The Hope Preserve Blog
The Process π₯Έ
(Digging Deeper)
This blog is for you. Learn more about who youβre working with and what itβs like to process your life with the various techniques available. You always have a choice about what feels safe to bring up and how you feel comfortable to process it.
Our brains, entire nervous systems, and hearts do their most efficient and longterm restoration when we feel the most safe, heard, and relaxed. We hope what we share helps. Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns about working with us.
Disclaimer: Any information provided in any of these blogs is for educational and informational purposes only, should not be taken as personal advice or guidance in any way, and does not imply that you are a client of The Hope Preserve. We tailor all techniques and interventions to clientsβ particular and evolving situations based on their personal safety, ability, functioning, and needs. No person is a client unless they have completed and signed our intake paperwork, and have completed a session with us in the last six calendar weeks.
Content warning: These blog pages may address trauma and some of the ways we work with people to help care for it. You may encounter references to verbal, emotional, physical, spiritual, sexual, or other abuses and trauma; high control groups and relationships; victim blaming, shaming, and denial; suicidality and self-harm; dysfunctional families, family loyalties, developmental trauma and neglect, and ongoing chronic traumas; chronic and hidden illness; assault and stalking; and other forms of hurtful behavior. We encourage you to care for yourself however is best for you right now. Feel free to reach out with questions or set up a free phone consult instead of reading.
What Even is Self-Care?
. . . Since bubble baths donβt always feel like effective self-care, then what is self-care?
Self-care is taking care of yourself so that you can show up in the world in a way that feels best for you . . .
What is Sandtray Therapy?
. . . Sandtray sessions are all about you practicing trusting your mind, body, and inner wisdom . . . you are expressing yourself and finding a greater understanding of your world through the art of creating your sandtray . . .
Why Mindfulness?
. . . Mindfulness can feel really daunting at first glance. It may seem like you are supposed to somehow get rid of all your thoughts . . .
Being Yourself in Therapy
. . . Sitting across a room from a therapist who expects you to maintain eye contact and keep your hands at your side can feel impossible! And your brain might not work that way. You may need to be doing something else to help you stay present. And that is awesome! (And we donβt expect eye contact or still hands, either.) . . .