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Trauma recovery is as much about healing the body as it is the mind. Yet, so often, the focus of healing involves¿retelling the story of the past¿without addressing the physiological imbalances that trauma leaves in its wake. Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery¿bridges this path of healing between the psyche and the body by walking you through the sacred practice of yoga so you can release the burdens of trauma from your body and mind. Grounded within the principles of polyvagal theory, affective neuroscience, and trauma-informed care, this book will help you gain a better understanding of how our brains and bodies respond to stress and trauma and offer a self-led healing journey toward feeling more empowered, grounded, clearheaded, inspired, and at ease. With her innately compassionate and gentle guidance, Dr. Arielle Schwartz introduces you to the power of the yogic philosophy and offers a variety of accessible yoga poses and breathing practices that will allow you to: Nourish your nervous system Reconnect with your body Ground yourself in the present moment Release unresolved patterns of fight, flight, freeze, or faint Widen your ability to tolerate emotional discomfort Develop a felt sense of resilience Anchor yourself in self-love Reclaim connection with and trust in your body Create a personalized yoga practice for your own self-care

Sometimes the key to feeling better is knowing where to tap. Rooted within energy psychology, tapping is a mind-body technique used to treat a range of psychological, interpersonal, and physical health problems, from chronic pain and traumatic stress to athletic performance and addictive cravings. Written by Dr. Fred Gallo, a foremost pioneer and energy psychology innovator, The Tapping Toolbox is the perfect primer for anyone looking to learn more about the philosophy and research behind tapping, as well as how to apply this simple, yet powerful, technique to resolve their most difficult problems. Written in a conversational and accessible manner, this toolbox offers: Step-by-step tapping protocols with an illustrative transcript detailing each step Tapping sequences using emotional freedom techniques, thought field therapy, and the midline technique Practical exercises to use in tandem with tapping Strategies for overcoming treatment barriers, including stabilization, continuous tapping, and layering Detailed case examples for treating various diagnoses, including PTSD, depression, anxiety, and chronic pain And more! With The Tapping Toolbox, the power to resolve emotional distress and connect to your innate health and wisdom lies at the tips of your fingers.

When it comes to working with dysregulated children, sometimes the biggest behaviors come in the smallest containers. From tantrums and defiance to self-injury and withdrawal, even the most skilled professionals find themselves focused on extinguishing the troubling behavior rather than stepping back to ask: What is the underlying emotional need? In Big Behaviors in Small Containers, you'll find 131 practical, fun, and ready-to-use play therapy interventions that shift the paradigm around problematic behaviors to allow for therapeutic growth and healing. Based on TraumaPlay®, a treatment approach that prioritizes attachment, co-regulation, and the science of the stress response system, the interventions inside will help kids: ¿ Develop a sense of safety and security ¿ Expand their window of tolerance ¿ Cope adaptively with anger, anxiety, and other strong emotions ¿ Enhance their emotional literacy ¿ Strengthen social skills and self-esteem ¿ Challenge and overcome unhelpful thoughts ¿ Develop a coherent narrative around trauma and other difficult experiences ¿ And more! Whether you're a therapist, teacher, doctor, caregiver, or trusted grown-up in a child's life, the tools inside will allow you to become the co-regulating, nurturing, and consistent presence that your "small container" needs to remain grounded in the face of stress, big feelings, and difficult situations.

A must-have clinical resource that should have a place on every clinicians' shelf - now in a fully revised and updated second edition! Dr. Charles Atkins, board-certified psychiatrist, addictions specialist, and clinical trainer, brings the latest on effective treatment and recovery with Co-Occurring Disorders: A Whole-Person Approach to the Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use and Mental Disorders (2nd edition). Written in his signature straightforward style and packed with accessible clinical tools, it serves as a navigation guide through the complexities of co-occurring disorders, providing clarity where many clinicians find themselves stuck. This book is a must-have resource for the rubber-meets-the-road clinician, as well as the educators who train them. Now in its second edition, it covers: · The latest research on health and wellness interventions· New comprehensive case studies· Tools from evidence-based treatment models, including:o Motivational interviewingo Cognitive-behavioral strategieso Skills trainingo Mutual self-help & peer-based interventionso Mindfulness trainingo Recovery based strategieso Family interventionso Assertive community treatment and targeted case managemento Psychopharmacology including opioid and nicotine replacement strategies

As young adults strive to create their own identities, they need to learn how to express themselves in meaningful ways, form relationships, adjust to changing situations, and persevere in the face of challenges. When this transition to adulthood is coupled with mental health issues, it becomes even more important for individuals to have strategies they can use to tackle life's major hurdles and regain control. In The CBT Toolbox for Young Adults, you'll find 170 solution-focused exercises and activities to help this critical age group build greater independence, harness their unique strengths, and learn healthy ways to adapt to their changing worlds. Grounded within a cognitive behavioral approach, the easily reproducible and ready-to-use tools inside will allow clients to: ¿ Build resiliency ¿ Manage their moods ¿ Communicate effectively ¿ Set boundaries ¿ Reframe faulty thoughts ¿ Express empathy ¿ Self-advocate ¿ Develop healthy work habits ¿ Enhance time management and budgeting skills ¿ Set and achieve realistic goals ¿ Thrive as they enter adulthood

Virtual care is the new normal. Are you prepared? In this comprehensive guide, therapist and certified telemental health trainer Joni Gilbertson discusses the entire virtual treatment process, from intake to termination (and beyond).

