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flat lay image of the kids' emotion sensation feeling wheel by Lindsay Braman.

Parenting | Resources for Mental Health Professionals

Emotion Sensation Wheel for Kids by Lindsay Braman

April 28, 2025May 13, 2025

A sample mailer from dopamine mail.

Uncategorized

Dopamine Mail: A Mail Club to get Joy in your Mailbox

December 12, 2024December 13, 2024

Image depicting when a therapist can legally break confidentiality with a client.

About Therapy

8 Reasons Therapists Have to Break Confidentiality

November 4, 2024November 4, 2024

About Therapy

Protected: Patron Exclusive Zine: “Now What: A Tiny Guide to Integration”

April 10, 2024April 10, 2024

Image of a vibrant, multi-layered rainbow that has clouds on each end, one light grey and the other dark grey. The background of the image is two-toned: light blue on the left side and dark blue on the right side. Beneath the rainbow is written, "Window of Tolerance and Addictive Behavior." The rainbow has text written in various spots, showing where on the rainbow a person may fall in their window of tolerance. The top/center of the rainbow is labeled, "Able to cope, grow, listen, and learn." On the left side of the rainbow, the labels continue down the curve: "Feeling great!" "Maybe 'too' good." "Overwhelmed by the positive emotion." "Feelings of doubt or unworthiness *or* overconfidence." The last label sits right above the grey cloud at the bottom and reads, "Relapse." On the right side of the rainbow, the labels continue down the curve: "This is mildly uncomfortable." "Ok, this feeling really sucks." "Overwhelmed coping skills." "Feeling out of control." The last label sits right above the grey cloud at the bottom and reads, "Relapse." Image created by Lindsay Braman.

Psychology Art

Window of Tolerance and Addictive Behavior Rainbow

November 2, 2023January 23, 2024

Image is an illustration of an origami paper airplane on a blue background with stars and has text that reads, "Trauma impacts survivors in the past, present, and future." Illustration created by Lindsay Braman.

Trauma

Trauma Origami: How Trauma Impacts Our Sense of Time

October 26, 2023January 23, 2024

illustrated diagram of the brain

Worksheets

Learning About the Brain: A Brain Worksheet PDF Resource

October 19, 2023January 21, 2025

complex post traumatic stress disorder symptom wheel

Resources for Mental Health Professionals

The C-PTSD Symptom Wheel

October 5, 2023January 20, 2024

illustration of two roses with the text cutting someone off versus setting hard boundaries

Relationships

Going No Contact with Parents: How to Be Estranged

September 21, 2023January 10, 2024

This is an image of a flowchart titled “Anxiety - Choose Your Own Adventure.” The flowchart is hand-drawn and has a yellow background. The flowchart has multiple decision points and paths, with each decision point represented by a speech bubble. The flowchart starts with a white box that has a yellow striped border and reads, “Start Here.” This is pointing to a box that says, “Uh-Oh! Anxiety Increases.” If you ignore the increase, you can choose to ignore by disassociating or neglecting it, but you’ll end up at the same point: “You’re still anxious but have secondary problems,” and you’ll be sent back to the start. If you decide to pay attention to the increased anxiety, you get to a flowchart point that says, “Good call! How?” If you choose to be mean instead of kind, you may have a shame spiral or self-contempt, making you feel worse and spending you back to the start. If you choose to be kind, you can choose to seek care and connection/movement/journaling, and it may help lead to self-care, or you can choose self-care directly. Will it be with others or solo? If solo, you can pet a dog, garden, or make art. If you do it with someone, you can talk, move together, or hug. Either way, your anxiety may improve! The flowchart is credited to @lindsaybraman.

Worksheets

Anxiety Worksheet: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure

August 30, 2023January 18, 2024

black and gray pencil scribbles to visualize anxiety drawing

Psychology Art

Anxiety Drawing: Visual Insights into the Anxious Mind

August 28, 2023August 29, 2023

infographic highlighting 8 ways to cope when your therapist goes on vacation.

Resources for Mental Health Professionals

7 Ways to Cope When Your Therapist Is On Vacation

July 26, 2023February 5, 2024

A mockup of a download about fantasy and imagination.

Psychology Art

Escaping Fantasy to Engage Imagination: The Role of Play in Mental Health

July 12, 2023January 19, 2024

A paper zine about drama bonding.

Relationships

A Beginner’s Guide to Drama Bonding

July 5, 2023January 18, 2024

PDF Download of sketchnote of Episode 109 from Adam Young's Podcast "The Place We Find Ourselves"

Family

Anxiety, Bodies, and Family of Origin – The Place We Find Ourselves Podcast Sketchnote

June 1, 2023January 18, 2024

A therapist-designed activity book created to help kids process COVID-19 and thrive beyond quarantine

Parenting | Pandemic Mental Health | Worksheets

COVID Kid’s Activity Book | A Workbook to Help Families Cope

November 15, 2021January 11, 2024

Image Description: An image of two women walking through a puddle, one is trying to avoid a big puddle unprepared and scared while the other confidently steps into a shallower puddle. The first person is labeled -coping with trauma triggers before treatment- and the second is labeled -after treatment-.

About Therapy | Trauma

How Good Therapy Works to Reduce Trauma Triggers

September 20, 2021January 19, 2024