If clients don’t feel safe in session, therapy is useless. How do we connect with someone who’s so panicked they’re struggling to breathe? Or so shutdown they can barely raise their head? Polyvagal ...

Final farewells over FaceTime, drive-by burials, Zoom funerals... The pandemic has forced us to mourn loved ones in an unnatural and numbing way: alone. Without contact and comfort from others ...

We've all had clients we don't feel like we're connecting with... maybe we haven't engaged successfully with them or we feel like we're not moving together toward change... The therapeutic ...

We’re experiencing a historic rise in traumatic stress and grief, and with it, addictions of all kinds. And the link between trauma and addictions becomes clearer every day. If you work with trauma ...

As treating professionals, it’s no wonder we lie awake at night trying to figure out how to help our young clients. From increased depression, anxiety, worry, and trauma symptoms to fear related to ...

Underlying trauma makes treating any client more complicated — especially for children and teens, society is quick to label as "disruptive" or "out of control." Without help, those kids can start ...

Do you ever wish you knew the secret to help your clients bounce back from life’s toughest roadblocks, wounds, and obstacles? With over 40 million Americans suffering from an anxiety disorder, 25 ...

“There’s no point in living anymore...” “Everyone would be better off if I weren’t around...” “The pain is just too much, I can’t handle it...” These are some of the thoughts repeating in the minds of ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has robbed us, and our clients, from the ability to connect in our usual ways. As Bessel van der Kolk shares in his New York Times #1 bestselling book The Body Keeps the Score, ...

Are you feeling burned out from your work as a professional caregiver? As internationally recognized trauma treatment leader Eric Gentry, Ph.D., LMHC, explains, "There is no way to do professional ...

Over the past several years, our field's leading trauma experts have shown us how crucial it is for clinicians to work through the body to achieve full trauma relief. But for many therapists, somatic ...

End this program with an elite Certificate in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy from the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT). Register for this online ...