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Strategies to Help Mothers Cope with Postpartum Anxiety, Rage and Burnout

The difficult side of becoming a new mom that isn’t always acknowledged and ways to help support.

Caitlin Slavens, BAACS, MC, RPsych, Chelsea Bodie, BSc., MACP, RPsych

Perinatal symptoms can often be difficult for new moms to talk about. Caitlyn Slavens and Chelsea Bodie share signs and symptoms of common struggles that occur during the postpartum period and compassionate strategies to help mothers cope.

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Helping Clients Deal with Infertility Through Affirmations

Free download from Not Your Mother’s Postpartum Book

Caitlin Slavens, BAACS, MC, RPsych, Chelsea Bodie, BSc., MACP, RPsych

Summary: Caitlin Slavens and Chelsea Bodie help parents dealing with the emotional pains of infertility with these FREE affirmation exercises. Their highly-anticipated Not Your Mother’s Postpartum Book is available now!

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9 Easy Practices to Boost Energy and Get Out of a Funk

Free Download from the Undepressed Deck

Brian Leaf, MA

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.

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Using a Somatic Approach for BIPOC Clients

A simple and effective mindfulness exercise with Dr. Chinwé Williams, PhD

Chinwé Williams

In this video, Dr. Williams invites you to practice a mindfulness exercise to use with your BIPOC clients to help them in the process of learning deeper self-awareness, how to regulate their nervous system, and manage their anxiety before it spirals from tolerable to overwhelming.

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Help Clients Reduce Anxiety Through Mindfulness

Free infographic to help reduce your clients' anxiety and engage with the present moment

PESI Team

Help your clients commit to using their senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell to channel their thoughts in a purposeful direction with this downloadable exercise.

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The 3 R's of Anxiety Management for Children

Actionable skills and strategies to help students struggling with anxiety

Steve P. O'Brien, PsyD

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.

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Anxiety in Schools in a Post-Pandemic World

Strategies to effectively treat anxiety in a school setting

Ashley Rose, LCSW, LSSW

Anxiety especially is at an all-time high and appears to be affecting larger percentages of the population. Ashley Rose, LCSW, LSSW, shares classroom-based strategies to treat anxiety and help children heal in a post-pandemic world.

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Leslie's Avocado Chocolate Moodshake Recipe

A recipe to help boost your energy and mood

Leslie Korn, Ph.D., MPH, LMHC

The combination of avocado, coconut, and chocolate makes for a refreshing afternoon drink if your energy and mood start to drop.

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Helping Clients See the Good: 5 FREE Gratitude Exercises to Use in Session

Here are 5 free gratitude exercises to use in your sessions this season.

PESI Team

PESI Publishing provides these FREE exercise downloads to help clients of all ages remember what they are grateful for, even in the darkest of times.

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Ask a Therapist: Parenting through the Chaos of Today’s World

Katie Hurley, LCSW

The tumultuous landscape of the current world is causing anxiety and confusion even in the minds of our tweens and teens, and child and adolescent psychotherapist Katie Hurley is here to present some much-needed relief.

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