Why Everyone Thinks They Have Trauma (And Why That's Actually Okay)
Last week, a client came into my office and said, "I saw this TikTok about childhood emotional neglect, and I think that's what happened to me. I know you probably think I'm being dramatic, but it really resonated."
Instead of rolling my eyes or launching into a lecture about the dangers of social media diagnosis, I said, "Tell me more about what resonated with you."
What followed was one of the most productive therapy sessions we'd had in months. She was finally able to articulate experiences she'd never had words for, feelings she'd been carrying for decades, and patterns that suddenly made sense in the context of her childhood.
If you're a mental health professional who's been frustrated by clients bringing in TikTok insights, I want to challenge you to think differently. And if you're someone who's found yourself saying "I think I have trauma" after watching social media content, I want you to know that your search for understanding isn't wrong or dramatic.
Here's what I've learned after sixteen years of practice: People aren't turning to TikTok because they want to be sick or because they're looking for excuses. They're turning to social media because they're in pain, they're looking for answers, and frankly, our traditional mental health system hasn't always been accessible or welcoming to their questions.
The TikTok Therapy Phenomenon: What's Really Happening
Let's be honest about what's going on. Short videos explaining complex psychological concepts are getting millions of views. People are commenting "this is literally my childhood" under videos about emotional neglect, narcissistic parents, and developmental trauma. Hashtags like #traumatok and #healingjourney have billions of views.
The response from many mental health professionals has been swift and dismissive: "Stop diagnosing yourself on TikTok." "You can't learn about trauma from 60-second videos." "This is dangerous and irresponsible."
But I think we're missing something crucial. When millions of people are desperately seeking explanations for their pain, maybe the problem isn't that they're looking in the wrong places. Maybe the problem is that we haven't created enough right places for them to look.
Why People Are Turning to Social Media for Mental Health Information
Accessibility: Therapy is expensive, waitlists are long, and many people don't know where to start. Social media is free, immediate, and available 24/7.
Language: Traditional mental health resources often use clinical language that feels cold or inaccessible. Social media creators speak in everyday language about everyday experiences.
Validation: Many people have spent years feeling like something was "wrong" with them but not knowing what. Social media content provides immediate validation that their experiences have names and that they're not alone.
Diversity: Social media includes voices from people of different backgrounds, ages, and experiences who might not be represented in traditional mental health spaces.
Permission: Sometimes people need permission to acknowledge that their childhood wasn't perfect or that their family dynamics were harmful. Social media can provide that permission.
What Our Parents Didn't Know (And Why That Changes Everything)
Here's something that gets lost in all the trauma talk: Most of our parents - especially those of us over 30 - were raising children without access to the information we have today.
The internet didn't explode until the late 1990s and 2000s. The wealth of information about child development, emotional regulation, attachment theory, and trauma-informed parenting simply wasn't available to previous generations.
Our parents didn't know that:
Children's brains don't fully develop until age 25
Kids interpret criticism differently than adults intend it
Emotional invalidation can be as harmful as physical neglect
Children need co-regulation to learn emotional regulation
Seemingly "small" incidents can have lasting impacts on developing minds
Mental health struggles in children often look like behavioral problems
This doesn't excuse genuinely harmful parenting, but it provides crucial context for understanding why so many of us are now looking back at our childhoods and recognizing patterns that our parents couldn't see.
The "10% Better" Framework for Generational Healing
I love the concept that each generation's goal is to get it 10% more right than the generation before us. Not perfect - just incrementally better.
Our grandparents' generation might have focused on providing basic safety and security. Our parents' generation might have added emotional expression and communication. Our generation might be adding emotional regulation and mental health awareness.
None of this makes previous generations "bad" - it makes them human, doing their best with the information and resources they had available.
When you view your childhood through this lens, it becomes easier to hold both truths: Your parents probably did their best with what they knew AND their best might have still caused you pain that deserves acknowledgment and healing.
How Children's Brains Actually Work (And Why Everything Felt So Big)
One of the most important things people are learning from social media psychology content is how differently children experience the world compared to adults. This is information that should be common knowledge but somehow isn't.
Children Are Meaning-Making Machines
Kids' brains are constantly trying to make sense of their environment and their place in it. When something confusing or painful happens, they create explanations - usually about themselves.
If a parent is frequently stressed and snappy, an adult might think, "Mom is going through a lot right now." But a child thinks, "I must be doing something wrong. I must be bad."
