Recently, the World Health Organization classified burnout as a growing mental health crisis. There’s even a push to include burnout disorder in the …
Thursday
101 – A Day for Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
102 – The Therapist as Writer Transferring Your Clinical Skills to the Page
Although it might not seem obvious at first, therapists have a surprising amount in common with writers. In our work, we’re surrounded by stories, and …
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103 – A Day for Beginning Therapists Finding Your Passion in a Changing Field
In a rapidly changing field, new therapists are facing unexpected challenges as well as uncharted opportunities. Designed for clinicians in training …
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104 – The Gift of Presence Creating a Sustainable Mindfulness Practice Plan for Women
The biggest challenge to deriving benefit from a mindfulness practice is doing it every day, which requires breaking the entrenched habits that take …
105 – Caring for the Brain The Neuroscience of Well-Being
To best serve our clients, we must be able to master and share practices that promote well-being outside the therapy room. Luckily, neither therapists …
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106 – Sing Out Loud, Sing Out Strong! Creating Connection Through Song
Singing is one of the most powerful social bonding activities we have. In a culture that’s increasingly isolating, it’s more important than ever to …
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107 – Therapy as a Performing Art Acting Insights and Techniques for Clinicians
All therapists are performers. No matter what our theoretical orientations, clients are more influenced by us than our methods. Like the actor, the …
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108 – The Journey to Oneness The Four Levels of Consciousness
Through the world’s contemplative traditions, the spiritual journey usually involves an expansion of consciousness from everyday experience to an …
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109 – Calming Practices for Anxious Times Yoga in the Therapy Room
Spend a day engaging in soothing yoga practices to both support you in your day-to-day work and share with clients to enhance their own self-care and …
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110 – Discovering the Artist Within The Liberating Power of Creative Improvisation
In therapy, as in art, people often get blocked, stuck in repetitive patterns, and cut off from their natural source of creativity.In this …
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111 – The Dance of Connection Learning to Let Yourself Move
Dancing is an authentic expression of self, or as Martha Graham put it, “the hidden language of the soul.” But you don’t need to be a performer, learn …
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112 – Embodiment, Rhythm, Awareness, Play A Day to Experience Attuned Self-Awareness
The latest research shows that our ability to be aware of our bodies impacts how we process sensations and memories, and heal from traumatic events. …
113 – The Drama Therapy Experience Embodying The Change You Want To Be In The World
Drama Therapy is an active and experiential form of embodied psychotherapy that’s well suited to working with individuals, groups, and communities …
114 – The Embodied Therapist The Keys to Transforming Habitual Patterns
Expand your capacity to express yourself, even while sitting, by using a unique approach that combines Somatic Experiencing with the Alexander …
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115 – Guilt, Shame, and the Traumatized Client Finding Release from Toxic Emotions
Although trauma can affect clients’ inner lives in countless ways, most survivors grapple with deep-seated feelings of guilt and shame. Until these …
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116 – Ethics in a Different Key Snow White in the Therapy Room
Ethics training can be dull. But this workshop, using The Musical of Snow White as a framework, embodies the idea that when you’re having fun, the …
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117 – Hope for Treatment-Resistant Depression A Sensorimotor Approach to Change
The very nature of depression often thwarts efforts to treat it. After all, it’s difficult to change when you have no energy, no hope, and no capacity …
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118 – Healing Our Relationship with Food An IFS Approach
We’re a culture preoccupied with dieting and devoted to maintaining unrealistic ideals of how we should look. Our confusion and shame about our weight …
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119 – Trauma Ed An Innovative Approach to Addressing Violence
In their work together with gang members and their families from violent neighborhoods, the presenters have created an innovative healing process that …
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120 – The EFT Café An Adventure in Experiential Learning
The EFT Café is the place for experiencing Emotionally Focused Therapy, not just hearing about it! It provides a format that facilitates more ongoing …
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