Trauma healing is a vital component of therapy for intimate partner abuse survivors. Trauma symptoms interfere with partner abuse survivors’ healing. During my therapy practice, I developed Journey to Healing interventions for survivors fostered by my social work training and numerous trauma workshops. When I discovered Bruce Perry’s 3Rs of Trauma Therapy: Regulate, Relate, and Reason, I found my interventions fit within these concepts. Perry originally wrote about the 3Rs to

Centering self-care de-stresses and connects you to your emotions and thoughts. This creates a resilient buffer from all stress, including abuse. By regaining your former self-care methods and perhaps adding new ones, you can reconnect with yourself and regain your power.

This blog is the beginning of a seven-part series regarding therapeutic basics that I found addressed survivors’ concerns and encouraged post-traumatic growth. Each of my next six blogs will go into more depth. I think you will find they help you to empower yourself.

I've been spending a lot of time with my 13 month old grandson lately. What a joy! Being with children can be a good way to slow you down and take a look at what is important in your life. My grandson is just beginning to talk but seems to be constantly asking "what is this?" or exclaiming "how wonderful!" I know I'm attributing words to him, but I swear that he is doing something of this sort. He points and says "bah" to everything, which I think is his all purpose way of i