What is childhood trauma, and how does it affect us as adults? Traumatic events are adverse, cause emotional pain, and overwhelm the person, so they’re unable to cope. Children derive meaning from the things they experience. They use this to create internal maps of the world and the people around them. When most of these…
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is an excellent form of treatment for social anxiety. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for social anxiety is talk therapy that helps you to identify and change negative thought patterns into more positive ones. What is Social Anxiety? Most people feel nervous in some social situations. Things like meeting someone for the first…
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Sex is a natural, healthy part of life, and so is thinking about it. But it may be a sign of compulsive sexual behavior if you think about sex or perform sex acts so frequently that it becomes overwhelming or negatively affects your life. What is Compulsive Sexual Behavior? Compulsive sexual behavior (also known as…
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Diet culture has a stronghold in the media and your daily life, whether you notice it or not. While it may seem like there has been an emergence in diet trends for the last decade (likely due to our constant connection to marketing, social media, etc), diet trends have been around for much longer! For…
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Trauma-informed care follows five principles that guide how treatment systems and their providers work to lower the chance of re-traumatizing the clients under their supervision. It’s easy to generalize and apply these five core principles across the various service settings that any treatment center or practitioner provides. What is a Trauma-Informed Care Approach? You might…
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For those grappling with substance use, staying sober is an everyday fight. Learning the signs of an impending relapse is critical in avoiding it. Potential triggers will always happen. Those in recovery need to understand how to manage relapse warning signs to make recovery maintenance possible. What Does it Mean to Relapse? When bad things…
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From our earliest beginnings, human beings have sought deeper truth and meaning. It started first in connection to the forces of nature, then in the hearts and souls of the people, to more recently in science, and more specifically the brain. This workshop will explore the heart brain connection and its importance in resolution of…
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From our earliest beginnings, human beings have sought deeper truth and meaning. It started first in connection to the forces of nature, then in the hearts and souls of the people, to more recently in science, and more specifically the brain. This workshop will explore the heart brain connection and its importance in resolution of…
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Functional alcoholism can be tricky – first to recognize and then to navigate. The reality of alcoholism can be very different from person to person. An individual struggling with alcohol use disorder may not show characteristic signs such as drinking excessively or being visibly under the influence too often. Many people who abuse alcohol lead…
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Attachment Trauma and Sex Addiction with Matt Wenger, LPC Friday, June 4 | 11am-1pm Central The therapeutic community is growing to understand how trauma can lead to sex addiction. But does the type of trauma change the nature of the addiction or the treatment? By focusing in on Attachment Trauma and simplifying complex narratives we can bring insight to clients around how their addiction formed, how it is specifically…
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