Resilience in the Face of Israel’s War: Strategies for Managing Vicarious Trauma

This week I was asked to speak at a local synagogue to offer community members strategies to help them navigate the vicarious trauma they’ve been experiencing from the war in...

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The Power of Unity: How Helping Others Restores the Human Spirit in War

I write this with a very heavy heart. What is happening in Israel right now is another holocaust. It’s impossible for any human being to process or understand the brutal,...

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Breaking the Silence: Recognizing and Healing Coercive Control in Relationships

Coercive control is a hidden pattern of controlling and manipulative behaviors that strips away an individual's freedom and autonomy in a relationship.

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Art Therapy as an Integrative Approach to Trauma Recovery

Discover how Peggy Kolodny's unique journey led to a groundbreaking approach blending creative interventions with trauma theories in art therapy.

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Making the Case for the Complex PTSD Diagnosis

When clients witness or directly experience events that are subjectively traumatic or life threatening and they are unable to process, metabolize, or heal those experiences, they are likely to develop symptoms associated with PTSD.

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The Transformative Power of Post Traumatic Growth

A Podcast with Lisa Ferentz and Ginny Priem Lisa and Ginny delve into the different facets of post-traumatic growth including re-accessing personal strengths, a belief in new possibilities, and a...

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Understanding the Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence and Coercive Control

Approximately 1 in 4 adult women and 1 in 7 adult men report having experienced severe physical violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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The Power of Secure Attachment

Last week, Levi, my beautiful 18-month-old grandson had eye surgery. It was a great success, and he recovered incredibly well. I had the privilege of helping my son and daughter-in-law...

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Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors

Lisa discusses her workbook “Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors,” and how mental health clinicians can use it to offer clients ways to communicate the pain they experience, and short circuit...

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It Makes Sense Given Where You’ve Come From

Why it makes sense that trauma survivors engage in destructive behaviors after they’ve experienced their trauma. And how depathalogizing and normalizing their behaviors can help.

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