Hi Everyone, My name is Trent and I am the Trauma Team Lead for the Clinic.  For me, treating trauma and PTSD is the most fulfilling part of being a therapist.  Trauma can have a significant and far-reaching impact on a person. It is so gratifying to work alongside someone who starts treatment experiencing the...

Is suffering inevitable? Is pain inevitable? In DBT, we teach that pain in life is inevitable but that suffering is not. Suffering, from this perspective, happens when we experience “ordinary life pain” and then reject that pain or the circumstances causing it. This concept has been a focal point in therapy and in my consulting practice...