Kristen Hornung, PhD, LPCC

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Category: Coping Skills

  • Holiday Self-Care: A Trauma-Informed Perspective

    Navigating Holiday Stress with Trauma-Informed Self-Care The holidays and family gatherings can be meaningful and joyful…and they can also feel like being trapped in a pressure cooker. For many people, family events activate nervous system responses shaped by earlier experiences. Impactful memories could include conflict, emotional or physical abuse, addiction, or unpredictable family dynamics. Add…

  • Practical & Compassionate Self-Care

    Rethinking Self-Care When people think about self-care, they often imagine things like massages, pedicures, or shopping trips. While those can be enjoyable, they aren’t the whole picture, and for many people, they aren’t what’s most helpful in moments of stress. Today, I want to offer a different way of thinking about self-care; one that’s more…