Trauma Mindfulness is the careful use of present-moment awareness, sensory orientation, and nonjudgmental observation within trauma-informed treatment. It is not simply asking a client to close their eyes, breathe deeply,
Dissociation can appear in therapy as a client losing track of the conversation, feeling unreal, becoming suddenly distant, reporting gaps in memory, or describing the room as dreamlike. These experiences
Trauma education can strengthen clinical judgment, support safer treatment planning, and help therapists respond when a client’s presentation exceeds what graduate school covered. It can also become an expensive collection
Trauma Recovery rarely follows a clean sequence of stabilization, processing, and closure. Clients may improve in one area while becoming more distressed in another. An intervention that helps one person
Social Media can help therapists educate the public, build referral networks, and make mental health information easier to access. It can also expose client relationships, blur professional roles, invite unplanned
Clinical Documentation is not a transcript, a memory test, or a legal shield. It is a professional record that should help an authorized reader understand what service occurred, why it
Find out how to choose the right continuing education (CE) trainings to advance your mental health career, meet requirements, and improve client care. Introduction With endless CE opportunities available, how
Explore the hippocampus’s role in trauma. Learn how therapy helps integrate fragmented memories and restore narrative coherence. Introduction The hippocampus, critical for memory integration, is profoundly affected by trauma. Neuroimaging
Learn how Polyvagal Theory applies to therapy. Discover strategies to help clients regulate their nervous system and foster connection. Introduction Developed by Stephen Porges, Polyvagal Theory explains how the vagus