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Here at Сòòò½ÊÓƵ, our mission is to provide professionals like you with FREE practical and valuable tools, strategies,
and resources to assist with the great work you do. Find expert tips, helpful worksheets, demonstration videos, CE, news,
and more here. Happy learning!
What is Medical Trauma?
Definition & special considerations from a medical trauma expert
The impacts of medical trauma are as broad as they are misunderstood. Medical trauma expert Dr. Sacha McBain provides an overview of how a medical crisis can lead to a unique presentation of PTSD.
Excavating Hard Things
Free trauma-informed play therapy intervention
When a child is experiencing the intrusive or avoidance symptoms of PTSD, building a coherent narrative becomes essential to treatment. Paris Goodyear-Brown, MSSW, LCSW, RPT-S, demonstrates an exercise designed to help children verbalize their big emotions.
Understanding Clients Through the Lens of Attachment
Free therapeutic tool to discover your clients' attachment history
By truly understanding your client through the lens of attachment, you'll deepen your awareness of who they really are. Download free worksheets to help you understand your clients at the level needed for lasting change!
10 Ways to Improve Mood with Food
Integrative strategies to reduce trauma symptomatology
Dr. Leslie Korn believes that nutritional therapy is the most important missing piece in trauma treatment today. In this blog, she shares 10 lifestyle changes that will help clients improve their mood... and the symptoms of their trauma.
Сòòò½ÊÓƵ Celebrates Children’s Book Day!: Top 5 Books for Children’s Social-Emotional Learning
Children’s books can do so much more than entertain young readers! Check out Сòòò½ÊÓƵ’s top picks for International Children’s Book Day with these five incredible titles.
Looking on the Bright Side: Using Optimism to Create Happiness
Help kids practice optimism with a FREE worksheet download
Kids will inevitably be faced with challenging moments. Help them harness the power of an optimistic mindset with free resources from Сòòò½ÊÓƵ author Maureen Healy.
Havening for Kids: 2 Powerful Stress-Busting Tools
Advice and video demonstration from Dr. Kate Truitt
Whether they're experiencing hyperarousal or hypoarousal, kids often need the help of a caregiver to return to a more calm, alert state. Dr. Kate Truitt shares two simple but effective techniques to help kids cope with stress and stay regulated.
Top 10 Titles for International Happiness Day
To celebrate International Day of Happiness, Сòòò½ÊÓƵ Publishing has collected 10 resources for clinicians and clients to make life-changing steps towards finding happiness.
Sleep & Mental Health
Discover how non-medication interventions can improve treatment outcomes
Without addressing your clients' sleep issues, your treatment plans for mental health issues will likely be less effective. Discover the essential questions to ask your clients, as well as the steps you can take to help them achieve a better night's rest.
5 Tips to Prevent & Minimize the Impact of Bullying
Expert advice from therapists, moms, and children's book authors
Сòòò½ÊÓƵ authors Christina Furnival and Andrea Dorn share their five strategies to help children develop social-emotional skills, recognize unhealthy friendships, and set boundaries with their peers.