From Lab Bench to Bedside: Translating Trauma Research into Innovative Treatments
We now have a growing foundation of brain-wise, multisensory data on how trauma impacts both mind and body. But progress has been slow when it comes to... Read more
Making the Invisible Visible: Addressing Power, Privilege, and Oppression in Trauma-Informed Practices
Global Trauma Project (GTP), based in Kenya, supports local changemakers around the world to strengthen trauma-informed programming that is accessible... Read more
Written Exposure Therapy (WET) for PTSD: A Brief Evidence-Based Treatment for Reduced Dropouts and Improved Outcomes in Fewer Sessions
5 sessions or less. That might be all you have to make a difference in the lives of many clients. Between the anguish of verbalizing the details of their... Read more
Relearning Parenthood
When Children Reach Adulthood, What Then?When our kids no longer need us to be problem solvers, what do we become? Read more
The Anthropocene Dilemma
Can We Save Ourselves from Ecological Despair?It’s a truism that climate change has become an existential crisis. Can a new book by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist help mitigate ecological despair? Read more
Casting a Wider Therapeutic Net
Dr. Joy on Therapy for Black GirlsThe founder of a rapidly growing online community helps young Black women candidly discuss and destigmatize mental health issues. Read more
Evoking the Inner Artist: May/June 2021
How to Replace Discomfort with CreativityVulnerability, doubt, fear, and uncertainty—feelings most people try to avoid—are essential to cultivating creativity. Read more
Gender-Affirmative Therapy for Kids
What Parents Need to KnowSupporting transgender children doesn’t always mean rushing toward medical intervention. Read more
Psychedelic Therapy and Racial Trauma
Offering Clients a Deeper Experience of HealingCan psychedelic therapy offer a faster, deeper way to heal the intergenerational effects of racial injustice? Read more
Loving Ourselves Into Safety
Resilience and Strength in Perilous TimesA cancer diagnosis, while devastating, can be a powerful teacher. Through the fear and anxiety, we can discover how to reliably calm ourselves and ask for... Read more
2-Day: Anxiety Certification Course
Advances in neuroscience have provided a roadmap for the brain that shows us the key to working with anxious minds. But knowing how to interpret the complex... Read more
Transcending Trauma
Hope and light are on the horizon to help clients overcome the challenges of healing and releasing the pain of relational trauma. The highly acclaimed... Read more
2-Day: Anxiety Certification Course
Advances in neuroscience have provided a roadmap for the brain that shows us the key to working with anxious minds. But knowing how to interpret the complex... Read more
Hip Hop Therapy
The Healing Power of Giving Kids the MicThe process of creating beats and lyrics is rooted in therapeutic practices. At one South Bronx high school, a school social worker has traded the therapy room... Read more
Courts of Dignity
Replacing Punishment with CompassionA movement to integrate trauma-informed care into our justice system aims to decriminalize mental illness and address a foundational cause of mass... Read more
Therapeutic Skills in the Workplace
Confronting Racial WoundsJust like families, coworkers often need help talking honestly and listening deeply, especially when it comes to issues around diversity, equity, and... Read more
The Use of Mind-Altering Substances: MDMA, Psilocybin, and Marijuana for Treating PTSD and other Mental Distress
For the first time in over four decades, researchers are returning to examining the therapeutic benefits of mind-altering substances, including MDMA (ecstasy)... Read more
Shock and Terror: Tracking (Down) Their Persistent Clinical Effects Through Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR)
This recording offers participants an opportunity to understand the key role of deep midbrain systems in traumatic experiences which have clinical... Read more
Trauma-Informed Responses to Racial Injustice: Interventions for Immigrant, Diverse or Vulnerable Populations
Do these racially-charged times leave you and your clients asking: Am I safe? Do I belong? Is your heightened sensitivity toward the racially-charged social... Read more
Trauma-Informed Responses to Racial Injustice: Interventions for Immigrant, Diverse or Vulnerable Populations
Do these racially-charged times leave you and your clients asking: Am I safe? Do I belong? Is your heightened sensitivity toward the racially-charged social... Read more
Access for All
Tackling Therapy’s Biggest ChallengeDenise is slumped in her chair, declaring that she’s not a believer in therapy. A middle-aged, Indigenous, transgender woman, she’s heard too many... Read more
Community Wisdom
Walking in Balance with Indigenous CulturesNan LittleWalker never formally signed up to be one of my teachers. In fact, I first met her as one of my colleague’s patients. Several years ago, during... Read more
Working in Syrian Refugee Communities in Jordan: Community Mental Health for Conflict Survivors
This recording will discuss the unique challenges of community mental health work in contexts of stigma, conflict, and continued injustice. The recording will... Read more
Virtual Reality (VR) for Anxiety and Phobia Treatment: A How To Guide to Using VR for More Practical, Rapid and Effective Exposure Therapy
Exposure is a vital component of treating anxiety and phobias so clients can face their fears and take control of their lives. But no matter how much you try... Read more
Virtual Reality (VR) for Anxiety and Phobia Treatment: A How To Guide to Using VR for More Practical, Rapid and Effective Exposure Therapy
Exposure is a vital component of treating anxiety and phobias so clients can face their fears and take control of their lives. But no matter how much you try... Read more
2-Day Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy for Children and Adolescents Course
Most therapeutic models with set agendas do not work with children, especially when they are not ready to tell their story because of behavioural challenges... Read more
2 Day Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy for Children and Adolescents Course
Most therapeutic models with set agendas do not work with children, especially when they are not ready to tell their story because of behavioural challenges... Read more
The New Face of Anxiety: Treating Anxiety Disorders in the Age of Texting, Social Media and 24/7 Internet Access
Texting rather than talking. Gathering “likes” and followers. Making friends via a gaming console. Unrelenting 24/7 news cycles. Ready or not, the... Read more
The New Face of Anxiety: Treating Anxiety Disorders in the Age of Texting, Social Media and 24/7 Internet Access
Texting rather than talking. Gathering “likes” and followers. Making friends via a gaming console. Unrelenting 24/7 news cycles. Ready or not, the... Read more
Co-Occurring Disorders
A must-have clinical resource that should have a place on every clinicians’ shelf - now in a fully revised and updated second edition! Dr. Charles... Read more