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Rage in America
Dr. Jeff Peterson reveals why therapists need to know how to manage anger
As a society, we have a collective problem with anger. And it鈥檚 getting worse by the day. But how do you begin to treat anger problems so clients can communicate peacefully and effectively? Watch this video to discover the roots of this core emotion so you can start angry clients down the path to healing.
In This Together!
During these challenging times, I hear 鈥渆verything has changed.鈥 But is that really true? (Activity and free worksheet)
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.
Create Connection from a Distance: Making Telehealth Relational
Janina Fisher, PhD shares her pro tips for transcending the limitations of telehealth and establishing a sense of closeness with your clients.
Now that distance therapy is the 鈥渘ew normal鈥 when treating clients, knowing how to create a sense of connection through the screen is essential. In this short video, trauma treatment expert Janina Fisher shares her pro tips for helping clients feel engaged, listened to and understood鈥攏o matter where you are.
How Yoga Promotes Both Top-Down and Bottom-Up Regulation in Trauma Survivors
Discover how yoga can discharge memories stored in the nervous system of trauma survivors
Irina Diyankova, PhD, RYT-200 reveals how yoga stimulates both top-down and bottom-up regulation, which can help trauma survivors reset their nervous systems back to baseline.
A Single Goal: How the Aim of Yoga and Mental Health Counselors are One and the Same
Discover how the ancient practice of yoga fits in perfectly with trauma treatment
Debra Premashakti Alvis, PhD provides a short summary of yoga philosophy and reveals why it鈥檚 a fantastic complementary therapy for trauma survivors.
How Trauma Creates Narrow 鈥淲indows of Tolerance鈥 in Survivors
Why trauma survivors react dramatically to stimulus, and how you can help them handle stress in healthy ways
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.
EMDR: Safety and Stabilization
When and with whom do we use EMDR?
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?
Introduction to Yoga for Trauma Treatment
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, 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.
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk on Interoception & Yoga
Effective Trauma Treatment
It鈥檚 frustrating when your client gets stuck 鈥 overwhelmed by fear, shame, helplessness...Here鈥檚 one solution that鈥檚 extremely effective in moving therapy forward.
Hiding in Plain Sight: Polyvagal Theory in Contemporary Song Lyrics
Dr. Stephen Porges, the founder of Polyvagal Theory, reveals the principles of this groundbreaking theory as shown in hundreds of contemporary song lyrics.
Polyvagal Theory is a brain-body science that鈥檚 helped thousands of therapists make significant breakthroughs with clients suffering the impacts of trauma. And it鈥檚 everywhere, all around us, hiding in plain sight.