Anxious or dissociative, but functioning? History of complex trauma?
That's a Quirky Mind.
You know you need to "do the things," but there are areas in your life where you just can't get traction.
You've read the self-help books. Maybe you've been to therapy, or are in therapy now. You're working on your "stuff," overcoming trauma, and being an overall badass. But there are some areas that are just...stuck. Everything you try is one step forward, two steps back.
In my therapy practice, I help clients with severe anxiety, complex trauma, and dissociation live the lives they have always wanted. I have seen time and time again how severe anxiety and dissociative disorders, even when well-managed, continue to interfere with some of the most basic building blocks of a desirable life, like:
- Having flexible emotional resilience, even when life is chaotic.
- Managing your finances in a way that allows you to actually reach your goals.
- Understanding how dissociation, even well-treated, can impact your day-to-day life.
- And so much more.
Anxious minds are different. Dissociative minds are different. Even when they're healing or healed, they're quirky.
Groups
Groups currently available include increasing emotional resilience, managing finances while quirky, and support for those with dissociative disorders.
Online Classes
Prefer to move at your own pace, or do you just hate talking to people? Join the independent possums and find most content covered in groups available for solo study online.
For Providers
Online classes which have been approved for continuing education credits. Even if you don't want to become a dissociation specialist, I guarantee you treat clients with quirky minds, and I want to help them by helping you.
Hi, I'm Whit, and Quirky People Are My People
I'm Whit Davison, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Kansas City, Missouri, and as I mentioned, I specialize in treating severe anxiety, complex trauma, and dissociation. In working with many of these clients, I came to understand that most of the time,"standard" self-help didn't actually help. Sometimes "standard" interventions even made things worse. I realized that the minds of people with severe anxiety and dissociation are different, even after treatment and they are "well."
If you ask a client with dissociation to take a deep breath to calm themselves, it may instead trigger a panic attack. If you ask someone with severe anxiety how much is in their bank account (and it's not whatever they think the "right number" should be), they may withdraw and never speak of their finances again. Then, massive guilt sets in because they have "failed again."
I've found a range of approaches and interventions that work for people who feel that self-sabotage is their middle name. I promise, it's not you. It's your Quirky Mind.
