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Healing this Holiday Season: Signs You are Healing
Healing this Holiday Season: Skills to Heal During the Holidays
Healing this Holiday Season: Ways to Continue to Heal
The holidays can bring joy, but they can also stir up stress as old family dynamics surface and make you feel like you’re suddenly back at square one in your healing. Being around familiar patterns or unresolved tensions can be emotionally draining, even when you’ve worked hard on your growth. Still, there are ways to support yourself through the season: setting boundaries, giving yourself permission to take breaks, leaning on coping skills that have helped in the past, and seeking support from trusted friends or professionals can all create space for you to stay grounded. With intention and compassion for yourself, you can move through the holidays in a way that protects your peace and honors your healing.
Reunification. Does it actually work?
Reunification therapy is a specialized form of family therapy designed to help repair and rebuild the relationship between two individuals within a family system who have become disconnected or estranged. This estrangement may occur for a variety of reasons, including—but not limited to—parental separation or divorce, prolonged conflict, emotional or physical distance, or significant life events that have led to a breakdown in communication and trust. Although reunification therapy is most commonly associated with post-divorce situations, it is applicable in many different family dynamics, such as between a parent and child, siblings, or even extended family members.