Triggers vs “Triggered”: Trauma Triggers and Modern Language Shifts
It’s normal to feel upset, anxious, or extremely uncomfortable when we encounter difficult content. Having a strong reaction to information that is generally considered troubling …
How Protest & Despair Responses Shape Adult Relationships
Although research on protest and despair has traditionally centered on the experiences of infants and young children, humans continue to respond to crisis with protest, despair, (and detachment) throughout our lives. Unlike infants, adults have years of experience that tells us that one method or the other does a better job of getting our needs met or protecting us from further harm, and over time that method becomes our patterned response.
3 Ways to Prepare for Conversations about Self-Harm & Suicide
Asking if someone is suicidal won’t give them ideas, but it may help them feel less alone. A 2014 meta-analysis (that’s a study that …
Creating a Crisis Plan: A Free Printable Worksheet for Safety Planning
The best time to do good crisis work is when you (or your client, child, partner, friend, etc) aren’t currently in crisis. Take some time …
Steps to Containing a Mental Health Crisis Printable- RO-DBT model
Traditional DBT helps develop emotion regulation and impulse control in people who struggle in these areas, but Radically Open (RO) DBT is an adaptation of …
Self Care in the Age of Working from Home
Even before the pandemic, working from home presented unique challenges to the work-life balance. During the COVID-19 pandemic, these challenges have become even more pronounced, …
Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Vicarious Trauma
In the simplest terms: burnout occurs when the stress we experience exceeds our capacity to cope with that stress. While some individuals may be able …
Even Full Siblings May Have Experienced “Different” Parents – A Dinosaur Family Illustrates
It’s not uncommon for adult siblings to hold very different opinions from one another about the personality of the parents they shared when they were …
Allostatic Load, Chronic Stress, and Burnout
Recently, my illustrations have been exploring Chronic Stress and Burnout. One way of understanding this slow process of burning out is through the concept of …
An Illustrated Resource on How to Build Relationships in a Pandemic
Can we take a moment to collectively acknowledge how hard this is right now? With everything going on, we need people more than ever, but …
Resonance | An Abstract Art Emotion Card Deck by Kate Creech | Nonverbal Therapy Resource
Shortly after completing my Mindful Grounding Activity Card deck, I had an idea for an emotion card deck, each card containing an evocative abstract …
Healthy Differentiation is the Boundary Between Individual Identity and Group Think
Healthy groups allow every member to express their individuality without that difference being seen by other group members as a threat. That’s differentiation. In a …
Free Printable Emotion Wheel For Kids | PDF Feelings Wheel Download
Last month, my patrons helped me collaborate on creating this new resource: a pizza-themed feelings wheel for kids. Via the Patreon community, Patrons got …
Ruptures, Disagreements, and Misunderstandings in Therapy
This simple illustration is meant to be a visual representation of something that can be kind of hard to understand about therapy: it’s …
Intergenerational Trauma – Illustration and Questionnaire
If you aren’t naming and breaking the cycles that have entangled you, you are participating in them. This is true in most systems we are …
How (Good) Trauma Therapy Works – A Model for Understanding Trauma Recovery
Even as someone who has studied trauma therapy for years, I often find it difficult to describe just how trauma therapy works and …
Intrusive Thought Flowchart – Illustrated Mental Health Resource
It’s not always this simple, but *sometimes* it is: shifts in how we respond to intrusive thoughts from PTSD or anxiety can shape our internal …
Phases of Disaster & Collective Trauma: Mental Health & Recovery
None of us really know what it looks like to survive and thrive beyond a global pandemic. Thankfully, past government funding for research about disaster …
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