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Weight, Food, and Shame in the Age of Ozempic
Treating clients who are considering weight loss drugs involves understanding their lived experiences with food and weight, counteracting stigma, and acknowledging the failures of diet culture. Informed consent and compassion are vital in navigating this complex issue.
Demystifying Dysregulation: Navigating Your Autonomic States
Recognizing the autonomic nervous system (ANS) states enhances emotional intelligence, improves relationships, and helps manage stress effectively. Annie Chen, LMFT, shares how to tune into your autonomic states, reset your body to calm, improve communication, and rediscover yourself.
Help Clients Heal their Relationship with Food and Body Shame
Free worksheet to help clients understand the how the diet cycle affects their mental health
Experts Judith Matz, LCSW, ACSW, Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, CCTP-II and Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS, explain how the to support your clients in dieting for weight loss, body shame and mental health through trauma-informed strategies.
Autism Evaluations and the Need for Neurodiversity-Affirming Care
The autism diagnostic criteria often overlook the individual's experience, leading to misdiagnosis and exclusion. Shifting to a neurodiversity-affirming approach acknowledges diverse experiences, improving support. "A Clinician’s Guide to Supporting Autistic Clients" offers practical steps for clinicians to provide better care to neurodivergent clients.
The Rainbow of Grief and Healing: Leveraging the Brain’s Power for Post-Loss Growth
Dr. Kate Truitt provides a colorful therapeutic tool for clients grieving the loss of a loved one—using memories of the departed so they can carry the positive forward.
Free Grief Summit to Help Clients Make Meaning After Loss
Get the knowledge, skills and confidence to appropriately tailor clinical interventions from Dr. Kate Truitt to the unique needs of each client’s grief experience.
Navigating the Unresolved: Transforming Grief by Addressing Unfulfilled Hopes and Lingering Regrets
When someone we love dies, they take their expectations, wishes, and hopes with them, and this leaves a heavy weight on grieving clients. Learn to lighten their journey with this healing exercise from grief expert Dr. Kate Truitt.
How Can You Use the Principles of Therapy to Further Your Anti-Racism Journey?
Effective anti-racist allyship goes beyond a trendy label or vague aspiration. It requires that you embody one of the core principles from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT): You must do what works, even when it is uncomfortable or unpleasant. In these difficult moments, the DEAR ALLY skill can help you embody the qualities of true allyship and encourage you to persevere along your anti-racism journey.
3 Tips for Introducing Kids to Therapy Using the A.C.E. Approach
Therapist and author, Andrea Dorn, MSW, LISW-CP shares her top 3 tips on how to introduce kids to therapy using the A.C.E. approach. Plus, a read-a-long of her new and highly acclaimed children's book, ‘Welcome to Therapy: A Mindful Introduction to Counseling for Kids.’
Yes, It’s Uncomfortable to Call Out Racism, and Yes, You Can Do It Anyway
Calling out racism in practice can feel overwhelming. You might feel afraid that you’ll say the wrong thing or damage your relationships. The CALL OUT skill takes the guess work out of the practice, allowing you to challenge racism in interpersonal contexts intentionally, clearly, and with an increased sense of self-efficacy. It also supports and validates BIPOC by letting them know you bear witness to the racism they experience.