Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma by Staci Haines is a guide for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to reclaim healthy sexuality. Ms. Haines teaches readers how to identify triggers and work through them experientially so that they have the sex life they want. As a somatic practitioner, she works from the belief that trauma memories are stored in the body so by engaging the body in healing, those memories can be reprocessed and worked through.
Summary: When I first asked other therapists about their favorite planners, the Erin Condren Lifeplanner came up again and again. It is a complete planning system that is designed with room for creativity. So I was thrilled when they...
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Review of Anxiety, Worry, OCD & Panic Attacks: The Definitive Recovery Approach by Lauren Callaghan & Adam Shaw
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Summary: You Are Not Crazy is a collection of letters written by a therapist to his clients. This book offers both a glimpse into the therapy office and words of wisdom to people who are struggling. The letters are organized into...
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No Worries is a book of activities for kids and young teens who struggle with anxiety. It uses art, activities and visual exercises to teach coping skills that can be helpful for working through worry.
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Injured Reserve: A Black Man’s Playbook to Manage Being Sidelined by Mental Illness by Rwenshaun Miller Summary: Injured Reserve is part memoir part resource guide. Rwenshaun Miller tells the story of his struggle with bi-polar and...
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I’m pretty sure I have seen discussions about the best planners for therapists in every single counselor group I’m in over the last few weeks. Some of those discussions have been surprisingly heated. It would seem that...
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20 Days to Better Relationships is designed to take readers on a journey to better relationships. It is divided into two parts. The first section includes daily readings on different relationship challenge and skills. Each reading ends...
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Summary: Outliers: The Story of Success is not your typical analysis of successful people. Gladwell explores the contexts that allow some people to become immensely successful. He looks at how race, country of origin, and even birth...
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