If parents argue frequently, an adult might understand that relationships are complex. But a child thinks, "This is my fault. If I were better, they wouldn't fight."
The Developing Brain Can't Distinguish Intent from Impact
Your parents might have meant to motivate you when they criticized your performance. They might have thought they were teaching you resilience when they dismissed your emotions. They might have believed they were preparing you for the "real world" when they were harsh or demanding.
But your child brain couldn't process their intent - it could only process the impact. And the impact might have been feeling not good enough, learning that emotions weren't safe to express, or developing hypervigilance about making mistakes.
Sensitive Children Feel Everything More Intensely
Some children are naturally more sensitive to their environment, emotions, and relationships. If you were a sensitive child in a family that didn't understand sensitivity, even well-intentioned parenting might have felt overwhelming or invalidating.
This doesn't mean your parents were terrible - it might mean there was a mismatch between your needs and their understanding of those needs.
The Beautiful Thing About "Imperfect" Self-Discovery
When clients come to me with insights from TikTok, Instagram, or other social media platforms, I don't see it as a problem to be corrected. I see it as a starting point for deeper exploration.
Here's why I think this social media psychology trend is actually beautiful:
It's Democratizing Mental Health Language
For decades, mental health information was gatekept by professionals and academic institutions. Social media is making psychological concepts accessible to people who might never have encountered them otherwise.
Yes, the information is simplified. Yes, some of it is incomplete or even inaccurate. But it's also giving people language for experiences they've never been able to articulate.
It's Creating Permission for Self-Reflection
Many people have spent their entire lives believing that their childhood was "normal" or that their struggles are just personal failings. Social media content is giving them permission to look more closely at their experiences and consider that maybe their pain has roots.
It's Starting Conversations
When someone comes to therapy and says, "I saw this video about people-pleasing and it made me think about my relationship patterns," they're opening a door to deeper exploration. That TikTok video isn't the end of their healing journey - it's the beginning.
It's Reducing Shame
One of the most powerful aspects of social media psychology content is how it normalizes struggles that people thought were unique to them. Discovering that millions of other people have similar experiences can be incredibly validating and shame-reducing.
When Social Media Psychology Gets It Right (And When It Doesn't)
I'm not suggesting that all social media psychology content is accurate or helpful. Like any source of information, it has limitations and potential problems.
Where It Often Gets It Right:
Describing common patterns and experiences
Normalizing mental health struggles
Providing accessible language for complex concepts
Validating experiences that have been minimized
Encouraging people to seek professional help
Where It Often Falls Short:
Oversimplifying complex conditions
Encouraging self-diagnosis without professional evaluation
Creating "trauma Olympics" where people compete over who had it worse
Promoting quick fixes or simple solutions
Ignoring individual differences and context
The Key Distinction: Recognition vs. Diagnosis vs. Treatment
There's an important difference between recognizing patterns in your experience, getting a professional diagnosis, and actually healing from those experiences.
Recognition sounds like: "I relate to this description of anxiety patterns" or "This explains some things about my childhood."
Self-diagnosis sounds like: "I definitely have PTSD" or "My mom is clearly a narcissist."
Professional treatment involves: Working with trained professionals who can help you understand your experiences in context, develop personalized coping strategies, and guide you through the actual healing process.
Recognition can be incredibly valuable for self-understanding and can guide you toward appropriate professional support. But recognition alone - whether from TikTok, books, or conversations with friends - isn't treatment.
Think of social media insights like symptoms that prompt you to see a doctor. If you notice persistent pain, you might google your symptoms and find information that resonates. That recognition is valuable - it tells you something needs attention. But you wouldn't stop there. You'd seek professional medical evaluation and treatment.
Mental health works the same way. Self-discovery is beautiful and important, but it's the beginning of your healing journey, not the end.
Why Therapists Should Embrace This Trend (Not Fight It)
As mental health professionals, I think we need to stop being defensive about social media psychology content and start seeing it as an opportunity.
It's Pre-Work for Therapy
When clients come in with social media insights, they've already done some of the hardest work: acknowledging that something in their life needs attention. They've moved past denial and minimization into curiosity and self-reflection.
It Provides a Starting Point for Conversation
Instead of asking, "So, what brings you to therapy today?" and getting a vague "I don't know, I'm just struggling," we can ask, "Tell me more about what resonated with you in that content you mentioned."
