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After Trauma, Four Skills to Come Home to Your Body
Originally posted March 27, 2018. Sarah was the witness of an accident where a car struck and instantly killed two pedestrians. She had...


Craniosacral is Your Body Talking
Originally posted February 27, 2018. People ask me to explain craniosacral to them all the time. Craniosacral is your body talking to you...


EMDR: Tapping in for Self Healing a Broken Heart
Originally posted January 23, 2018. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a well researched therapy used to treat...


DBT Skill: Learn to Distract Yourself from Negative Thoughts, Behaviors, Feelings
Updated February 2022 A definition and overview of DBT’s Distress Tolerance can be found here. So, the basic foundation of DBT is to...


Urban Legend: Suicide Is More Frequent During the Holidays
Originally posted December 7, 2017. You are Not Alone. You Are Not to Blame. With Help, You Will Feel Better Dr. Susan Giurleo deserves...


EMDR, PTSD, Neuroplasticity and “Limbic System Therapy”
Originally posted October 30, 2017. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based therapy used to treat...


Book Review: We Were Gonna Have a Baby, but We Had an Angel Instead by Pat Schwiebert
Originally posted October 16, 2017. Helping Children Cope When the Family Has Infant Loss A pregnancy loss is a primal, deep loss. And...


About mindfulness and emotional healing
Updated August, 2021 Goodness, if mindfulness was a drug, there would be ads everywhere about its effectiveness! And it’s free and...
5 Delicious Vegan Sources of Protein
Originally posted August 1, 2017. For you to be considered healthy, you have to eat 0.8 grams of protein for every kilogram of your body...


DBT: Wise Mind -Walk the Middle Way
Updated March 20220 Cultivate Wise Mind Wise Mind is a foundational DBT skill. The last post was about the DBT foundational skill of...


May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Depression, Prevalence, Stigma
Originally posted May 9, 2017. May is Mental Health Awareness Month! As of 2017, the World Health Organization lists depression as the...


Holistic Sleep: CBT-I is a Natural Treatment for Insomnia
Originally posted May 2, 2017. Can insomnia be treated without medication? Are you having trouble sleeping? Are you so tired that it’s ...


Medications, pregnancy and breastfeeding
Originally posted April 10, 2017. Did you know that 99% of women who stop breastfeeding due to medications can actually continue? As a...


Sexual Assault and the Politics of Power
For centuries, survivors of sexual assault weren’t able to speak out. They were shamed and perversely, blamed.


Re-opening my private practice in Wayne, NJ
Originally posted March 20, 2017. I’m announcing the grand re-opening of my private psychotherapy practice. I’ll be returning to my...


Radical Acceptance encompasses acceptance and change
Radical Acceptance is acceptance of the reality of lie, that we cannot eliminate pain from our lives.


Talking to your child about infant loss
Originally posted January 8, 2017. Infant Loss is a Family Event The death of a baby is a deep loss. Parents who have lost a baby to ...


What Causes Pregnancy Loss?
Originally posted January 3, 2017. Overview of Pregnancy Loss You have recently experienced a pregnancy loss. You have many questions...


#StopSuicide & DBT Distress Tolerance Skills Overview
#STOPSUICIDE Here is a general overview about DBT and who DBT can help. This post will discuss Distress Tolerance skills. First, lets...


What is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) ?
DBT can help you manage your emotions and achieve better mental health
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