Category: Attachment

• This Song Feels Like Therapy: Unearth the Hurt by Mosaic Heart

  

  This Song Feels Like Therapy: Unearth the Hurt by Mosaic Heart

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  March 23, 2026

  Attachment, Change, Codependency, Connection, CPTSD, IFS, Inspiration, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Therapists, trauma

  attachment, connection, CPTSD, IFS, intimacy, longing, love, music, music therapy, patreon, relationships, self-compassion, self-connection, trauma, trust, unburdening, unearth the hurt

• Self-Compassion and Burnout: A Research-Based Path to Healing and Renewal

  

  Self-Compassion and Burnout: A Research-Based Path to Healing and Renewal

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  March 17, 2026

  Attachment, Connection, CPTSD, IFS, Religious trauma, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Sexual shame, Shame, Therapists, trauma

  burnout, compassion fatigue, CPTSD, IFS, Religious trauma, self-compassion, self-connection, Sexual shame, Therapist burnout, trauma

• I No Longer Consent to My Own Harm

  

  I No Longer Consent to My Own Harm

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  January 23, 2026

  Attachment, Codependency, Connection, CPTSD, IFS, Religious trauma, self-compassion, Self-Connection, trauma

  codependency, IFS, Religious trauma, self-compassion, self-connection

• The F-Word Was Father’s Day: A Poem of Reclamation

  

  A healing poem about reclaiming Father’s Day from trauma through self-love, fatherhood, and inner reparenting. A tribute to self-fathering and growth.

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  June 14, 2025

  Addiction, Attachment, Change, children, Codependency, Connection, CPTSD, Fun, Grief, IFS, Inspiration, Parenting, Poetry, Recovery, Religious trauma, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Sexual Addiction, Shame, trauma, writing

  breaking generational cycles, compassionate self-love, emotional healing, father wound, father’s day, fatherhood journey, forest benedict, grief and growth, healing, healing from childhood trauma, healing poem, IFS, IFS therapy, inner child healing, Internal Family Systems, LMFT blog, men’s healing, mental health, parenting and trauma, poetry for healing, recovery, Religious trauma, reparenting, self-compassion, self-connection, self-fathering, trauma, trauma recovery

• Oh Mother, My Self! – A Dr. Seuss-Style Poem on Self-Mothering

  

  A heartfelt Dr. Seuss-style poem honoring all forms of motherhood—offering healing, validation, and a powerful reminder that the love we longed for can still be given by the one who knows us best: our Self.

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  May 11, 2025

  Attachment, Connection, CPTSD, IFS, Inspiration, Parenting, Poetry, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Shame, writing

  Attachment Repair, Dr. Seuss Style Poem, emotional healing, Gentle Parenting Yourself, Healing from Childhood Wounds, Healing Through Poetry, IFS, inner child healing, Inner Nurturing, mental health, Mother’s Day Healing, Motherhood and Self-Compassion, Reparenting Yourself, self-compassion, Self-Compassion Poem, self-connection, Self-Love Practices, Self-Mothering, trauma, trauma recovery

• The Hidden Struggle: Men, Isolation, and the Need for Connection

  

  Explore why many men struggle with isolation and loneliness, the importance of building meaningful connections, and how joining the Healing Through Connection group can help. Learn how this supportive community can transform your life by fostering deeper bonds with others and yourself.

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  August 30, 2024

  Addiction, Attachment, Connection, Recovery, Shame

  belonging, connection, group therapy, IFS, isolation, loneliness, men, online group, recovery, Sexual shame, trauma

• If I Hurt You, Please Tell Me

  

  If I hurt you, please tell me so I can make it right, if at all possible.

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  July 20, 2024

  Attachment, Connection

  apology, attachment, connection, healing, repair, trauma

• Let’s Heal for Our Children

  

  Join me in doing everything we can to heal anything in us that hinders connection with our children

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  November 2, 2022

  Addiction, Attachment, children, Connection, IFS, Inspiration, Parenting, Recovery, Religious trauma, Sexual Addiction, Sexual shame, Shame, trauma

  IFS, pain, parenting, psychedelics, recovery, Religious trauma, trauma

• 11 Self-Love Strategies to Transform Your Life (Video Presentation)

  Did you know that self-love can transform your life? It’s true. In my presentation last week through the Center for Healthy Sex, I shared 11 self-love strategies that are potentially life-changing for those who practice them. While my presentation has a recovery focus, I recommend it to everyone because it presents science-based strategies and specific…

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  March 13, 2019

  Addiction, Attachment, Connection, Inspiration, life after lust, Parenting, partners, pornography, Recovery, Sexual Addiction, Shame, trauma

  center for healthy sex, life after lust, self-connection, self-love