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Healing Trauma Network
F E A T U R I N G
Valerie BurnsMS, LPC, CSAC, NCC, DARTT
Many people ask me, "Why would I want to feel my feelings?” Whether you are filling every space on your calendar to avoid being alone with your thoughts or constantly staring at a screen, putting on a new mask for every person you encounter or using alcohol as "social lubricant" to quiet the noise, many of us have mastered the art of avoidance. Some of us neatly tuck our feelings away, trading our emotions for a nicely organized life with lots of explanations and justifications, while others stuff the jumbled up mess under the bed.
The emotions we are most likely to try to avoid serve an important purpose. Each one of our emotions offers us a distinctive gift; especially fear, pain, and shame. As your counselor, it is my job to help you safely move into these emotions, and help break cycles of unhelpful coping so you can experience healing and peace.
If you are struggling to cope with your emotions or find yourself unhappy in life or in relationships, reach out today and learn how your gifts of emotion can be your ultimate catalysts for change.