Famously, some cultures have more words for snow than we do in English .”Snow on the ground”, “snow in the sky”, and even “drifting snow” were once purported to have…
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Women recovering from addiction, mental illness and trauma can find relief and improve their lives through learning to use the healing tools of Internal Family Systems Therapy. That’s why Internal…
Childhood trauma has far-reaching effects, shaping the course of our lives in significant ways. Depending on several factors, including genetic predisposition, temperament, position in the family, and how young we…
You might be wondering, “What’s a typical day like at Villa Kali Ma?” Let us give you a tour – in blog post form! Here at the Villa – our…
More than fifty years ago, the spiritual teacher Ram Dass popularized the phrase “Be Here Now”. Distilling the essence of Eastern philosophies and spirituality for the benefit of people raised…
What is Internal Family Systems Therapy? The Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) model is a non-pathologizing approach to psychotherapy that applies systems thinking to work on inner relationships among parts inside…
According to Bessel van der Kolk, MD, trauma treatment pioneer and bestselling author of The Body Keeps the Score, research shows that when it comes to trauma, there is no…
At Villa Kali Ma, we work with women recovering from trauma, mental illness, and addiction. These three forms of suffering often go together. When a woman has trauma, she experiences…
Signs of unresolved trauma can be tricky to recognize. Many of us live with trauma for years without a clue that life could be any different. For women with a…
In recent decades, more focus has been given to differences between men and women when it comes to substance use disorders. Several gender differences have been observed, in each phase…