Discover how the ancient practice of yoga fits in perfectly with trauma treatment
Debra Premashakti Alvis, PhD
Debra Premashakti Alvis, PhD provides a short summary of yoga philosophy and reveals why it鈥檚 a fantastic complementary therapy for trauma survivors.
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Watch the Balloon Metaphor Demonstration
Jennifer Lefebre, PSY.D., RPT-S
We keep holding onto the feelings and eventually we're going to pop. Instead, let's let it out little by little.
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Free DBT Opposite to Emotion Worksheet
Lane Pederson, Psy.D., LP, DBTC
Lane Pederson 鈥 Opposite to Emotion, often referred to in DBT by O2E (oh-2-ee), recognizes that emotions pull us into 鈥渕ood congruent鈥 behaviors that get us stuck. When mood congruent behaviors strike, O2E is the heavy-hitting answer clients go to鈥 help your clients get UNSTUCK from prolonged and overly intense emotional states with this approach.
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Distinguishing between 鈥渄epressing鈥 life changes and depression
Margaret Wehrenberg, PsyD
Natural life changes such as menopause can make our clients feel depressed. But it is NOT the same as clinical depression. Here's how to tell the difference.
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Foster conversations to combat weight stigma
Judith Matz, LCSW
Each of us has an obligation to address our biases so that we no longer contribute, even inadvertently, to the fat shaming our clients may feel as the result of our own attitudes.
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Why trauma survivors react dramatically to stimulus, and how you can help them handle stress in healthy ways
Irina Diyankova, Ph.D., RYT-200
Trauma survivors can struggle to self-regulate and control their responses to everyday stressors and the unexpected. In this short video, Irina Diyankova, Ph.D., RYT-200 reveals why trauma survivors are more prone to extreme reactions to stress such as rage, binge drinking and self-harm.
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Use the science of mindfulness and CBT to strengthen your bond.
Seth J. Gillihan, PhD
Nothing has a bigger influence on our well-being than the quality of our closest connections. In this blog, Seth Gillihan PhD, offers 21 ways to build stronger and closer relationships. Plus, he's giving away his FREE Worksheet: 10 Ways to Manage Stress and Anxiety Every Day.
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Alexandra Solomon on the Emotional Toll of Hypersexualized Dating
Alexandra Solomon, Ph.D.
Even though young adults seem to be craving some safety to balance their adventure, hookup culture continues to thrive, as much as many therapists would love to see young adults create something more fulfilling than ambiguous, drunken, unsatisfying sex. Whatever changes lie ahead in our cultural rituals for coming-of-age relationally, we鈥檒l be seeing in our therapy practices the emotional legacy of hookup culture, in all its rawness and frantic incoherence, for many years to come.
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When and with whom do we use EMDR?
Linda Curran, BCPC, LPC, CACD, CCDPD
In addition to improved practice outcomes, effective integration of EMDR can lead to the long-term trauma resolution that your clients so desperately desire. But we need to stop and ask: when and with whom do we use EMDR?
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Adding simple yoga poses to talk therapy can help your clients break the crippling grip of trauma faster (NO yoga certification or crazy flexibility required)
Irina Diyankova, Ph.D., RYT-200
Irina Diyankova, PhD, RYT-200 busts some stubborn myths about yoga and who it鈥檚 for (hint: It鈥檚 NOT just for skinny, flexible people). You鈥檒l also discover the many benefits of using yoga in trauma treatment.
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