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Healing from Sexual Trauma

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Relationships
Can We Disagree and Co-exist?

Lori S. Katz Ph.D. on March 17, 2022

Why can't we all get along? Understanding how to co-exist with differences and cultivate harmonious relationships.

Why can't we all get along? Understanding how to co-exist with differences and cultivate harmonious relationships.

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Dreaming
How to End Recurring Nightmares and Bad Dreams

Lori S. Katz Ph.D. on February 21, 2022

Do you have distressing dreams that disrupt your sleep? Do you worry about going to sleep for fear of having a nightmare? Good news: You can gain control and make them stop.

Do you have distressing dreams that disrupt your sleep? Do you worry about going to sleep for fear of having a nightmare? Good news: You can gain control and make them stop.

Happiness
The Secret to Happily Ever After

Lori S. Katz Ph.D. on July 4, 2021

If you're chronically frustrated in your relationship, and discussions about the issues are ineffective, maybe this shift will help improve your happiness.

If you're chronically frustrated in your relationship, and discussions about the issues are ineffective, maybe this shift will help improve your happiness.

Career
Strategies to Deal With Mean and Selfish People

Lori S. Katz Ph.D. on April 1, 2021

Have you experienced someone being rude, who then accused you, saying, "What is your problem?" Having these effective strategies ready may help.

Have you experienced someone being rude, who then accused you, saying, "What is your problem?" Having these effective strategies ready may help.

Grief
10 Strategies to Move Through Grief and Prepare for 2021

Lori S. Katz Ph.D. on December 28, 2020

Accumulating stress, frustration, and loss? Here's a message of acknowledgment and 10 strategies to help move through grief and open to new possibilities.

Accumulating stress, frustration, and loss? Here's a message of acknowledgment and 10 strategies to help move through grief and open to new possibilities.

Trauma
To Disclose or Not to Disclose?

Lori S. Katz Ph.D. on July 19, 2020

You may hear others disclosing their history of sexual trauma. Five things to consider if you do or don't want to disclose what happened to you.

You may hear others disclosing their history of sexual trauma. Five things to consider if you do or don't want to disclose what happened to you.

Trauma
Injustice Trauma: Individual and Collective Distress

Lori S. Katz Ph.D. on June 28, 2020

Is "injustice trauma" a real thing? Do you feel angry, frustrated, helpless, and grief for injustices that have happened to you or others in the world?

Is "injustice trauma" a real thing? Do you feel angry, frustrated, helpless, and grief for injustices that have happened to you or others in the world?