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This is a call-in, not a call-out.If you’re in the role of therapist, trainer, consultant, or supervisor—your work isn’t...
07/07/2025

This is a call-in, not a call-out.

If you’re in the role of therapist, trainer, consultant, or supervisor—your work isn’t just about offering tools. It’s about modeling healing in real time.

Yes, none of us are perfectly healed. But we have a responsibility to be in a healed enough place to offer what our clients and trainees deserve: attunement, presence, and appropriate closure.

If your own pain is bleeding into the space… pause. Get help. Don’t make someone else pay the price for what you haven’t worked through yet.

Because the child in them deserves better than abandonment masked as “professional boundaries.” They deserve compassion with limits—not silence, shame, or sudden exits.

Do the work. Own your impact. Offer repair, not retreat.
Give people what they deserve—not your unfinished business.

Your coping strategies kept you alive. You didn’t choose the circumstances that forced them. Self-blame keeps you stuck;...
07/07/2025

Your coping strategies kept you alive. You didn’t choose the circumstances that forced them. Self-blame keeps you stuck; compassion helps you heal. It’s time to release guilt for simply surviving.

Sometimes grief isn’t about losing what was, but mourning what never existed. Many carry silent grief for the nurturing,...
07/07/2025

Sometimes grief isn’t about losing what was, but mourning what never existed.

Many carry silent grief for the nurturing, safety, or unconditional love they never received growing up. Naming this pain is not about blame—it’s about giving yourself permission to feel and heal.

Schema Therapy and RRP (Relationship Recovery Process) help you honor these wounds and create the internal family you always needed.

If this resonates, know you’re not alone. Healing includes grieving what wasn’t there.

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Healing isn’t linear or layered… it’s more like a clusterf**k.”Yep. I said it.Because sometimes, healing looks nothing l...
06/07/2025

Healing isn’t linear or layered… it’s more like a clusterf**k.”
Yep. I said it.

Because sometimes, healing looks nothing like a calm steady climb upward, or a perfectly stacked timeline.
Sometimes it looks like:
Crying hard after a session, questioning if you’re making progress and pondering if you’re “going backwards”, feeling more confused and repeating patterns you thought you already figured out.
It can be scary and hard and a big ole mess.

Just know that you’re not failing at healing — you’re just in it. And in it big time. If it feels like a bit of a chaotic mess it doesn’t mean you’re broken. It means you’re doing the deep work.

Friends, I really want you to hear this — YOUR STILL HEALING …even in the mess💕
Keep going … You can do this and you don’t have to do it alone .

⸻Teresa Reitz, LCSW
# Moreofaclusterf**k

Don’t think you’ve-ever seen a Mode before? Sure you have …Ever feel like you’re shutting down, pulling away, or going ...
24/06/2025

Don’t think you’ve-ever seen a Mode before? Sure you have …

Ever feel like you’re shutting down, pulling away, or going numb—sometimes without even realizing why?

That may be your Detached Protector Mode at work.
This part of you learned to disconnect from pain, vulnerability, or emotion as a way to survive.

On the big screen we see this mode in these characters:

Elsa(Frozen)
She isolates to keep others safe from her emotions, believing it’s better to be alone than risk hurting or being hurt.

Will (Good Will Hunting)
He pushes people away with sarcasm and avoidance, terrified of being seen or rejected if he lets anyone in.

Beth (The Queen’s Gambit)
She detaches through hyper-independence and numbing. Connection feels too risky, so she stays in control.

These parts aren’t bad. They’re protective.
But when they run the show, they can block us from connection, joy, and the healing we truly need.

In Schema Therapy, we get to know our modes—with compassion.
Because when we understand them, we can begin to shift them.

Healing begins when we say:
“I get why you’re here… but I don’t need you to protect me like this anymore.”

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This is what reparenting looks like.Not fixing the past…but sitting with the part of you that still carries its weight.I...
22/06/2025

This is what reparenting looks like.

Not fixing the past…
but sitting with the part of you that still carries its weight.

In Schema Therapy and RRP we call this your Inner Child or Vulnerable Child Mode—the part that still longs to be seen, soothed, and protected.

Reparenting is what the Healthy Adult learns to do:
To show up.
To stay.
To say …I’ve got you now.”

You didn’t choose what happened to you.
But you can choose now—to become the kind of presence you always needed.

# Reparenting



You’ve done the podcasts. The books. The therapy. The reels.And still—something in you knows there’s more.Not just more ...
16/06/2025

You’ve done the podcasts. The books. The therapy. The reels.

And still—something in you knows there’s more.

Not just more healing… but the right kind of more.

Introducing the 6-Month RRP Childhood Trauma Group—starting Fall 2025.
This group is for those of you who know your trauma stems from your family of origin—and you’re done dancing around it.

You’ve been walking this path for a while…
But now you’re ready to go deeper. Not in a way that overwhelms or retraumatizes—but in a way that finally meets you where you are.
With timing. Pacing. Expertise. And a brave, validating community.

🛑 No sugarcoating here—this work will suck before it gets safe.
But when it gets safe? That’s when the real work begins.

✨ In this group, the exception—being heard, seen, and cared for—starts to become the norm.
It’s not fast. It’s not easy. But it’s real. And you won’t be doing it alone.

You’ll be supported by someone trained in RRP and surrounded by people who get it.

If you’re scared… come scared.
If you’re ready… come ready.
We’ve got you. 💛

To join or learn more, contact Teresa Reitz, LCSW
📧 teresa@teresareitzlcswtherapy.com
📞 908-873-6725
🌐 www.teresareitzlcswtherapy.com

Ready to rewrite the patterns that keep showing up in your life?You don’t have to “just be positive” or fix everything o...
16/06/2025

Ready to rewrite the patterns that keep showing up in your life?
You don’t have to “just be positive” or fix everything overnight.
Life, Rewritten is a Schema Therapy group that helps you understand your emotional triggers, connect with your inner parts, and find real, lasting change.
Starting Fall 2025 🍂

📩 Email Teresa Reitz, LCSW at teresa@teresareitzlcswtherapy.com to learn more.

Starting this Fall 2025 Life, Rewritten
16/06/2025

Starting this Fall 2025 Life, Rewritten

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