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3 Questions to Help Clients Interrupt the Depression-Rumination Loop

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3 Questions to Help Clients Interrupt the Depression-Rumination Loop

Clients who ruminate often think of it as a helpful problem-solving tool – that if they dwell on a problem long enough, they’ll gain new insight into how to fix it.   But as we know, rumination can keep clients stuck in cycles of depression and self-doubt.   So, in the video below, Christine Padesky, PhD […]

Can Self-Care Be a Form of Protest? – with Eboni Webb, PsyD

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Can Self-Care Be a Form of Protest?

For many people of color, the fight for racial justice and equality is a lifelong struggle . . . . . . but the effort required to constantly work toward social change can easily consume a person – especially when they continue to witness traumatic acts of injustice. So in the video below, Eboni Webb, […]

An Exercise for Working with Hypoarousal – with Eboni Webb, PsyD

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An Exercise for Working with Hypoaroused Clients

There are times when a client may get triggered and overwhelmed in the middle of difficult trauma work. For some clients this can look like anger, irritability, a rapid heart rate, and other signs of hyperarousal. But for other clients, you might see them become less and less responsive as their arousal drops. And this […]

Bessel van der Kolk, MD, On Trauma-Induced Shame

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Trauma can leave clients with deep, debilitating feelings of shame. And for clients who experienced trauma in early childhood, those feelings may have shaped their self-narrative for years. So in the video below, Bessel van der Kolk, MD shares how he approaches trauma-induced shame that stems from childhood trauma. Have a look.      […]

Enhancing Trauma Therapy with Compassion – with Dennis Tirch, PhD

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Enhancing Trauma Therapy with Compassion

Sharing a traumatic memory can be a challenging and painful part of therapy for clients. It’s a time when we have to be particularly alert for signs that the client is getting either too hypo- or hyperaroused to safely continue. But compassion-based approaches increase a client’s capacity to revisit traumatic memories and explore difficult sensations. […]

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