Psychopharmacology is the go-to desk reference for professionals who want to expand their knowledge of pharmacology.

This workbook will give you proven tools and techniques to help your clients overcome the debilitating negative thought patterns and feelings of never being good-enough that often result from core shame.

Unlock your client's innate capacity for resilience, compassion, and creativityFrom Daniel J. Siegel, MD, and Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, the bestselling authors of The Whole-Brain Child, No-Drama Discipline, and The Power of Showing Up, comes the latest resource for parents, clinicians, and educators to nurture the positive potential in children. Expanding upon their acclaimed book The Yes Brain, this workbook companion continues to build on the skills needed to cultivate courage and emotion regulation in kids. The Yes Brain Workbook teaches caregivers how to cultivate a mindset in their children (and themselves!) that will encourage them to approach life with a "yes" state of mind. With an interactive format that includes worksheets, activities, self-reflections, and fun illustrations, parents will learn how to: Put into practice the fundamentals of a Yes Brain - balance, resilience, insight, and empathy - and how to strengthen them in real-world scenarios Recognize when kids need a gentle push out of a comfort zone vs. needing the "cushion" of safety and familiarity Develop strategies to reduce negative behavioral and emotional states (aggression and withdrawal) and expand their child's capacity for positivityThe Yes Brain Approach Teaches: Flexibility and adaptability Sound decision making and planning Regulation of emotions and body Personal insight Empathy Morality

In this comprehensive toolbox, Dr. David Pratt shares essential cognitive and behavioral skill building activities created and honed over his 40 year career.Each worksheet and handout is accompanied by straight-forward explanations, highlighted as "Therapist Tips" to guide the clinician in presenting the material to children and adolescents in an empathic and effective style. The highly practical interventions are structured activities that are reproducible and ready-to-go for sessions.Help your young clients get the most out of therapy, and start improving the challenges in their lives with: Tools for mood management Mindfulness practices Cognitive processing and cognitive restructuring Teaching essential social skills Game plans to face and fight anxiety Managing self-harm and suicidal urges Motivation counseling and goal setting Strategies to improve parent involvement

Get Kids to Listen, Stay Focused and OrganizedDealing with problem behaviors starts at home. The Parenting Toolbox is filled with easy-to-use strategies, backed by science, to overcome challenges and strengthen parent-child interactions - one worksheet, activity and exercise at a time. Help kids cope with their stressful moments and anxious thoughts Improve social skills with siblings, friends and peers at school Reduce tantrums and meltdowns to create a more peaceful home Diminish the daily fight over screen timeThe Therapists' Secret to Changing BehaviorsCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing negative thoughts, beliefs and attitudes. Brief, targeted exercises can teach ways to recognize and replace unhealthy thoughts, improving emotions and behaviors.

Do you feel misunderstood? Do mood swings hit you quickly and intensely? Are you susceptible to getting your "buttons pushed" more often than others? Can you love your partner with all your heart and passionate intensity one moment, and hate them just as much only an hour later? Do you constantly have a nagging voice in the back of your mind telling you someone you care about is going to leave you, and that you will never be able to make it in life without them?If the answer to the majority of these questions is "yes," it is likely that you have borderline personality disorder, or BPD.But there is hope. And good news -- BPD is a highly treatable disorder.Drawing from a variety of evidence-based approaches, the Borderline Personality Disorder Toolbox is a real-world self-help workbook. Escaping generalizations and stereotypes, this complete guide is filled with practical explanations, along with over 100 worksheets and activities to improve behavior. Highlights include: Empower yourself so others can't push your buttons Tips to cope with intense feelings Retrain your brain to constructively deal with distorted thoughts Take control of your emotions before they take control of you Tools to create a happier, healthier and more productive life!

Take advantage of the latest brain research and evidence-based best practices to get kids motivated, focused, organized, and performing closer to their real potential. ADHD and executive function expert Cindy Goldrich and Special Education teacher Carly Goldrich combined efforts to create this powerful resource to help teachers and professionals understand and connect with students. These practical tools and worksheets are designed to help students become resourceful, accountable, optimistic, and perseverant. Included for easy reproduction are resources and worksheets to address issues related to: Practical, non-distracting movement Improving task initiation, planning, and time-management Strengthen emotional regulation, cognitive flexibility, and frustration tolerance Teach effective communication and collaboration skills Manage stress and anxiety in school and at home Create a Growth Mindset temperament and improve perseverance Use goal-setting techniques to improve performance and confidence

