I believe in the importance of continued education, learning, & growth. Often times, when Therapists attend trainings, they focus on particular topics that align with their specialities, patient needs, and interests. Knowing the current and past learning of your Therapist can help you to gather information about them and their lens of practice. Here is a review of some of my trainings & areas of interests!

Books

• Currently Reading: The New Marriage Clinic: A Scientifically Based Marital Therapy Updated by John Gottman, Ph.D. & Julie Schwartz Gottman

• Up Next: You are the One You’ve Been Waiting For: Applying Internal Family Systems to Intimate Relationships by Richard Schwartz, The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate, MD, & The Origin of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love by Vienna Pharaon

• Building a Life Worth Living: A Memior by Marsha Linehan

• (fiction) The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer (addresses grief, isolation, & loneliness)

• Tastes like War: A Memoir by Grace M. Cho

• Empty by Susan Burton (addresses eating disorders)

• (fiction) American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (addresses immigration & trauma)

• The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction & the Truth about Recovery by David Poses

• Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

• Sometimes Therapy is Awkward by Nicole Arzt

• No Cure for Being Human: & Other Truths I Need to Hear by Kate Bowler (addresses medical condition/cancer impacts on life)

• What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

• What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, & Healing by Bruce Perry

• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson

• Trauma & the 12 Steps: An Inclusive Guide to Enhancing Recovery by Jamie Marich

• Group: How One Therapist & a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate

• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

• Good Morning Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

Current Renewal Cycle Learning Topics

• Currently Completing: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Certification: Practical Clinical Applications for Trauma, Comorbidities, Addiction, & More

• Up Next: Transforming Trauma with Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy

• Ethics in Couples Therapy: What you need to know

• Polyvagal Theory: Pathways to Stillness

• Transcending Trauma: Treating Complex PTSD with IFS

• Utilizing Concepts of Seeking Safety & Post-Traumatic Stress Index in Tandem to Enhance Healing

• Got Empathy? Wrong Question

• Four Foundational Principals of Ethics: Justice, Autonomy, Non-Maleficence & Beneficence

• A Model for Integrating Addiction Treatment & Growth Therapy in Pursuit of a Sober Identity

• Smart Strategies to Work with Clients using Telemental Health

• The Role of Anger Management Treatment in Relapse Prevention

Previous Renewal Cycle Learning Topics

• Trauma Informed Biofeedback

• Tools for your Behavioral Health Toolbox: Suicide Prevention, Trauma, Ethics

• Tools for your Behavioral Health Toolbox: Recognizing & Responding to Behavioral Addictions: Conceptualization, Assessment, Treatment, & Ethical Considerations

• Rebuilding Shattered Lives: Traumatic Loss & COVID Grief Recovery

• The Core Competencies of Trauma, PTSD, Grief, & Loss

• Evidence Based Trauma Treatment & Interventions

• Healing Trauma & Addiction

• QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Program