Emotion Sensation Feeling Wheel Handout by Lindsay Braman
[CLICK TO JUMP TO DOWNLOAD ] The Emotion Sensation Feeling Wheel WHAT IS IT: It’s an adaptation of the “feelings wheel” that many therapists and …
Psychotherapy
Therapy Takes Time – A Doodle on How Long it Typically Takes for Therapy to Work
Culturally, we are doing a really good job of normalizing the use of therapy and medication, but I wonder sometimes if we underemphasize the fact …
How to Journal Therapy Appointments – Journal Template
Writing long-hand about my own experience in therapy helps me continue to develop self-awareness and integrate my emotional/sensory experience with my thinking-brain. Recently, I’ve been …
A Flowchart for Getting to Sleep – A Playful take on Sleep Hygiene
A flowchart for getting to sleep. We all know how elusive sleep can be, but quality sleep is essential for physical and mental health. When …
Therapy Is Hard
Therapy is hard work. It’s ok if a therapy session leaves you sad, shaken up, or exhausted. If, however, you find therapy sessions pushing you …
Red Flags for Early Stage Schizophrenia- An Infographic
Schizophrenia is among the most debilitating mental health disorders- so much so that there is still a lot of stigma around the diagnosis. The problem …
Ghost Attachment Styles
Attachment styles illustrated as ghosts. To learn more about attachment styles and how the way we tend to relate to others can be plotted on …
How We Give Language to Traumatic Events Changes How We Heal
For a while now, the terminology of both “victim” and “survivor” has sat uneasily with me. Both terms center the traumatic experience as part of …
No One Gets to Decide for Us What A Good Life Is
There are lots of voices shaping our idea of a “Good Life,” but freedom comes when we take ownership of that narrative and choose- with …
Body Trust and Food Security – Intuitive Eating Doodle Series
Intuitive Eating is an approach to eating that can help heal the relationship between food and our bodies, and to help end the diet/weight-cycling cycle. …
How to Start Therapy (When You’re Anxious About Starting Therapy)
First, know that we therapists get it. Starting therapy is hard for everyone and if you have specific therapy-related anxieties it’s super hard. If meeting …
Emotions Exist in the Body
When the answer to “What am I feeling?” is “I don’t know,” change the question to “What do I notice about my body right now?” …
How to Respond to Self-Harm – A Resource for Parents, Teachers, and Friends
Some research shows that between 7% and 47% of teens self-harm, although the number of teens engaging in deliberate self-injury is, by some researcher estimates, …