The conference was great, everyone who should have been there was there.

What causes someone to black out and not recall their actions? Dissociation of this sort is a direct result of being a victim and being trapped in victim thinking.

Jaycee Dugan had to have developed an alter ego to survive the ordeal she went through over the past 18 years. What will become of "Alyssa"?

Chris Brown's trial ended in punitive actions by the judge. Are we reactively engaging in similar victim thinking?

It has been dificult at times to accept I have parts, now I can see how they helped me all along.

Partners are there when reactivity appears because IT needs to. This is a powerful opportunity for change.

What happens when we have been exploited by the misuse of power? What do you belief about power and what it means to be powerful?

What is a soul mate, anyway? What is it that makes it feel like a match?

The Partner's role in the life of a Trauma Survivor is unique, powerful, and wonderful.

The prime facility where veterans of the military who have suffered through Military Sexual Trauma are being treated thinks that the Life Beyond Trauma Conference should not be promoted to her patients because their psychiatrist has an absurd idea about what "evidenced based" therapies really are all about.

Reactions driven by trauma formed when your partner's brain was young. The reactions are the remnants of their fight to survive.

Trauma from the Partner's perspective

Sex and the recession OR Why did we stop playing?

The things that set our partner's off are opportunities to enjoy and help them, and ourselves.

Does being deprived of touch, except for sex, sound like trauma to you?

Silver celebrates the Independence of our country, the good old USA. She is also looking forward to the day of independence from all our trauma.

Theophostic Prayer is a Christian approach to helping people find complete resolution of the emotional pain associated with trauma and abuse. It was founded by Dr. Ed M. Smith in the mid nineties in the context of helping sexual abuse victims. It is presently being used by mental health professionals, pastors and lay ministers in over 140 countries worldwide with very positive reports. There is continuing research being done to help to establish empirical evidence of its effectiveness.