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How Nature Supports Trauma Work (Even When Therapy Happens Indoors)

How Nature Supports Trauma Work (Even When Therapy Happens Indoors)

by Cynthia Routhier, MA, RCC | May 11, 2026 | Trauma & Recovery

Nature is nurturing. Brain imaging research shows that a one-hour walk in nature decreases activity in the amygdala — the brain region central to threat detection, fear, and the stress responses that often stay elevated after trauma (Sudimac et al., 2022). Trauma work...
How Therapy Helps Heal Attachment Patterns

How Therapy Helps Heal Attachment Patterns

by Cynthia Routhier, MA, RCC | Dec 30, 2025 | Relationships

The Invisible Thread: How Our Early Bonds Shape the Way We Love There is an invisible thread that runs through every relationship we have, a thread woven in childhood, often before we had words to name what we felt. This thread is attachment: the way we learned to...
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