Are you a social worker or other mental health provider who would like to create your own website? Are you also rather new to the world of social media? If yes, you are likely to find the e-book Internet Marketing for Therapists Made Easy by Cathy Hanville, LCSW, very helpful. This e-book covers the following topics: Website design […]
How to Practice Self-Care
Self-Care – You know that it is good for you but how do you get there, if you have no time, energy or idea of where to begin? Some of you may be familiar with my post on self-care for social workers and other mental health professionals but today’s post is for everyone, regardless of what profession you are […]
The Secrets to Increasing Your Willpower
Do you wish that you had more willpower to do (or not do) certain things? This post will provide you with some helpful guidance on how you can build up your willpower (or information on how you may assist your clients to increase theirs). It will be based upon learnings that Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D. has […]
Can Emotional Stress Cause Pain? [5 of 5]
Have you heard of Integral Somatic Psychotherapy? This final post of the “Can Emotional Stress Cause Pain?” series will be providing you with the Integral Somatic Psychotherapy (ISP) approach to addressing chronic pain. It is based upon the presentation that Dr. Raja Selvam, PhD gave at the When Stress Causes Pain: Innovative Treatments for Psychophysiologic Disorders conference. For those of you […]
Repair and Resilience in the Trans-Generational Transmission of Trauma
This weekend, I had the opportunity to attend The Wounds of History: Repair and Resilience in the Trans-Generational Transmission of Trauma conference that was sponsored by the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, The Psychoanalytic Society of the Postdoctoral Program, and the NYU-GSAS Trauma and Violence Transdisciplinary Studies Program. The speakers were expert trauma-related mental health professionals (a […]
