Grief or Rumination? When anxiety hijacks the grieving process
Grief, Anxiety, Rumination, Anxious Attachment Adaptation, Community, Recovery, Somatic Experiencing, Dynamic Attachment Repatterning experience Maureen Gomeringer, MSW, LCSW, SEP Grief, Anxiety, Rumination, Anxious Attachment Adaptation, Community, Recovery, Somatic Experiencing, Dynamic Attachment Repatterning experience Maureen Gomeringer, MSW, LCSW, SEP

Grief or Rumination? When anxiety hijacks the grieving process

Understanding the difference between the sadness of grief and the rumination that results from anxiety and depression is essential for emotional processing and, ultimately, healing. Often conflated, these two emotions serve very different purposes in our nervous systems.

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The “Always, Forever, & Never” Maze: How Anxious Attachment Undermines Security & Turns Love into a Test of Endurance
Attachment, Anxious Attachment Adaptation, Relational dynamics, Emotional regulation J. Louise Newton, MSW, LCSW, SEP Attachment, Anxious Attachment Adaptation, Relational dynamics, Emotional regulation J. Louise Newton, MSW, LCSW, SEP

The “Always, Forever, & Never” Maze: How Anxious Attachment Undermines Security & Turns Love into a Test of Endurance

In this blog post I am offering you a very useful tool that I developed to aid myself and my clients in tracking reflexive reactions and transforming them-in real time-by redirecting yourself away from Always, Forever, and Never. Read below to learn more about our superpowers as anxious attachers and how to rewire your critical approach. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is real and attainable. I have learned how to enjoy the fruits of my relational labor and ease into that coveted sense of security. And you can too.

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