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 […]
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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
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VIRTUAL DATING + MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH DR. NIZAMI, WHAT ARE THE OBSTACLES OF VIRTUAL DATING IN TODAY’S WORLD? Something that we’re facing in the dating world right now is just that extra layer of virtual community and meeting a partner online or through texting or an app, which is really new. It’s modern dating, it’s
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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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PRIDE MONTH :: THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE Pride Month is a time to celebrate the diversity and resilience of the LGBTQ+ community. It is also a time to raise awareness and advocate for the mental health and well-being of LGBTQ+ people, who face higher rates of stigma, discrimination, and violence than
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
FAMILIES + INVALIDATING ENVIRONMENTS WITH DR. DORIT SABERI, PhD I start by saying that inadvertently we all create invalidating environments for our family members. And the example is in the idea of fixing, but also that there isn’t always a fit, especially for individuals who come in with some biological predisposition that is then met
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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
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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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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
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