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Bibliotherapy: Ilene Smith’s Moving Beyond Trauma
bibliotherapy, self-care, psychotherapy, trauma Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN bibliotherapy, self-care, psychotherapy, trauma Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN

Bibliotherapy: Ilene Smith’s Moving Beyond Trauma

I loved an analogy she used about leaning into emotions verses avoiding or resisting them. Imagine pushing against a heavy object such as a boulder, think of the effort and resistant you experience? Now imagine leaning into the boulder, what happened to the resistance in your body? Maybe you sense support and relaxation instead? We need to lean into our sensations to move through them and find health and ease.

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