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Exploring Collective Trauma Programs: A Comprehensive Approach

Grief Therapy, Sarah Douglas, LMFT, Trauma / The Collective

Exploring Collective Trauma Programs: A Comprehensive Approach WRITTEN BY: SARAH DOUGLAS, LMFT In recent years, our understanding of trauma has evolved significantly, especially when examining its impact on both individuals and communities. Addressing collective trauma requires a specialized approach that goes beyond individual therapy sessions. Trauma happens in relationships and is also healed in relationships, […]

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IDENTIFYING TRAUMA VS GRIEF

Grief Therapy, Sarah Douglas, LMFT, Trauma / The Collective

https://youtu.be/H2gfC348QUA IDENTIFYING TRAUMA VS GRIEF INTERVIEW WITH SARAH DOUGLAS, LMFT :: TRAUMA PROGRAM MANAGER HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY TRAUMA? We’re always at the beginning asking what somebody’s subjective unit of distress is related to the target that we are working on. And what I tell people is to recognize the difference between trauma and grief

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BRAIN CHEMISTRY + HEARTBREAK

Grief Therapy / The Collective

BRAIN CHEMISTRY + HEARTBREAK :: INTERVIEW WITH IRIS G-THRASH, LCSW WHAT ARE THE GOOD BRAIN CHEMICALS? So when we are connected, when we are bonded with somebody, all the good chemicals get released. So for example, the chemicals that make us feel happy, the serotonin gets released, the chemicals that makes us feel attracted to

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THE IMPACT OF GRIEF

Dr. Dawn Joosten-Hagye, Grief Therapy, Trauma / The Collective

THE IMPACT OF GRIEF Written by: Dr. Dawn Joosten-Hagye, PhD, LCSW, GC-C Loss, a universal experience, involves adjustment and adaptation to changes and transitions that arise throughout each person’s life course. Such adaptations and adjustments occur most often when individuals experience either normative developmental losses or non-normative losses that may be unexpected, anticipated, ambiguous, complicated,

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CPT FOR TRAUMA TREATMENT

Grief Therapy, Trauma / The Collective

We can conceptualize post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a tug-of-war between intrusions and avoidance. Intrusions are things like nightmares, flashbacks and thoughts that arise in relation to past trauma(s). AVOIDING TRAUMA There is also a component of avoidance. This can be avoidance of talking about trauma, thinking about it or simply avoiding anything that

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THROUGH SURVIVAL, WE ARE ALL RESILIENT INDIVIDUALS

Grief Therapy, Iris G-Thrash, LCSW, Trauma / The Collective

How do we heal and move forward after loss, tragedy, and trauma? Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Iris G-Thrash, believes through survival we are all resilient individuals. Iris discusses the need to tap into protective factors in order to engage with our resilience even in the most trying times. https://youtu.be/czUCLc7YTCg THROUGH SURVIVAL, WE ARE ALL RESILIENT

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CONTINUING BONDS THROUGH GRIEF THERAPY

Dr. Dawn Joosten-Hagye, Grief Therapy, Trauma / The Collective

Grief therapist, Dr. Dawn Joosten-Hagye, PhD, LCSW, MSW, GC-C, explains the need for “continuing bonds” after the loss of a loved one. In moments of death, Dr. Joosten-Hagye states, “That relationship doesn’t end, it continues in a modified form”. Click into her recent interview below to learn more. https://youtu.be/D8Bur7L_M6E BIO: Dr. Dawn Joosten-Hagye, PhD, LCSW,

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