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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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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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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Plus 80 recommendations in an exclusive CE video & Worksheet...
Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D.
Children and teens with ADHD have serious deficits in their executive functioning and self-regulation which can interfere with pursuing goals or contemplating multiple solutions. In dealing with these deficits, here are 10 specific rules to managing children and teens with ADHD in school.
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Help is here...
Sharon Saline, PsyD
Tired of 鈥榥agging鈥 without success? Dr. SharonSaline provides tips for disarming pushback and negativity.
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How you can motivate your clients to take the first steps toward a full & active life
Margaret Wehrenberg, PsyD
For people with depression, daily activities like showering, picking up the house and even going outside, can seem monumental. But accomplishing tasks and being active are crucial for your clients鈥 wellbeing. Help them get moving again with these simple tips.
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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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