Meet Jaclyn Jaclyn Paradise is a Licensed Associate Counselor (LAC) in New Jersey and a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher. She brings a warm, collaborative, and holistic approach to therapy, blending evidence-based practices with mindfulness and somatic awareness. Jaclyn specializes in working with adults and young adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, identity exploration, and life transitions. […]
CPTSD and the Hero I Needed as a Child
Ever since the new Superman movie dropped last week, I’ve been full-on fanboying all weekend. Cape out, nerd mode fully activated. The minute that theme tune kicked in? Full-on goose bumps. And when Krypto showed up? Talk about cuteness overload! My First Real Hero When I was a kid, Superman was it for me.; he […]
Living With CPTSD: Why Depth Matters to Me
There’s something that keeps circling back in my life like a boomerang made of emotional clarity, and it hits me a little harder every year: I can’t do surface-level shit. Of any kind. I’ve tried. Believe me, I’ve tried. I’ve smiled through small talk, nodded in the right places, and played the part like a […]
Healing with CPTSD: Returning to Myself
It’s a strange thing to find myself where I am now. For the first five years of my life, I had some sense of freedom. I was allowed to be a version of myself that never had the chance to fully develop. That version was soon overshadowed, reshaped by abuse, trauma, and the grip of […]
The Questions That Never Got Answers
I’ve generally been a curious person. I just like learning things. Researching, asking questions, seeing how things work. There’s a satisfaction to be found in pulling apart the mess and trying to put it back together in a way that makes sense, even if it only makes sense to me. But trauma doesn’t always come […]
Is Your Healing for You or the Algorithm?
Since I started this journey of being open about my trauma and sharing it, I’ve met some wonderful people, people who’ve taught me things and welcomed me into this messy, beautiful community of those of us trying to heal. One thing I have noticed, however, is that some people out there are healing louder than […]