ve been […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Parenting, Relationships Tagged With: coercive control, complex trauma healing, counselor wake forest, domestic abuse recovery, EMDR Flower Mound, healing from trauma, healthy relationships, nervous system regulation, personal growth

When Marriage Separation May Be Appropriate

May 9, 2026 by Tabitha Westbrook Leave a Comment

Wake Forest Counseling

Marriage is undeniably hard at times. All marriages experience struggle and there are times when couples need to come to counseling to help get their relationship back on the right track. Marriage counseling can be a great help to keeping a relationship going for the long haul. There is one time, however, when couples counseling […]

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