Behind the Human Curtain Blog

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As social workers, therapists and other human service professionals, we support people as they proceed in a path of healing. We have the honor of seeing people reveal the parts of themselves that they have kept hidden behind their “curtain.”

Our blog addresses client needs and situations you may encounter in your work. Our goal is to provide information you can use in practice and to inspire you to learn even more.

  • Hoarding: the complex slide into clutter blindness
    2/14/24
    Hoarding is a personal and/or professional issue for many of us. Some have a gift for viewing it compassionately. For others, especially when confronted by family members who are hoarding, it can create revulsion, horror, anger and great sadness for their lack of quality of life. 
  • Perfectionism: stalker, hunter, destroyer
    10/16/23
    Perfectionism, with its burden of dysfunction, guilt and shame, is not always just a client issue. As therapists, supervisors and other human service professionals, we need to be self-aware if this stalker lives within our own mind and body.
  • EMDR- rapid healing of “small t” and “big T” trauma
    5/8/24
    The beginning of the end… I recently received a new, unexpected diagnosis when I went to a skilled EMDR  therapist for help with chronic pain: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD- DSM-IV definition and PTSD DSM-5 definition)
  • Dueling Disorders: The Battle Inside
    2/5/23
    Rather than dual disorders, I think a better term to bring home the power of this comorbid brain and body chaos is “Dueling Disorders.”
  • Trauma-Informed Medical Care? Not at my doctor’s office
    5/24/24
    Yep, this topic is one of my passions: trauma-informed medical care, trauma-informed systems of medical-care, and the problem of its frequent absence in health-care settings.