The Shattered Vase: Transforming Trauma

Help your clients to understand that they can move forward from trauma to a new beautiful and meaningful way of living, even after they’ve been traumatized.

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Why Saying “No” is a Sign of Progress in Therapy

As an educator and clinician, I spend a lot of time teaching beginning and seasoned therapists how to do “trauma informed” therapy.  This includes taking the time to build a safe...

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Be Afraid and Do It Anyway

Discover how to help your clients understand that their fear is not connected to a current reality. It’s connected to the past, and the capacity in their present life can...

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Healing Without an Abuser’s Apology

Lisa explains how it is possible for someone who has endured a trauma to heal and move forward in life, even if the abuser doesn’t take responsibility and apologize.

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What’s Right About Your Clients

Lisa helps you to explore how your client has been able to survive, transcend, and thrive beyond their trauma and how it impacts their course of therapy.

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Six Ways to Take Care of “YOU” on Valentine’s Day

Whether you grew up in a dysfunctional family or specific culture that taught you to put your needs and feelings to the side, or you’ve been caught up in complicated...

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Moving Beyond ‘Why’ When Trauma and Abuse Happens

Lisa addresses the question of why the trauma or abuse happened, and how you can respond to clients with answers that will bring back a sense of control into their...

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The Meaning Clients Attach to Trauma

As a way to help your clients move through and beyond their trauma and pain, Lisa explores her favorite mantra, “Experience is not what happens to us. It’s what we...

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Mental Health Professionals: The Grass Isn’t Greener on the Other Side

  I’ve just returned from a wonderful stay in London and Ireland, having had the opportunity to train mental health professionals who were eager to learn and absorb “trauma informed” theory...

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Getting Through the Holidays: Part 2
Reaching Out for Support

Many people relate to the fact that the holidays are a stressful time because of a perceived “obligation” to spend extended visits with family members who may be dysfunctional or...

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