Supporting a child after an abusive relationship is deeply challenging, especially when you’re healing too. This article offers trauma-informed guidance to help children make sense of their emotions, understand their coping responses, and begin to feel safe again.

Childhood trauma can shape emotional development in lasting ways, often showing up later in how we relate, cope, and feel safe. Understanding both “Big T” and “Little t” trauma helps make sense of these patterns and opens the door to healing.

Struggling to say “no”? This trauma-informed guide explains why boundaries feel so hard, how childhood conditioning shapes your ability to set limits, and how to protect your energy without guilt. Learn how to create relationships where you feel respected, valued, and at peace.

Emotional emptiness can feel like a quiet void, a disconnection from your own feelings and from others. This article explores why it develops and how therapy can gently support reconnection.

After an emotionally abusive relationship, many people are left questioning themselves rather than the harm they endured. This article explores the confusing aftermath of emotional abuse and the gradual process of healing, rebuilding self-trust, boundaries, and a sense of worth.

Healing after a dysfunctional relationship is hard, but with self-compassion, therapy, and understanding the grief process, you can move toward closure and a healthier future.

When the legal system is used to punish, control, or exhaust you after leaving, the harm doesn’t end , it changes form. This article explains legal abuse, how it operates after separation, and how to protect your wellbeing while navigating an unsafe system.

After separation, abuse often doesn’t end; it changes. Many survivors face ongoing control through legal systems, children, finances, and reputation, leaving them exhausted, isolated, and doubting their reality.

Many people blame themselves for “mutual abuse,” but reactive responses aren’t the same as being abusive. Learn how trauma, power dynamics, and the nervous system shape your reactions and why your responses were survival, not cruelty.