Marie E Selleck Therapy

10/22/2025

Anxiety doesn't automatically worsen with age, but many older adults face new anxiety challenges. Health problems, loss, retirement, and isolation can trigger anxious thoughts later in life. The good news? With the right support and strategies, you can effectively manage anxiety at any age and protect your brain health.

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Anxiety doesn't automatically worsen with age, but many older adults face new anxiety challenges. Health problems, loss, retirement, and isolation can trigger anxious thoughts later in life. The good news? With the right support and strategies, you can effectively manage anxiety at any age and prote

10/12/2025

Insecure attachment develops when your basic needs for safety and emotional connection aren't met in childhood. This developmental trauma shapes how you relate to others as an adult. Whether you struggle with anxious, avoidant, or disorganized attachment, therapy can help you heal these wounds and create the secure relationships you deserve. Your past doesn't have to determine your future.

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Discover how insecure attachment styles form in childhood and affect your adult relationships. Learn how therapy can help you heal attachment wounds and build secure, healthy connections.

09/26/2025

Trauma recovery follows six distinct stages: safety and stabilization, remembrance and mourning, reconnection, integration, post-traumatic growth, and helping others. While healing isn't linear, understanding these stages provides a roadmap for your journey. You can transform from survivor to thriver with patience, courage, and professional support.

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Discover the 6 stages of trauma recovery and learn how to navigate your healing journey. Expert insights on safety, integration, and post-traumatic growth.

08/28/2025

Writing as both a trauma therapist and mother after yesterday's Minneapolis school shooting, I understand the gut-wrenching fear of sending children to school. Your daily anxiety is valid—the knot in your stomach, checking your phone constantly, memorizing what your child wore. Here's how we heal together.

A trauma therapist and mother's guide to coping with gun violence fear after school shootings. Practical steps for healing and validation for parents' daily fears.

08/25/2025

Your body holds trauma in muscles, tissues, and your nervous system—but it also knows how to release it. As a therapist, I've seen how healing manifests physically through trembling, yelling, temperature shifts, and unexpected tears. These aren't signs something's wrong—they're evidence your body is finally letting go.

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Discover the physical signs your body is releasing trauma. Learn how shaking, temperature changes, and other bodily responses signal healing, not breakdown. Expert guidance from a therapist.

08/22/2025

Your body holds memories that your mind can't always reach. In brainspotting therapy, we use body awareness to unlock healing that traditional talk therapy sometimes misses. By tracking physical sensations and somatic responses, your nervous system can finally process and release what it's been holding onto for years.

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Learn how body awareness in brainspotting therapy helps process experiences through somatic responses. Discover practical techniques for reconnecting with your body's wisdom.

08/19/2025

Dissociation is your mind's emergency exit when life becomes overwhelming. It's your brain's freeze response to being overwhelmed - a protective mechanism that disconnects you from reality. Through therapy techniques like Brainspotting, you can learn to reconnect with yourself and develop healthier coping strategies for emotional healing.

Learn what dissociation feels like and how therapy, including Brainspotting, helps heal the freeze response. Expert insights on reconnecting with yourself.

08/01/2025

That explosive anger might actually be anxiety in disguise. Your brain often chooses anger over anxiety because it feels more powerful than vulnerable. Learn to recognize when anxiety wears an angry mask, understand why this happens, and discover practical steps to address the real emotion underneath your irritability.

Discover why anxiety often disguises itself as anger and irritability. Learn to recognize the hidden connection and break the cycle with practical strategies from a licensed therapist.

08/01/2025

It has a been a challenging and humbling 2-years since I opened my own private practice. Thank you to all who have supported me along the way.

A special thank you to all who have trusted me with their vulnerably. I am deeply honored to be included in your journey and will forever believe in your inner wholeness and innate worth.

07/29/2025

Substance abuse and mental health problems feed off each other in a dangerous cycle. Using alcohol or drugs to cope with anxiety or depression actually makes these conditions worse over time. Understanding this connection is the first step toward breaking free from guilt, shame, and reclaiming your mental health.

Discover how substance use and mental health create a dangerous cycle. Learn why addiction worsens depression and anxiety, plus steps toward recovery.

07/25/2025

When trauma enters our lives, it often rewrites the rules we live by. One of the most powerful rules it creates is this: your needs don't matter as much as keeping others happy. Learning to say "no" isn't just about setting boundaries—it's about healing and reclaiming your voice

Learn why trauma makes saying "no" feel impossible and discover practical steps to reclaim your voice. Expert insights on healing boundaries after trauma.

07/17/2025

Rather than being an adversary, anxiety functions as your mind's built-in alarm system. Though you may never fully rid yourself of anxious feelings, you can develop such effective coping strategies that anxiety no longer dictates your choices. The path to enduring calm and self-assurance lies in recognizing what sets off your anxiety, decoding what it's trying to tell you, and exploring the experiences that shaped your responses.

Does anxiety ever go away? Licensed therapist explains the difference between normal worry and excessive anxiety, plus 6 strategies for managing anxiety symptoms and understanding what your anxiety is trying to tell you.