The Acceptance and Mindfulness Toolbox for Children & Adolescents gives you the resources to help the children and adolescents better manage their behaviors and emotions. After years of clinical experience using these practical, evidence-based tools with young clients, the authors have put together over 75 worksheets, activities, exercises, and scripts to engage kids and keep therapy moving forward. Every page is dedicated to helping children, adolescents, and caregivers practice acceptance, mindfulness, values and commitment to build skills and cope with: Attachment and relational issues Trauma-related problems Stress, worry and OCD Depression and sadness Hostile or antisocial behaviors Gender and sexual identity concerns Life changes and transitions Self-harm and suicidal ideation Substance abuse and impulsivity

Dealing with ADHD-related difficulties is tough, especially for young people balancing school, friends, family and thinking about their futures.Author Dr. Melissa Springstead Cahill developed the mindfulness-based ANCHORED approach, to help teens become more focused, functional and happy, and make every day struggles easier to deal with.A: Attention and AcceptanceN: Natural AwarenessC: Concentrate on PurposeH: Happy HomeworkO: Open and OrganizedR: Recognize, Relax, and ReflectE: EmotionsD: DeterminationLook inside and find: - Mindfulness exercises - Worksheets - Meditation scriptsImprove: - Executive function skills - Attention & memory - Emotions - Interpersonal relationships - Ability to cope with stress

Independence is something all teens seek. They hope and dream they will someday maximize all they can do on their own. This is no less true for teenagers with autism. Autism & Independence is a new clinical resource to help teens and young adults with autism become their own person. Focusing on a population often overlooked, autism expert Dr. Daniel Marston wrote this game-changing guide, filled with strategies and skill building exercises. Proven strategies for finding employment, using public transportation and living on their own Tools to improve self-confidence in friendships and professional relationships Interventions to overcome challenges in the workplace Coping skills for anger, frustration and sadness Over 20 assessments for counseling sessions and moving therapy forward

Boost the power of mindfulness by making it fun and entertaining for kids! Learning verbal mindfulness strategies can be difficult for children and adolescents, let alone when kids have autism, anxiety, ADHD or other emotional regulation issues. That's why play therapist and counselor, Tracy Turner-Bumberry, LPC, RPT-S, CAS, has created 75 simple, playful and on-point interventions that combines mindfulness, expressive arts and play to help kids achieve greater self-regulation, focus more and stress less. Choose from a variety of playful, mindful, and art-based interventions: Breathing Drawing Coloring Mandala Nature Multi-Media Three-Dimensional Movement Games Storytelling Puppet Sensory Improvisational

In a society that values independence, self-preservation and individualistic thinking, we are missing the key to fulfillment: Connection through Attachment. Simply, attachment is the way that we connect to each other. Without attachment, people feel alone to deal with challenges they face, which leads to distress, dysfunction and mental health disorders. It is possible to repair dysfunctional attachment, but first it is necessary to recognize attachment style, unhealthy relationship patterns, and the impact they are having. Improve your client's relationships by teaching them strategies to feel more connected, reestablish trust, and restore positive emotions. Dr. Christina Reese, a recognized attachment and trauma professional, has created a comprehensive guide that explains attachment over a lifetime, and offers trauma-informed approaches to treat attachment at any age. Clinical examples, handouts and worksheets to use with clients of all ages Recognize attachment styles Identify key symptoms of attachment difficulties and their inception Interventions that repair attachment traumas to heal stress, shame, and anxiety Techniques to help clients improve their relationships (children, parents, friends, and significant others)

"Dealing with stress, anxiety and anger are important skills to learn, but not all kids learn those strategies naturally. The Coping Skills for Kids Workbook can help teach children to calm down, balance their energy and emotions, and process challenging feelings.

Discover why play therapy works and how to use it to treat childhood mental health challenges such as: ADHD - Anxiety - Autism - Disruptive Behavior Disorders - Depression - OCD - PTSD - Trauma - Self-Esteem - Social Skills Play Therapy is filled with dozens of powerful play techniques adapted for use in individual, family, and group therapy, for schools, and at home. Inside you'll find: - Hands on Activities - Printable Worksheets - Expressive and Creative Arts - Dynamic Therapeutic Games - Puppet Play - Guided Imagery - Parent - Child Interventions - Tips for Parents & Teachers

"It's hard to fight back against anxiety, worry and depression ... and it's even harder to face and overcome those fears by yourself.

Despite any loss your client may be experiencing, you can coach them to happiness again with this new workbook from Ligia M Houben. This interactive book guides the client through The 11 Principles of Transformation, derived from CBT, positive psychology, spirituality, mindfulness and meditation.

30 techniques to change the body and the brain in ways that medications can't!The innovative and drug-free practices in this workbook guide you step-by-step to stabilize mood, improve sleep, find focus, and manage repetitive worries and rumination.Written for therapists and clients alike, learn how to recognize unique symptoms of depression and bipolar and match them with the latest advances in CBT, light and dark therapy, diet and sleep techniques, and strategies to fix out-of-sync biological clocks. This is the mood-disorder aid clients have been waiting for.Treat depression and bipolar disorder with an antidepressant lifestyle: Strategies to feel energized, lift mood and stay focused A sleep plan that doubles the effects of antidepressants Mood stabilizing interventions for morning, day and night Advanced treatment planning for insomnia Reproducible handouts, worksheets and charts