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This blog explores the 1973 Stockholm bank hostage crisis that led to the idea of Stockholm syndrome, arguing that the hostages’ cooperation was more likely survival-based appeasement than emotional bonding. It introduces “fawning” as a trauma response alongside fight/flight/freeze, and distinguishes fear-driven compliance from intentional, values-based kindness.

The blog explains Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), a supervised mental health treatment using low-dose Ketamine or Esketamine (Spravato) alongside therapy. It outlines how it works, delivery methods, benefits for depression, PTSD, and substance use, who it’s for, possible side effects, and the importance of clinical supervision and integration therapy.

This blog explores how resilience is cultivated in children long before a crisis occurs. It highlights the everyday relational habits that create a foundation of safety at home: open communication, emotional awareness, repairing relational ruptures, and healthy connection to the body. By consistently nurturing these areas, caregivers help children develop the internal security needed to recover from adversity and grow through life’s inevitable challenges.

Learn about structural dissociation, how trauma splits the personality and ways therapy can support healing.