Having effective tools to help clients heal from trauma is essential. One tool that I use frequently is inner child work or maybe you have heard it termed re-parenting work. This type of work with a trauma survivor can be Read more…
Helping an individual client heal from trauma can be intense work, but add the dynamics of an intimate partner relationship in the mix and it can become even more intense. Couples work specifically focused on the impact of of trauma Read more…
Parenting is a tough job. As a mother, I take my role seriously and often wonder if I am doing it right and if my son will be okay. I couldn’t imagine him having significant trauma that even further complicates Read more…
What’s Self-Care Got To Do With It? It is easy to look over this topic or to say, “I have already heard this in graduate school”. “Yeah, yeah…self-care I know already”, but I caution you to not be so quick Read more…
Helping Your Client Get Unstuck It is easy to get lost in the day to day concerns of our client and eventually feel as if the client is not progressing in his or her treatment, but there is something way Read more…
Pacing in Trauma Treatment Constantly checking in with our clients regarding where they are in the treatment process is crucial. Some trauma clients can become easily overwhelmed in treatment. They may present as more anxious and agitated or depressed and Read more…
No better time than the present time to shake it up a little bit on the vlog. We are halfway through 2019 and starting next week I will be sharing a sneak peek into trauma treatment. I hope this series Read more…
First things first, let’s first talk about attachment. What is attachment? In the 1970’s, founders of the term, “attachment theory,” Dr. John Bowlby and Dr. Mary Annisworht referred to it as the way we learn to have relationships between the Read more…
I am sure I am not the only one that has this question from time to time. I sometimes wonder if what I am doing is working…is this making a true difference in my client’s life? Am I alone in Read more…
Feeling isolated and/or lonely as a mental health professional is common. Think about it…we can’t really talk about what we do and if we are in private practice, we could be the only other professional in our office. Not to Read more…