A quick, highly directive guide to initiating conversations with your Black clients about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, other lives lost, Minnesota, Louisville, and racial trauma
Are you a white therapist who鈥檚 not sure how to start the conversation about racial trauma with your Black clients? Are you unsure of how to hold space for what they鈥檙e feeling? Then check out Elizabeth McCorvey鈥檚 one-page guide to opening up dialogue with your clients.
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Deepening the Conversation around Race-Based Trauma
Gail Parker, Monnica Williams, and S. Kent Butler
What does it mean to be an ally to people of color鈦? What steps can therapists take to heal race-based trauma and deepen the conversation around racial injustice in therapy and in the wider community? Several clinicians and leaders in our field share their perspectives.
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Watch this FREE, short video to learn an easy way to voice your needs and wants.
Lane Pederson, Psy.D., LP, DBTC
Lane Pederson shows you step-by-step how to use the acronym DEAR MAN to help your clients learn how to speak their needs.
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FREE CE. Develop a toolkit for helping clients with addictive behavior virtually.
Janina Fisher, Ph.D.
Understanding why it feels safer for clients to abuse drugs and alcohol, to act out sexually, or to binge/purge food, is key to enhancing your work with addictions recovery. That's why Janina Fisher is offering you this FREE CE video.
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During these challenging times, I hear 鈥渆verything has changed.鈥 But is that really true? (Activity and free worksheet)
Laura K. Sibbald M.A., CCC-SLP, Lisa Weed Phifer, DEd, NCSP
While it may feel like our new normal is nothing like the old, we need to recognize the silver linings this time has brought forth. This blog, activity and free worksheets helps us realize the importance of reaching out to others and celebrates our feelings of accomplishment when we are able to help someone else.
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FREE Worksheet Download
Lane Pederson, Psy.D., LP, DBTC
Lane Pederson 鈥 Mindfulness is a skillset at the heart of DBT. Yet, many therapists struggle teaching mindfulness practices to clients.
Practicing mindfulness skills open doors to acceptance, experience, and connection to yourself and the world.
Download 73 mindfulness exercises you can use with your clients to help them slow down and find peace, contentment, and enjoyment in everyday life.
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A guided book club with clinical resources to celebrate Pride month
芭乐视频 Team
June is Pride Month, so join us in celebrating by discussing Dr. Lee-Anne Gray鈥檚 LGBTQ+ Youth: A Guided Workbook to Support Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
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How therapists can help clients avoid self-judgment at this time.
Judith Matz, LCSW
The current crisis is triggering many clients with eating and weight issues, due to the combination of increased stress, disrupted shopping and eating habits, and the increased cultural focus on food. Judith Matz, a therapist and author specialising in disordered eating, suggests how therapists can help clients avoid self-judgment at this time, and move towards making the choices that best support their physical and emotional wellbeing.
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Help clients let go of body shame, feel more at home in their own bodies, and transform diet culture.
Judith Matz, LCSW
Judith Matz, LCSW shares 3 common misconceptions about body positivity to consider as you work with clients to move from body shame to body positivity.
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Helping Yourself and Your Clients Practice Self-Care (ideas and free worksheet)
Lisa Weed Phifer, DEd, NCSP, Laura K. Sibbald M.A., CCC-SLP
If you鈥檝e been helping clients adapt to their new schedules and integrate healthy ways to manage daily stress, you know how important it is for all of us to make time to support our own mental health. Self-care is a majority priority right now so that we can make our feelings, and responses to stress more manageable. Here are some ideas and a free worksheet from the Trauma-Informed Social-Emotional Toolbox for Children & Adolescents鈥攂ut also works for adults!
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