Why Does “Victim” Have to Be a Bad Word?

I read an interesting post by Marcella at abyss2hope called “Victim vs. Being Multifaceted Human Beings.” I encourage you to check it out. This is such an important topic. (I wrote about it a while back in my post “But I Don’t Want to Be a Victim…”) As victims/survivors, we get so many mixed messages …

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The Twilight Saga — A Poor Example for Teen Romance

So—read Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga? Seen the first movie? Seen “New Moon”? I ask because I’m about to go off on a rant. Yes, that’s right. I’m joining the fray and putting in my two cents about the romanticization of abusive and co-dependent relationships. Abusive and co-dependent? Well, yeah… You didn’t actually think the stories …

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My Story Gets Published!

After writing about October’s anniversaries and November’s little earthquakes, I also wanted to mention something really great that happened recently. Several weeks ago, I was contacted by Yvonne Bates, the editor of ipnosis, a quarterly independent journal for therapists published in the UK. Yvonne is also the editor of a book called Shouldn’t I Be …

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