Brittney R. Doll, LCMFT, PsyD

Attachment therapist have long understood that children need strong, secure attachment relationships with caregivers in order to make sense of themselves, the world around them,  and other relationships that they will have with peers and relatives. Let’s say that a child has a good attachment relationship with her parents.  She will create a “model” of herself and…

To understand spiritual trauma, we must first come to understand the nature of spirit in human beings or what has often been called the psyche.  Remen (1999) says that spirit is not morality, or ethics, or the psychic, or religious dogma.  Spirit is that part of humanity that is reaching for that which lies beyond.   I have noticed that…

The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.He makes me lie down in green pasturesHe leads me beside the still watersHe restores my soul.He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sakeEven though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of DeathI will fear no evil… (Psalm 23, in part) I became…

“Spirituality is a force, or an idea, that challenges us (as a community) to be inward and outward looking simultaneously–a journey that regulates agency with the broader collective.” (Gamble & Beer, 2017) I love this definition of spirituality.  It at once recognizes that each individual has a spirit, that it is connected to others, and…