It Shows Us What People Are Hungry For
The popularity of psychology content on social media tells us that people are desperate for mental health information and support. Instead of criticizing their sources, maybe we should be asking how we can make our expertise more accessible.
It Levels the Playing Field
Social media psychology content can help reduce the power imbalance between therapist and client. When clients come in with some baseline knowledge, they can be more active participants in their healing rather than passive recipients of expert knowledge.
How to Use Social Media Insights as a Springboard for Professional Support
If you've found yourself relating to psychology content on social media, here's how to use those insights constructively as a pathway to professional healing:
Start with Curiosity, Not Certainty
Instead of "I definitely have this condition," try "I wonder if this pattern applies to me" or "This makes me curious about my own experiences." The difference between certainty and curiosity is crucial because certainty can close down exploration, while curiosity opens it up.
When you approach your insights with curiosity rather than conviction, you create space for deeper understanding. You're not trying to prove you have something specific - you're exploring what your experiences might mean and how they've shaped you. Bring this curiosity to a trained professional who can help you explore it safely and thoroughly.
Curiosity also protects you from the trap of trying to fit yourself into someone else's story. Just because you relate to content about childhood emotional neglect doesn't mean your experience was identical to the creator's. A therapist can help you understand your unique experience without forcing it into predetermined categories.
Look for Patterns, Not Labels
Focus on understanding patterns in your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors rather than trying to fit yourself into diagnostic categories. Labels can be helpful when they're accurate and professionally assigned, but they can also become limiting if you cling to them too tightly or use them incorrectly.
Instead of thinking "I have abandonment issues," try noticing "I seem to get very anxious when people don't respond to my texts quickly" or "I notice I tend to end relationships before the other person can hurt me." These specific observations give a therapist much more to work with than broad labels.
A skilled therapist can help you understand these patterns in the context of your unique life story and family history. They can help you see how your patterns developed, what purpose they served, and how they might be affecting you now. This contextual understanding is crucial for real healing because it helps you develop compassion for your patterns rather than just trying to eliminate them.
Use Insights as Conversation Starters
Social media insights are incredibly valuable as conversation starters with mental health professionals, not as replacements for professional evaluation. When you come to therapy with observations from social media, you're giving your therapist a window into what's been on your mind and what feels relevant to your experience.
Come to therapy armed with your observations: "I saw this content about people-pleasing and realized I do this constantly. Can we explore why?" or "I watched this video about emotional neglect and some of it really resonated. I'd like to understand my childhood better." This gives your therapist a starting point that's meaningful to you.
Don't worry about whether your insights are "right" or "wrong." Your therapist isn't going to judge you for bringing up something you saw on TikTok. In fact, they'll probably be grateful that you've already started thinking about your patterns and are ready to explore them more deeply. The goal is collaboration, not assessment of your self-analysis skills.
Understand That Professional Guidance Is Essential
While self-discovery is beautiful, real healing requires the guidance of someone trained to help you navigate complex emotional territory safely. Mental health is complicated, and trauma recovery especially requires expertise that you simply can't get from social media content, no matter how insightful it might be.
Therapists understand how trauma affects the nervous system, how to pace healing so you're not overwhelmed, and how to help you develop specific skills for managing difficult emotions. They know how to help you process painful memories without getting stuck in them, how to challenge unhelpful thought patterns without invalidating your experience, and how to build new coping skills that actually work for your specific situation.
Professional guidance also provides safety that self-directed healing can't offer. When you're exploring painful experiences or challenging long-held beliefs about yourself, it's crucial to have someone who can help you stay grounded and regulated. Therapists are trained to recognize when you're becoming overwhelmed and know how to help you find your way back to stability.
Remember That Healing is Complex and Individual
What works for the person in the TikTok video might not work for you. That creator might have had different childhood experiences, different family dynamics, different personality traits, or different current life circumstances. Their healing strategies might not only be ineffective for you - they could potentially be harmful if they don't match your specific needs.
Healing is highly individual and requires personalized approaches that only trained professionals can provide. Your therapist can help you figure out what specific interventions will be most helpful for your unique situation, taking into account your history, your current life circumstances, your personality, and your goals.
This individualized approach is also why therapy takes time. Your therapist needs to understand you as a whole person, not just as a collection of symptoms or patterns. They need to understand what has and hasn't worked for you in the past, what your strengths are, and what challenges you're facing. This comprehensive understanding can't be developed in a single session or through generalized advice.
