Free Play Therapy Training CEUs
If you’re looking for FREE play therapy CEUs, you’ve come to the right place. This post is intended to be an ongoing list of free play therapy training. As a play therapist in training myself, I…
How to Support Your Partner’s Mental Health Goals
Do you want to know how to support your partner’s mental health goals? And how you can do it without making them feel bad when they don’t follow through? Whether your partner is suffering from depression,…
The Basic Exercise for Vagus Nerve Stimulation & Nervous System Regulation
The basic exercise, which was developed by Stanly Rosenberg, is a polyvagal exercise that helps calm the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve signals to your brain and body that you are safe and that you are…
The Difference Between Trauma, PTSD, and Complex PTSD + A Video
I’m answering the question: What is the difference between trauma, PTSD, and complex PTSD (c-PTSD)? I’m a provisionally licensed mental health practitioner in Grand Island, NE, and a certified trauma professional (CTP) offering trauma therapy throughout…
How to Bring Up Trauma With My Therapist: Live Q&A
How to bring up trauma with my therapist: I’m answering a couple of questions about trauma and trauma therapy. The first question is about how to bring up trauma to your therapist. The second question is…
Identifying Trauma Triggers: Why Feedback is Triggering
Feedback, whether positive, negative, or neutral feedback, can be incredibly triggering for survivors of childhood abuse or complex trauma. Let’s discuss why feedback can be added to the list of trauma triggers, and why different types…
What is the Connection between Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Health?
The human body is a fantastic thing. It’s capable of so much, and it can adapt to almost any situation you put it in. That being said, your body does need some care from time to…
The Importance of Practicing Gratefulness During Times of Uncertainty
In a world of flux, disease, and death, of uncertainty and suffering, it is easy to get caught up in all that is wrong with today – to focus on our differences and disagreements. We take…
How Lack of Boundaries and Dishonored Feelings Affect Your Mental and Physical Health
Now or in your past, have you ever felt as if you could not express how you feel? That your feelings were invalid or dismissed? That you were unseen or unheard? If you’ve experienced these feelings,…