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Tools for Resilience: How Somatic Experiencing Transforms Trauma Treatment
World-leading somatic therapy expert Abi Blakeslee shares an in-depth introduction to Somatic Experiencing® (SE), highlighting its science-backed techniques for addressing trauma through the body. Plus, tools you can use right away in the therapy room.
Assessing the Timing of Trauma Treatment and SUDs Treatment
Learn from Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) expert Paul Brasler, LCSW, , CAIP, when therapists should begin trauma treatment for individuals with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs).
How Historical Trauma Can Affect Your Clients
Lisa Connors, PhD, LCPC, LPC, NCC explains the 3 phases of historical trauma, how it can affect your current clients, and how it can affect successive generations.
Peter Levine’s Secret to Releasing Trauma from the Body
It's time to rethink trauma by looking to the body's memory of the event, not the mind's interpretation of the story. In this exclusive video, Peter Levine, PhD, demonstrates an exercise for releasing trauma from the body during an actual session with a combat veteran.
Understanding the Complex Relationship Between Trauma and Narcissistic Abuse
Renowned experts Dr. Ramani Durvasula and Dr. Kate Truitt share the latest in neuroscience to pinpoint healing opportunities for your clients and share steps you can use to help clients recover from trauma and build a path toward self-empowerment, and so much more.
Trauma-Informed Strategies for Disordered Eating
There's a significant overlap between trauma and eating disorder. Lori Kucharski, PhD, LMFT-S, LPC, CEDS-S, answers questions and presents actionable, trauma-informed strategies to help your clients suffering from disordered eating behaviors in this Ask Me Anything video.
Navigating Trauma Recovery: A Comparative Analysis of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Free infographic to educate your clients on the differences between Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Although both strategies aim to assist individuals in recovering from trauma, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) each provide distinct routes towards healing and resolution. This printable resource will help your clients understand the distinctive approaches to trauma treatment to better understand a path forward.
How to Incorporate the Power of Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery
Dr. Arielle Schwartz, author of the newly released Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery Flip Chart, shares how to incorporate the principles of polyvagal theory, affective neuroscience, and trauma-informed care into your therapy office.
What is Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)?
Learn about its effectiveness and benefits in helping clients navigate their trauma recovery journey
Explore the core principles and techniques of CPT as well as its efficacy and benefits, specifically for clinicians as they guide their clients on a transformative trauma recovery journey.
Befriending the Body in Trauma Recovery
FREE worksheet from The Embodied Healing Workbook
Trauma certainly alters the mind, but it also affects the physical body. Psychologist and yoga therapist Catherine Cook-Cottone provides a free exercise from The Embodied Healing Workbook to begin reconnecting—and recommitting—to your body.