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How to Use CPR for the Amygdala in Your Practice
Use this FREE worksheet to help clients decrease emotional reactivity and stress
Dr. Kate Truitt, author of Healing in Your Hands, explains the four fundamental steps of the CPR for the Amygdala® protocol and how it can help your clients show up for themselves in a loving, proactive way.
Quick Practices for Recovering from Trauma – Anytime, Anywhere!
Free exercises to help clients with traumatic events
International trauma expert Janina Fisher offers up FREE practices from the Living Legacy of Trauma Card Deck to help clients suffering from all forms of trauma.
A Clinician’s Guide to Incorporating Mindfulness into Your Walk and Talk Session
Deepen the interactions between you and your clients outdoors
Jen Udler, author of Walk and Talk Therapy, shares mindfulness exercises you can use with your clients outdoors to bring the calming presence of nature into every therapy session.
Be a Better Therapist with Deliberate Practice
Micro-adjustments, fine-tuning, and feedback are keys to moving toward mastery
While books and trainings can help in a limited fashion, experts who study peak performance conclude that focusing on deep learning is a much better way to develop and master skills.
When Positive Affirmations Become Weapons
Helping clients to challenge negative self-talk with their own values
Positive affirmations are a popular tool for battling negative self-talk, but they can be weaponized and misused. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes acknowledging negative thoughts and focusing on taking action in line with one's values rather than trying to suppress negative thoughts with positive affirmations. By intentionally using positive affirmations, and not weaponizing them, clients can find relief from negative self-talk and pursue their values instead.
9 Easy Practices to Boost Energy and Get Out of a Funk
Free Download from the Undepressed Deck
If depression is weighing you down, this inspiring new card deck by seasoned author and mindfulness expert Brian Leaf can help lift you out of your rut.
Implementing a Trauma-Informed Affirming Practice for Autistic Clients
Empower your autistic clients with these trauma-informed best practices
Watch Laura Sibbald, MA, CCC-SLP, ASDCS, CYMHS, share how to support your autistic clients in their ability to make a decision about what to do or what to say in a given scenario and move them toward independence and self-determination.
The 3 R's of Anxiety Management for Children
Actionable skills and strategies to help students struggling with anxiety
Anxiety expert Dr. Steve O’Brien shares the 3 R’s of Anxiety Management, including a handful of actionable skills and strategies to help students struggling with anxiety and help create a learning-conducive environment for all your students.
EMDR for Kids: How to Playfully Integrate Into Your Practice
Free EMDR worksheets for kids
When Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW, began working with young kids, she quickly realized that traditional therapy was often not enough to fully unravel the trauma and pain these little ones were carrying, so she set out to create EMDR resources to help.
Practicing the Art of Reflective Listening
Dr. Kate Truitt provides a step-by-step strategy (and FREE worksheet!) to teach clients the art of reflective listening
Our clients may hear other people, but are they really listening? Dr. Kate Truitt provides a step-by-step strategy (and FREE worksheet!) to teach clients the art of truly getting to the bottom of what others are saying—reflective listening.