https://youtu.be/Q8NcfgWfAnQ THERAPEUTIC ACCOUNTABILITY INTERVIEW WITH DR. KRISTEN ZALESKI, PhD, LCSW Part of ethical and competent practice is to always make sure that we’re healing in the way that we want to, that we’re making a difference. And sometimes by the nature of the therapeutic relationship, the therapist can really want to help the client and …
https://youtu.be/YOFa5BOy_l8 CHANGE BEGINS WITH SAYING YES TO LIFE :: AN INTERVIEW WITH IRIS G-THRASH, LCSW The more we participate in life, the more joy we’re going to experience, but also new opportunities are going to come our way that we would never have imagined, ’cause we work so much out of fear. WHY DO WE …
CORE ORGANIZERS + SENSORIMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY AN INTERVIEW WITH CLINICAL THERAPIST BRIAN GOLDSTEIN, MA, LMFT RETURNING TO MINDFULNESS By bringing awareness to the body, I’m going to help one, because I’m gonna notice things on somebody’s body and I’m gonna kinda comment that. First, I’m normally gonna contact the narrative, like what they’re saying, because contacting …
Polyvagal theory is a leading model for understanding the role of the nervous system in trauma. Developed in 1994, polyvagal theory explains how the vagus nerve, which connects the brain to the body, influences our emotion regulation, social connection, and fear response. The theory proposes that the vagus nerve has three branches that correspond to …
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 …
NARRATIVE THERAPY :: HOW TO REAUTHOR YOUR STORY When you think of stories, what comes to mind? Maybe you thought of a funny memory with a friend from childhood, or maybe you remember your father telling you about his childhood. Often, one thinks of stories as an account of imaginary or real people and events …
DR. MEINERS, AS STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST, WHAT ARE YOUR THERAPEUTIC STRENGTHS AT THE COLLECTIVE? “Two things, I think collaboration and curiosity are the most important things for me when it comes to my work with an individual.” – Dr. Tony Meiners, PsyD COLLABORATION I never want to assume that I know someone else’s experience. I think …
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, …
BIPOLAR DISORDER + MOOD SWINGS :: HOW CAN YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE? Some legitimate mental health disorders have become layman’s terms and thrown around to describe traits and expressions of people. Bipolar disorder is one that is often uttered when someone sees emotional mood swings in an individual. Emotional ups and downs are not the …
Join us every quarter for The Collective Connect, a mental health networking group for behavioral healthcare professionals held in Newport Beach, CA. This community gathering is hosted by The Mental Health Collective in an effort to unite Orange County’s brightest behavioral healthcare minds. THE COLLECTIVE CONNECT’S NETWORKING GROUP MEETS IN FEBRUARY! On Tuesday, May 16th, 2023 …