Be Patient with the Professional Process
Social media content might give you instant "aha" moments, but actual healing takes time and requires the consistent support of someone who understands the therapeutic process. There's a big difference between recognizing a pattern and actually changing it, and that change process can't be rushed or simplified.
This isn't because you're doing anything wrong - it's because real change happens gradually and safely with proper guidance. Think about it this way: if you wanted to learn to play piano, you might get inspired by watching YouTube videos of amazing pianists. But actually learning to play would require consistent lessons with a teacher who could guide your progress, correct your mistakes, and help you build skills systematically.
Mental health healing works similarly. The insight is just the beginning. The real work involves developing new neural pathways, building emotional regulation skills, processing stored trauma, and creating new relationship patterns. This work requires patience, consistency, and professional support to ensure it's done safely and effectively.
The Wisdom in "Everyone Thinks They Have Trauma"
Here's the thing about the criticism that "everyone thinks they have trauma now": Maybe that's because a lot of people do have trauma, and we're finally creating space to acknowledge it.
Trauma isn't just extreme abuse or neglect. Trauma is any experience that overwhelms your ability to cope and leaves lasting impacts on how you see yourself, others, and the world.
This can include:
Growing up with a parent who struggled with untreated mental illness
Being raised in a family where emotions weren't safe to express
Experiencing chronic criticism or comparison
Living with unpredictable rules or emotional environments
Being bullied at school without adequate support
Experiencing medical procedures or hospitalizations as a child
Living through family financial stress or instability
These experiences might not seem "traumatic" compared to more severe abuse, but they can still have lasting impacts on developing minds and nervous systems.
The Danger of Trauma Minimization
When we dismiss people's recognition of their own trauma, we risk recreating the same invalidation they experienced in childhood. We're essentially saying, "Your experience wasn't that bad" or "You're being too sensitive" - messages that many of these people have been receiving their entire lives.
Instead of minimizing, what if we got curious? What if we asked, "What was that experience like for you?" rather than "That doesn't sound traumatic to me"?
The Generational Context That Changes Everything
If you're over 30 and finding yourself relating to trauma content on social media, it's important to understand the generational context of your childhood.
Your parents were likely raised by people who lived through the Great Depression, World War II, or other significant historical traumas. Their parents' focus was often on survival, security, and not "spoiling" children with too much emotional attention.
Your parents probably grew up hearing messages like:
"Children should be seen and not heard"
"Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about"
"Life isn't fair, so toughen up"
"Don't air your dirty laundry"
"What happens in this family stays in this family"
They raised you with the parenting tools they inherited, which often didn't include emotional validation, mental health awareness, or understanding of child development.
This doesn't excuse harmful behavior, but it helps explain why so many people are now looking back at their childhoods and recognizing patterns that weren't visible at the time.
What Healing Actually Looks Like (And Why You Need Professional Support)
Whether your self-recognition started with a TikTok video or a therapy session, real healing involves the same basic elements - and most of them require the guidance of a trained professional:
Acknowledgment Without Blame
Recognizing that your experiences had impacts without necessarily villainizing your parents or caretakers. This delicate balance is something therapists are specifically trained to help you navigate.
This is one of the most challenging aspects of healing because it requires holding two truths simultaneously: your childhood experiences affected you AND your parents were likely doing their best with the resources they had. It's easy to swing between extremes - either minimizing your experiences ("it wasn't that bad") or demonizing your parents ("they ruined my life").
A skilled therapist can help you find the middle ground where you acknowledge the impact of your experiences without getting stuck in blame or resentment. They can help you understand your parents' context and limitations while still validating your own pain and needs. This balanced perspective is crucial for healing because it allows you to process your experiences without carrying the additional burden of anger or guilt.
Grieving What You Didn't Get
Allowing yourself to feel sad about the understanding, validation, or support you needed but didn't receive. Processing grief safely requires professional support to help you move through these feelings without getting stuck in them.
This grief is often unexpected and can feel overwhelming when it surfaces. You might find yourself crying about things that happened decades ago, or feeling angry about needs that were never met. This isn't regression - it's your psyche finally feeling safe enough to acknowledge losses that you had to survive without processing at the time.
