<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Marissa Patsey LPC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Psychotherapist & LGBTQIAA+ Consultant]]></description><link>https://www.marissapatsey.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:06:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.marissapatsey.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How Trauma Affects the Nervous System and Emotional Health]]></title><description><![CDATA[Culturally, we tend to treat trauma as a psychological event, or a painful memory stored somewhere in the mind that occasionally surfaces and causes distress. The assumption is that healing means talking about what happened until it no longer hurts. But clinically, trauma is not simply a bad memory. It's a profound disruption to the nervous system.]]></description><link>https://www.marissapatsey.com/post/how-trauma-affects-the-nervous-system-and-emotional-health</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1d98087b6630756eef5305</guid><category><![CDATA[Trauma Therapy]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:23:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/89e7f2_7ae252ad78a343f79d841c74c80883ce~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_600,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marissa Patsey</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>