Tag Archives: Connection

Mindful Monday: Believe

It’s Monday again. How about taking a mindful pause and engaging with this quote through the 5-step mindfulness practice? We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of … Continue reading

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#TBT: 7 Things You Can Do Right Now To Start Feeling Better

It’s Thursday, and that means time to revisit a post from the past. For this Throwback Thursday (#TBT) I decided to share with you some coping skills for immediate distress relief. You can read the original, from May 5, 2009, … Continue reading

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What Comes After Connection?

This then becomes the work of therapy: connecting in the service of developing and internalizing these capacities. Continue reading

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Treating Trauma: Endings and Beginnings

As of July 2011, Treating Trauma will be relocating to Tucson, Arizona. Continue reading

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Talking vs. Processing in Trauma Therapy

What is the difference between talking about trauma memories and processing them? Continue reading

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