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Being Mindful with the 5 Senses
Free exercise to reduce anxiety and engage with the present moment!
How can people with generalized anxiety disorder live in the present? Lawrence E. Shapiro, PhD, encourages mindfulness with the use of our senses—something we can use anytime, anywhere.
Building Resilience with Neuroplasticity, Cognitive Framing, and the Havening Touch
A powerful demonstration with Dr. Kate Truitt
For clients who struggle to break out of their maladaptive beliefs, the Creating Possibilities Protocol is a powerful exercise that promotes changes.
3 Proven Strategies to Reduce Vulnerability to Panic
Techniques to use in your daily life to prevent future panic attacks
Not only can clinicians help clients develop strategies to cope during a panic attack, but we can also provide them with tools and strategies to make future panic attacks less likely. Elena Welsh, PhD, shares three long-term strategies to reduce vulnerability to panic.
3 Proven Strategies to Stop Panic in its Tracks
Techniques to use during panic attacks to find relief
During a panic attack, clients are often consumed by their physical and mental symptoms. These simple exercises from Elena Welsh, PhD, help bring the body back to a state of calm and distract the brain from thoughts of panic.
Introducing the Havening Touch: The Neurobiological Superpower We Hold in Our Hands
Discover a way to create new pathways to sustainable change in your clients' lives
The havening touch is an evidence-based tool that works to shift the way the brain is functioning, decreasing feelings of stress and increasing feelings of safety. Discover the science behind this simple but revolutionary technique!
Top 10 Titles for Black History Month and Beyond
Clinical resources to promote cultural competency
To celebrate Black History Month’s 2022 theme, Black Health and Wellness, °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Publishing has curated 10 resources for mental health professionals to better support their Black clients.
8 Ways Non-Prescribers Can Promote Medication Success
Simple Strategies for Any Mental Health Professional
As a non-prescriber, you may be wondering how to ethically discuss medication with your clients. Kenneth Carter, PhD, ABPP, shares eight ways mental health professionals can help clients succeed while staying within the scope of their practice.
Turning Hopeless into Hopeful: Using Creative Hopelessness to Help Clients Let Go
A powerful acceptance and commitment therapy strategy for change
Are your clients clinging to coping mechanisms that no longer serve them? ACT expert Richard Sears provides a technique for getting clients to leave behind behaviors that are not working—using their own life experiences!
Reduce Anxiety with Self-Havening Touch & Breathwork
A powerful partnership for calming the brain and body
Havening Techniques are a new suite of neuroscience-based interventions designed for fast and effective treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder and other fear-based disorders such as anxiety, panic disorder, and phobias. Dr. Kate Truitt demonstrates a simple but powerful exercise that clients can use whenever they are experiencing distress.
What ‘Encanto’ Can Teach Clinicians About Intergenerational Trauma
Reflections on the popular Disney film & strategies for working with clients
Dr. Charissa Pizarro reflects on how 'Encanto' captures the experience of many immigrants and refugees, as well as provides strategies for clinicians to begin to address their clients' intergenerational trauma.