(RO-DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), and mindfulness practices. With a strong focus on DBT, Heather has extensive experience both teaching and facilitating DBT in a group setting, making her well-versed in addressing a wide range of mental health...
Just as Sydney Carton took the rap for Charles Darnay, some part of me managed to tell clients that my schedule will be changing, that I will no longer take their insurance, and that they may choose to continue their therapy with someone else. The changes in my life don’t make me gui...
Introduced into American culture by Tara Brach, the concept is used in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). It is a close relative of mindfulness. We pay attention to only what is happening in the present moment (mindfulness) in the presence of God (Christian mindfulness), and we accept that...
This weekend is the first of my two for my weekend-intensive course, Counseling Young Children and Adolescents. To say that it’s all fun and play-therapy games would be a total lie; lots of talk of childhood trauma, grief and abuse. As I am currently in my first year of a counseling...
But as the demands of two graduate programs combined with leftover stress from her time deployed, Stanley found herself unable to cope. "I realized my body and nervous system were constantly stuck on high," she says. She underwent therapy and started practicing yoga and mindful meditation, even...
When I’m feeling stuck or feel like one of my kids is stuck and journaling and talk therapy are not cutting it, I seek out energy work. I have a few gifted friends who have, following their own health journeys, become gifted healers. Consultations with them to clear blockages have led...
The vast majority of available data stem from investigating the effects of standard interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and similar programs. As these programs include a whole range of different exercises and activities, only some...
This suffering led me to therapy, meditation, and my healing journey. The journey never ends, our disorder can power back up if our thoughts regain power. . . Share this:. AssortedACCEPTANCE,AWARENESS,C-PTSD,Dissociation,MEDITATIONMINDFULNESSPTSD,Thoughts.2 Comments ...
preferably both medication and behaviour therapy. First-line option for medication is a psychostimulant, second-line options are atomoxetine or alpha-2 presynaptic agonists. Participants in the CAU-group will be informed that it is not allowed to participate in a mindfulness programme until the 2-...
The question of whether the reported peer connectedness was attributed to the mindfulness intervention itself, or to a non-specific group effect, is challenging to answer without the presence of an active control group (e.g., non-mindfulness group therapy) [46,47]. It is worth noting that ...