In therapy, as in art, people often get blocked, stuck in repetitive patterns, and cut off from their natural source of creativity.In this …
110 – Discovering the Artist Within <h3>The Liberating Power of Creative Improvisation</h3>Read More
In therapy, as in art, people often get blocked, stuck in repetitive patterns, and cut off from their natural source of creativity.In this …
110 – Discovering the Artist Within <h3>The Liberating Power of Creative Improvisation</h3>Read More
Expand your capacity to express yourself, even while sitting, by using a unique approach that combines Somatic Experiencing with the Alexander …
114 – The Embodied Therapist <h3>The Keys to Transforming Habitual Patterns</h3>Read More
Although trauma can affect clients’ inner lives in countless ways, most survivors grapple with deep-seated feelings of guilt and shame. Until these …
115 – Guilt, Shame, and the Traumatized Client <h3>Finding Release from Toxic Emotions</h3>Read More
In their work together with gang members and their families from violent neighborhoods, the presenters have created an innovative healing process that …
119 – Trauma Ed <h3>An Innovative Approach to Addressing Violence</h3>Read More
The long-term impact of trauma and stress are more than just mental health issues: they’re at the root of almost 80 percent of chronic illnesses in …
121 – Ancient Wisdom for Today’s Ailments <h3>Connecting the Body, Mind, and Spirit</h3>Read More
Clients’ multigenerational family histories often contain overlooked traumas that have had a deep impact on their emotional lives. Family …
122 – Family Constellations <h3>An Intergenerational Approach to Healing Trauma</h3>Read More
Despite an increased willingness in our profession to discuss issues of diversity, including race, sexuality, gender, class, etc., we still have a …
124 – Healing Cultural Trauma with IFS <h3>A Culturally Sensitive Approach</h3>Read More
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 …
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 …
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 …
204/304 – Cracked Up <h3>Exploring a Healing Narrative about Trauma</h3>Read More
The trauma that comes from combat and from responding to crimes and fires is now universally acknowledged. However, many vets and first responders …
211/311 – Working with Traumatized Vets and First Responders <h3>A Mind-Body Approach</h3>Read More
By zeroing in on underlying attachment needs, Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) offers a powerful process for transformational change. This …
When working with trauma cases, do you see clients go into flight, fight, or freeze? Do they yell at you, insult you, or leave the session? Are there …
Research from brain science and positive psychology shows that awakening positive emotional states through experiential tools such as imagery, music, …
For people who use opioids, the potent euphoria followed by the increased tolerance and excruciating withdrawal can entrap them in an all-consuming …
218 – Opioid Use Disorders and Trauma <h3>A Whole Person Approach to Treatment</h3>Read More
Asylum seekers and immigrants coming into the U.S. often carry severe traumas. Add to this our current sociopolitical climate and the hardships of …
Regardless of approach, countertransference is a vivid reminder of psychotherapy’s essential humanity. We therapists inevitably have unprofessional …
220 – Where the Wild Things Are <h3>The Art and Science of Countertransference</h3>Read More
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 …
221 – The Trauma-Informed Therapist <h3>Best Practices for Assessment and Treatment</h3>Read More
Despite your best efforts, evidence-based trauma therapies can fail, leaving you feeling frustrated and helpless. Fortunately, neuroscience research …
317 – Neuroscience-based Trauma Treatment <h3>How to Maximize Your Efficacy</h3>Read More
Play is the native tongue of children. But when families come into therapy stretched to the breaking point by trauma and abuse, too many therapists …
324 – Play Therapy for Families <h3>Healing Wounds through Attachment</h3>Read More