Grief work is complex because it's not linear, and it can bring up feelings that you've spent years avoiding. A therapist can help you navigate this process safely, ensuring that you don't get overwhelmed by the intensity of these emotions. They can teach you how to feel grief without drowning in it, and how to honor your losses without letting them define your present.
Professional support is crucial here because grief can sometimes uncover layers of trauma that you weren't aware of. Having someone trained to recognize and respond to trauma symptoms can prevent you from becoming retraumatized during the healing process.
Developing Self-Compassion
Learning to treat yourself with the kindness you wish you had received as a child. This isn't just a mindset shift - it requires specific skills and practices that therapists can teach you.
Self-compassion sounds simple, but for many people, it's incredibly difficult to practice. If you grew up with criticism, high expectations, or emotional neglect, being kind to yourself can feel foreign, selfish, or even dangerous. Your inner critic might be so loud and persistent that you don't even notice how harshly you treat yourself.
Developing self-compassion involves learning to recognize your inner critic, understanding where those critical voices came from, and gradually replacing them with kinder, more realistic internal dialogue. This process requires specific techniques and consistent practice, guided by someone who understands how deeply ingrained self-criticism can be.
A therapist can help you identify your specific self-critical patterns, understand their origins, and develop personalized strategies for cultivating self-kindness. They can also help you work through the resistance that often comes up when you try to be more compassionate with yourself, because sometimes self-criticism feels like protection or motivation.
Building New Skills
Developing emotional regulation, communication, and relationship skills that you might not have learned growing up. These are complex skills that require practice and guidance from someone who understands how to teach them effectively.
If you didn't learn emotional regulation as a child, you might struggle with managing intense emotions, communicating your needs clearly, or maintaining healthy relationships as an adult. These aren't character flaws - they're skills that you simply weren't taught. But learning them as an adult requires more than just reading about them or watching videos.
Emotional regulation involves understanding how your nervous system works, learning to recognize your triggers, and developing specific techniques for managing emotional overwhelm. This might include breathing exercises, grounding techniques, or somatic practices that help you stay present during difficult emotions.
Communication skills involve learning to express your needs clearly, set boundaries effectively, and navigate conflict constructively. These skills require practice in a safe environment with feedback from someone who can help you refine your approach.
A therapist can provide this safe practice space and teach you these skills in a way that's tailored to your specific challenges and learning style. They can help you identify what skills you're missing, practice them in session, and troubleshoot problems as they arise in your daily life.
Creating Healthy Relationships
Choosing relationships that support your healing rather than recreating old patterns. Learning to recognize healthy vs. unhealthy relationship dynamics requires education and support that only trained professionals can provide.
Many people find themselves repeatedly drawn to relationships that feel familiar but ultimately harmful - partners who are emotionally unavailable, friends who are critical or demanding, or family dynamics that perpetuate old patterns. Breaking these cycles requires understanding why you're attracted to certain types of people and what healthy relationships actually look like.
This process involves learning to recognize red flags early, understanding your own attachment patterns, and developing the confidence to choose relationships that truly support your wellbeing. It also means learning to navigate the discomfort that healthy relationships can initially create if you're used to chaos or intensity.
A therapist can help you identify your relationship patterns, understand where they come from, and develop new strategies for choosing and maintaining healthier connections. They can also help you work through the fears that might come up as you start setting higher standards for how you want to be treated.
Setting Appropriate Boundaries
Learning to protect your energy and well-being in relationships and situations. Boundary-setting is a skill that requires understanding your specific patterns and triggers - work that's best done with professional guidance.
Boundaries aren't walls - they're guidelines for how you want to be treated and what you're willing to accept in relationships. If you grew up in a family where boundaries weren't respected or modeled, you might struggle with knowing what boundaries are appropriate, how to communicate them effectively, or how to maintain them when they're challenged.
Setting boundaries often brings up guilt, fear, or anxiety, especially if you've been trained to prioritize others' needs over your own. You might worry about hurting people's feelings, being seen as selfish, or losing relationships altogether. These fears can make it incredibly difficult to maintain boundaries even when you intellectually know they're necessary.
A therapist can help you identify what boundaries you need, understand why boundary-setting feels difficult for you, and develop specific strategies for implementing and maintaining boundaries in your relationships. They can also help you work through the emotional reactions that come up when you start setting limits with others.
