Recently, the World Health Organization classified burnout as a growing mental health crisis. There’s even a push to include burnout disorder in the …
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101 – A Day for Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
105 – Caring for the BrainThe 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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119 – Trauma EdAn 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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123 – What Works in Positive PsychologyTherapy for a Meaningful Life
Although the field of mental health has traditionally aimed to “fix what’s wrong,” positive psychology instead helps us to “build what’s strong.” By …
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202/302 – Polyvagal Theory in ActionHarnessing the Healing Potential of the Autonomic Nervous System
At its most basic level, human communication is one nervous system responding to another, searching for signals that it’s safe to connect and flooding …
203/303 – Microtraumas and the African American ClientTools for Countering Racial Trauma
Daily microtraumas and constant societal messages about their lack of value and power can keep many of our African American clients in a chronic state …
204/304 – Cracked UpExploring a Healing narrative about Trauma
Freud once called trauma that’s locked away “a splinter in the mind.” For decades, Saturday Night Live star Darrell Hammond grappled with a splinter …
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208/308 – Taming the AmygdalaA Brain-Based Approach to Anxiety
New understandings in neuroscience have highlighted the central role the amygdala plays in anxiety. But how many of us can talk with our clients about …
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216 – Awakening Positive Emotional StatesHow Imagery, Movement, and Play Can Enhance Your Work
Research from brain science and positive psychology shows that awakening positive emotional states through experiential tools such as imagery, music, …
221 – The Trauma-Informed TherapistBest Practices for Assessment and Treatment
There’s been an increased call in recent years for clinicians to be trauma informed, but what does that umbrella term mean in action? Explore …
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317 – Neuroscience-based Trauma TreatmentHow to Maximize Your Efficacy
Despite your best efforts, evidence-based trauma therapies can fail, leaving you feeling frustrated and helpless. Fortunately, neuroscience research …
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407/507 – Rethinking ADHDA New Treatment Approach
As ubiquitous as it is, the condition we misleadingly call ADHD is too often misunderstood, even by professionals. Rather than treating it as a …
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409/509 – Rethinking Personality DisordersNew Approaches with Challenging Clients
What’s going on when your best efforts to establish a secure therapeutic alliance with a personality-disordered client aren’t working? Before you …
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412/512 – Interrupting the Reign of PainTherapy Tools to Eliminate Chronic Pain
Typically, physical and psychological pain are treated separately, even when they’re deeply intertwined. Nearly halfof all therapy clients suffer from …
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416 – Has Neuroscience Lived Up to Its Promise?Perspectives on Brain-based Therapy
Over the past 20 years, more and more therapists have devoted themselves to exploring the relevance of neuroscience for the practice of psychotherapy. …
423 – Dissolving Complex Attachment TraumaThe Power of Memory Reconsolidation
Extensive research in brain science has revealed an empirically proven path to transformational change through the process of memory reconsolidation. …
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424 – Cultivating a Resilience MindsetRewiring Old Patterns for New Growth
When overwhelming anxiety or loss leaves your clients feeling stressed, or worse—traumatized—there’s a way not only to help them bounce back, but …
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617 – ADHD and WomenTreating an Overlooked Condition
When most people think of ADHD, they usually picture a hyperactive boy who won’t sit still. What many therapists don’t realize is that ADHD in women …
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