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This week is OCD awareness week. If you’re a therapist and you’re inspired by the clients you see who manage this condition every day, drop a comment. And don't miss Michael Alcee's recent Networker article on what it might mean to reframe the way we think about OCD. Read it here: https://bit.ly/3BOS3cA International OCD Foundation #OCDweek

[FREE] EMDR Interventions for Recent Trauma Recovery As a therapist, you know that at any moment your clients can experience horrific and life-altering events…and at this crucial moment, you can lessen the pain of trauma and reduce flashbacks, nightmares, and anxiety linked to recent traumatic events. Dr. Laurel Parnell, one of the world’s leading EMDR experts, is joining us to provide this FREE training to help YOU master actionable EMDR interventions and feel prepared to provide your traumatized clients exactly what they need when they walk in the door! Join us FREE to receive this entire training, session handouts, your opportunity to ask Dr. Parnell questions, and more! Register FREE now at https://lnkd.in/g38277Js Want CE for attending? Get this entire training, up to 3.75 CE hours, unlimited recording access, and more when you upgrade for just $49.99 (a $199.99 value)! Register at https://lnkd.in/g38277Js, then click the “Add CE” tab to upgrade now!

“On a warm day in June, the chapel is packed. There are flowers all around me. Soft music plays as guests greet each other in a reverent hush. All of this was meant for my wedding. Now it’s for a funeral instead.” Read therapist Dr. Kate Truitt’s personal experience of how excruciating loss became a hard lesson in the neuroscience of grief here: https://bit.ly/3TMaPr9

There are 168 hours in a week, and clients are usually only in therapy for one of those hours. This is why many practitioners rely on take-home therapy tools that support between-session work. What take-home therapy tool has benefited your clients most? Share in the comments!

Making friends can be especially difficult for young men, but some therapists have turned to unusual, innovative ways of tackling this problem. Read about a gamer therapist who leverages his clients’ interest in gaming to find common ground and explore the quality of their friendships here: https://bit.ly/3zwrisN

“Modern culture has forgotten what Indigenous cultures have always known: prioritizing relationships between people and with nature is essential to living a wise, meaningful life.” In our latest issue, Zach Taylor, MA LPC sits down with Dan Siegel, MD to discuss how the way we think about connection and relationships can play a pivotal role in reverse-engineering the climate crisis. Read the article now: https://bit.ly/3ZEwpl3

What would therapists put on their version of Carl Sagan’s Voyager to give aliens a peek into the inner lives of humans? Let us know what you'd choose below! Plus, explore the great beyond with Alicia Muñoz, LPC's latest article on therapy and cosmic environmentalism here: https://bit.ly/3ZoLLKF

Is there an ornitherapist in you? Explore Holly Merker's personal story of how birdwatching can help clients slow down, find beauty in the little things, and wrestle with some of life’s most difficult challenges here: https://bit.ly/3Tm4qmg

“The music was too loud for him. The lights were too bright for him. The songs that evoked wistful emotions made him visibly sad. The cheerful songs made him bouncy. People sitting in the row ahead of us began to turn around. My familiar train of thought was leaving the station: Here we go again. We can’t do what other families can do. What’s wrong with us?” Read Reimagining Love with Dr. Alexandra Solomon's article on the couple who changed her here: https://bit.ly/4dSjMHx

The OB fumbles the sonography wand a bit as she hunts for a heartbeat. We’re 14 weeks pregnant. We’ve never made it this far; heartbeats have always stopped by week nine. “There’s your little boy!” squeals Sadie. She’s over a thousand miles away in a small midwestern town, carrying the most precious cargo imaginable: our child. Read therapist Jennie Dickson-Mills’ article on the surrogacy partnership here: https://bit.ly/4cXa6dC