How EMDR Works with PTSD and Trauma
May 15, 2023
By Megan Boardman, LCSW, ACADC, CCTP-II, EMDR-C, author of The EMDR Workbook for Trauma & PTSD Your past experiences shape your brain’s many memory networks and teach you how to… READ MORE
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Imagery Rescripting: The Best Therapy Skill You Haven’t Heard of…Yet
May 1, 2023
By Richard Brouillette, LCSW, author of Your Coping Skills Aren’t Working If you’re struggling with intrusive disturbing images coming into your head, either from a phobia, or anxiety, or post-traumatic… READ MORE
Safety Behaviors Don’t Always Get in the Way of Exposure Therapy (But They Usually Do)
By Brian L. Thompson, PhD, coauthor of ACT-Informed Exposure for Anxiety Safety behaviors are behaviors people engage in to prevent or minimize either something bad happening or to manage their… READ MORE
African American Mental Health Treatment Stigma: How ACT Can Help
February 27, 2023
By Jennifer Shepard Payne, PhD, LCSW, author of Out of the Fire Some may be surprised to realize (and others not so much) that many epidemiology and prevalence studies show… READ MORE
Signs of Intergenerational Trauma
February 21, 2023
By Támara Hill, LPC, author of The Racial Trauma Handbook for Teens Do you believe you or your family have experienced racial and/or family intergenerational trauma? Sadly, I can attest… READ MORE
When a Client’s Trauma is Perpetuated by “The System”
January 9, 2023
By Jennifer Shepard Payne, PhD, LCSW, author of Out of the Fire I do research and see adult clients at a center that specializes in trauma. As I have developed… READ MORE
How to Deal with Angry Clients with PTSD or C-PTSD
December 27, 2022
By Tamara McClintock Greenberg, PsyD Angry clients are common for those of us who see people with trauma histories. Although anger is included in the criteria of post-traumatic stress disorder… READ MORE
Why Hyperarousal After Trauma Is So Common
November 14, 2022
By Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, author of Traumatic Stress Recovery Workbook Traumatic experiences frequently result in “one trial learning,” meaning that a single event, or experience, can alter brain structure and/or… READ MORE
When Clients Seem Numb and Disconnected
November 8, 2022
By Tamara McClintock Greenberg, PsyD It’s a conundrum as old as the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Treatments start off well; there seems to be a solid connection, but… READ MORE
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