Here's the crucial point: While social media might help you identify these areas for growth, actually developing these skills requires the ongoing support of a mental health professional. Self-awareness is beautiful, but self-awareness plus professional guidance equals actual change.
These healing elements aren't just concepts to understand - they're skills to develop and practice over time. They require personalized approaches, safe environments for learning, and expert guidance to navigate the challenges that inevitably arise during the process. This is why therapy isn't just helpful for healing - it's essential.Your Search for Understanding Is Valid
If you've found yourself thinking "I think I have trauma" after consuming social media content, I want you to know that your search for understanding is completely valid.
You're not being dramatic. You're not looking for excuses. You're not trying to blame your parents for everything.
You're a human being trying to make sense of your experiences and understand why certain things feel difficult for you. That's not just okay - it's courageous.
Your pain doesn't need to meet a certain threshold to deserve attention. Your struggles don't need professional validation to be real. Your childhood doesn't need to include obvious abuse for it to have shaped you in ways that still affect you today.
Moving Forward with Wisdom and Compassion
The goal isn't to pathologize every difficult childhood experience or to blame previous generations for not knowing what they couldn't have known. The goal is to understand your experiences with wisdom and compassion so you can make conscious choices about how to move forward.
This might mean:
Developing emotional skills you didn't learn as a child
Healing relationships with family members when possible
Setting boundaries that protect your well-being
Seeking professional support for deeper healing work
Breaking cycles that you don't want to pass on to the next generation
The beautiful thing about this generation's increased awareness of mental health and trauma is that we have the opportunity to do better. Not perfect - just better.
We can raise children who understand that emotions are normal and manageable. We can create relationships based on authenticity rather than performance. We can break cycles of criticism, invalidation, and emotional neglect.
We can be the generation that gets it 10% more right than the one before us.
The Permission You've Been Waiting For
You don't need anyone's permission to explore your experiences, to seek understanding about your patterns, or to acknowledge that your childhood had impacts on who you became.
You don't need a professional diagnosis to validate your struggles or to justify your desire for healing.
You don't need to prove that your trauma was "bad enough" to deserve attention and care.
You are allowed to look at your past with curiosity instead of loyalty. You are allowed to recognize patterns without villainizing people. You are allowed to seek healing for experiences that others might not understand or validate.
Your journey toward understanding yourself is valid, whether it started with a TikTok video, a therapy session, or a conversation with a friend. What matters isn't how you began to see your patterns - what matters is what you do with that awareness.
And here's what I hope you'll do with that awareness: bring it to a trained professional who can help you turn recognition into real, lasting change.
Social media insights are like the first step on a healing journey - they help you recognize that a journey is needed. But the actual work of healing, the development of new skills, the processing of difficult emotions, and the creation of lasting change - that's work that requires the guidance, safety, and expertise that only professional therapy can provide.
You deserve more than just understanding your patterns. You deserve to actually change them. You deserve to develop the skills that can transform your relationships, your emotional life, and your daily experience.
That level of change is absolutely possible for you. But it's not something you should have to figure out alone.
You deserve to understand yourself. You deserve to heal from experiences that shaped you. You deserve to create a life that feels authentic and peaceful.
And you deserve to do all of this without having to justify your pain or prove that it's "real enough" to matter.
Because it is real. It does matter. And so do you.
š© Ready to explore your experiences with professional support that honors your journey of self-discovery? Whether your healing journey started with social media insights, conversations with friends, or your own reflection, therapy can help you understand your patterns with compassion and develop the tools you need for lasting change. There's no "right" way to begin recognizing your experiences, and professional support can meet you wherever you are in your healing process. Book your free therapy consultation to explore how counseling can help you turn your insights into meaningful, sustainable healing.
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Rae Francis is a therapist and executive life coach who believes that people's search for understanding about their experiences should be celebrated, not dismissed. With over 16 years of experience, she has witnessed the powerful healing that happens when people are met with curiosity and validation rather than skepticism about their self-discoveries. Through virtual therapy sessions, she helps clients explore their childhood experiences, family patterns, and current struggles with compassion and without judgment, whether their awareness began through social media, personal reflection, or other sources. Rae understands that healing happens when people feel safe to examine their experiences honestly, and she creates therapeutic spaces where all insights are welcomed as starting points for deeper understanding and growth. If this article resonated with your own journey of recognition and healing, learn more about her trauma-informed, compassionate approach to therapy at Rae Francis Consulting.
