Growing Up Loved, But Not Safe with Sara Brown, LAMFT
In this episode, I am joined by a dear friend and gifted therapist, Sara Brown. As she has matured and grown in her understanding of God’s unconditional love for her, she has been able to process a traumatic childhood with a mother who struggled with mental illness.
Sara has done the challenging work of separating the ways she was loved and cared for while at the same time being able to name the ways she was not safe. We talk about how seeking out trustworthy witnesses to our pain can help us get unstuck from our trauma in specific seasons of our childhood and adulthood, too.
What You’ll Learn:
How Sara navigated having one foot in reality and one in her mother’s
The ways in which Sara and her siblings had to grow up so quickly
How painful it was for Sara and her siblings to keep their mother’s illness a secret
Why it was so difficult for Sara to learn how to communicate her needs
Why we can’t disconnect from our trauma unless we process it
Connect with Sara:
Family Christian Counseling Center (Phoenix, AZ)