What to Do When Your Client Seems Numb or Disconnected
May 17, 2022
By Jaime Castillo, LCSW Good therapy is like peeling back the layers of an onion. We avoid too much surface-level chatter and instead want to dig deeper, getting to the… READ MORE
Tag: ptsd
The Many Masks of Trauma
May 12, 2022
By Russ Harris, author of Trauma-Focused ACT “Trauma” is the Greek word for “wound,” and “psyche” is the Latin word for “soul.” From these ancient words, we get both the… READ MORE
How Do You Handle the Crisis Phone Call?
February 8, 2022
By Kirby Reutter, PhD We’ve all had the client that makes the frantic phone call. They are suicidal, their abuser was just released, or a family member was just killed…. READ MORE
Healing Sexual Trauma
July 15, 2021
By Erika Shershun, MA, MFT, author of Healing Sexual Trauma Workbook Trauma is the result of experiencing an overwhelming event without the internal and external resources necessary to integrate that… READ MORE
Rewriting Your Hero Story
April 9, 2021
By Janina Scarlet, PhD, author of Super-Women I have always loved stories—stories about amazing heroes, knights, and warriors who went on amazing adventures, defeating evil villains and saving the day…. READ MORE
The Hidden Wounds from Adverse Childhood Experiences
January 10, 2021
By Glenn R. Schiraldi, PhD, author of The Adverse Childhood Experiences Recovery Workbook Abundant research over the last twenty years has consistently shown that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) strongly predict scores of… READ MORE
What to Do If Trauma Memories Are Destabilizing a Client
October 13, 2020
By Janina Scarlet, PhD When a client is triggered or overwhelmed, they might have a difficult time naming their experience and remaining present in the moment. The client might be feeling… READ MORE
Dark Agents, Book One: A Graphic Novel to Teach Kids and Teens about PTSD
September 23, 2020
By Janina Scarlet, PhD, author of Dark Agents, Book One Growing up, I had always longed for a sense of home. Not just a place to live, but more of… READ MORE
Stories That Heal: Self-Help Fiction as a Genre
March 9, 2020
By Janina Scarlet, author of Dark Agents, Book One: Violet and the Trial of Trauma I will never forget the day I learned that Sherlock Holmes died. I was nine. My… READ MORE
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