Cutting through the therapy noise
There are 400 different therapy modalities.
I was drowning in alphabet soup: CBT, EMDR, IFS, ACT, KAP, …
I had done talk therapy for about 5 years.
It felt like I was learning to tolerate trauma … was this the best therapy could do?
I decided to do the research: how does therapy actually work? what’s the biology behind? have there been clinical trials? what does “trauma processing” actually mean? I put my graduate degrees in biochem and stats to good use, and read 100s of papers, textbooks, and more.
I found that there’s a big picture and common threads that emerges in effective therapies. Once you learn them, you can become flexible and creative in your recovery. You learn to troubleshoot issues, and resolve roadblocks.
You can mix and match the best parts of different modalities that speak to you. Most therapists only learn a single modality and frankly, can’t tell you why what they do is working.
This substack will go over different therapy modalities with the big picture lens I’ve discovered. Learn the principles of effective trauma therapy.
This substack will be research focused, reviewing different modalities and tools. Also expect deep dives on specific topics like: limerence, the difference between CPTSD vs BPD, and more.
