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Ask A Therapist Sara Werner, MA, LP, LPC, RPT-S, SEP Ask A Therapist Sara Werner, MA, LP, LPC, RPT-S, SEP

Ask a Therapist: What do I do When I am Triggered?

Have you ever over-reacted so strongly and later found yourself thinking 

“Why did I do that? What was I thinking? Why did I respond that way? What is wrong with me?” 

What if I told you that nothing was wrong with you and in fact, everything was right? Meaning: your survival system is working the way it was set up to work, but sometimes it receives an incorrect message and sends out survival impulses and energy when it is not needed.

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Choosing Tenderness as We Grow

I think at times we can be hard on ourselves, wondering why we don’t go from a seedling to a mature plant overnight. We try to force growth and then wonder why we can’t sustain the demand when it is simply because our seed didn’t have enough time to sprout and produce the amount needed for the calling placed on it.

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