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 …
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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 …
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 …
Shortly after completing my Mindful Grounding Activity Card deck, I had an idea for a deck of visual emotion cards, each card containing an evocative …
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 …
Even as someone who has studied trauma therapy for years, I often find it difficult to describe just how trauma therapy works and …
Instead of questioning (“how could you?”) or punishing (“how dare you!”) look for the entry point for empathy (“oh, of course you…”) When someone – …
Most of us are more than a little concerned about the mental health of the kiddos that we care about during this pandemic. The natural …
Perfect for parents, teachers, and those in the mental health field, this simple card game is designed to be a fun and engaging way to …
Demonstrating our trustworthiness builds relational bridges that self-advertisement cannot. If you sense that your friend, partner, child, client, etc. feels hesitant to trust you, let …
Why Mindfulness? In a culture where life is often lived digitally, mindfulness matters. While our brains are increasingly adept at sensing fake news or deciphering …
Get a free PDF copy of this art: Social media can be a dark, divisive place sometimes. On the other end of the …
Kids who grow up in families where emotional needs are not validated and met often develop a deep sense of internal shame for having needs …
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. …
All of us probably know someone (or have been someone) who thought about (or even openly talked about) how we “need therapy” and “should …
This is a continuously updated post about prompts for art groups and craft activities for expressive-therapy and art therapy oriented groups. To the best of my …