Editorial note: This article explores how It’s Complicated goes beyond traditional therapy, providing comprehensive mental health support to employees for everyday challenges, not just crises. What you’ll learn: Introduction: More Than Just Therapy When most people think of Employee Mental Health Programs (EAPs), they picture someone in crisis—a panic attack, burnout, or depression that demands
Trauma profoundly impacts not just our emotions and mind, but also our physical body. Whether it results from a single catastrophic event, ongoing stress, or childhood adversity, trauma often disrupts the body’s natural ability to regulate itself. Somatic Experiencing (SE), a body-based therapeutic approach developed by Dr. Peter Levine in the 1970s, seeks to address
“Real progress demands hard conversations. Real dialogue is messy, uncomfortable, unapologetic. And disagreement isn’t betrayal. Peace comes not from nodding in agreement, but from fighting through – and for – our hardest truths” – Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib When Russia invaded Ukraine, I made a conscious choice to step back from the news. I remember that