Billi Silverstein
Psychotherapy

The New Luxury of Being Unknown . There was a time when obscurity was considered a problem. The great ambition of the early digital age was to be seen

Trauma Does Not Always Look Like Suffering. Sometimes It Looks Like Success.

Hypervigilance is often misunderstood. It is not a universal consequence of trauma, nor is it simply anxiety or over-cautiousness. Rather, it is a finely tuned, embodied response that can develop when a child grows up in an environment where safety was unpredictable. From a psychotherapeutic perspective, hypervigilance reflects the nervous system’s remarkable adaptability. It learns to scan for danger in order to protect the self, even when the threat is no longer present.