carrie.mosko

08/24/2025

https://www.warriorgoddessesunite.org/post/an-open-letter-healing-after-sexual-assault

No amount of education and training can take the place of the wisdom derived from lived experience. When I was 22 years old I was the victim of a drug facilitated sexual assault.In the aftermath of the r**e, and for quite some time thereafter, I mistakenly thought the cruelest part of the trauma I e...

08/18/2025

You do not have to forgive your abuser. I'll say it again. You do not have to forgive your abuser.Very often the topic of “forgiveness” comes up in the course of treating patients with a co-occurrence of trauma and addiction in my therapy practice. This topic often arises out of 12 step work whi...

08/07/2025

I sometimes hear people speak about therapy as being less than valuable because, they say, it focuses on problems rather than solutions. I’ve even heard colleagues, who, in the midst of burnout and compassion fatigue, allude to the same. I hear their frustration and sense of dismay, as well as und...

08/07/2025

07/31/2025

https://www.warriorgoddessesunite.org/post/locus-of-control

07/31/2025

Who holds the power in your life? Is it everyone around you? Or you, yourself? Is it external circumstances outside your control? Or is it how you choose to respond to those circumstances ? Does society dictate how you think, what you believe, and who you are? Or do you get to decide what fits with....

05/21/2025

In my private psychotherapy practice, a major focus of my work with young women is on cultivating discipline in their lives. What does discipline have to do with mental health and wellness? Everything. Discipline is vital to mental health and mental performance mastery. It creates stability, which l...

05/19/2025

05/15/2025

New blog post up! https://www.facebook.com/share/16Xbeo22qY/?mibextid=wwXIfr&direct_share_include_copy=1&fb_entity_type=newsfeed

05/03/2025

05/02/2025

In my training as a therapist I was taught to be a blank slate. Blankety blank blank blank. As blank as blank can be. Monotone voice. Limited expressions. Completely composed at all times.Never to share anything about my life, my own healing process, or even snippets of my personality. Yes, well, th...