Please join on Friday, September 18, 2020 from 9:30-11:00 AM for our third Friday of the month, North Suburban(ish) CEU Webinar Series. as we host Jim Scarpace, MS, LCPC, Executive Director at Gateway Foundation in Aurora, Illinois as he presents on Exploring Trauma Triggers and Their Impact on Substance Use Disorders. The is a free…
DetailsThis is a 6-hour CEU Event on Friday, October 30, 2020 from 9am-4pm About the Presentation: Chronic anxiety disorders all involve a “threat” that doesn’t occur. Panic attacks don’t kill, obsessive doubts about the stove don’t cause fires, social anxiety doesn’t lead to disgrace and isolation, worry doesn’t lead to insanity. The feared outcomes recede into…
DetailsThere is much to grieve right now in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic—lost jobs, lost patterns of daily life, and loss of loved ones, whether it be from COVID-19 or other causes. Spoken or unspoken, society has strong expectations for how you are supposed to act in the face of grief. How long…
DetailsYay! The news is saying it’s okay to be back out as restaurants and businesses reopen. Wait, no it’s not okay to be back out—there’s an upswing in COVID-19 infections. But only for certain states. Texas is closed. Montana is open. By nature, our nervous system is trained to evaluate risk and inform our decisions.…
DetailsJoin Dr. Margo Jacquot of The Juniper Center and Gen Zamling of Kadampa Meditation Center of Chicago for a conversation about the intersection of mental health and traditional Buddhist meditation. Meditation offers practical strategies to remain calm in the face of change and uncertainty, which seems to be the only constant these days. Gen Zamling has characterized…
DetailsAn exercise that’s done in Diversity & Inclusion trainings, having to do with the four dimensions of identity. (Gardenswartz & Rowe, 2003). The exercise first asks people to pick the top three dimensions they would use to describe themselves, drawing from the Diversity Wheel above. Then they are asked to list how they think others…
DetailsUsing one’s brain, nervous system and body for grounding, resourcing, connecting and getting safely into the present. As the science of bodies and brains progresses, we are seeing the use of body-based interventions as powerful adjuncts to the therapy we have been trained to practice. Using the work of Stephen Porgess, Peter Levine, Bessel van…
DetailsEMDR Therapy Now Available Virtually. Back in our cave-dwelling days, a nervous system that had a hair-trigger response to presumed danger was critical for survival. Our nervous system needed to be ready to fight, take flight or freeze in a split second. While the world and how we live in it has evolved, we…
DetailsWe are just ending week 10 of the official “stay-at-home” order in the state of Illinois and other states across the country. The initial fear and anxiety about the virus and its very real impact have melded with exhaustion and fatigue of the way we are living, and now uncertainty as to what’s next as…
DetailsThank you to everyone who has joined us every Friday over the past eight weeks to join together in community with others to learn and practice different relaxation techniques. Did you Miss Tension Tamers Live? Find a quiet place and sit back and watch the replay, for calming exercises to reset your nervous system. Below…
DetailsIf you’re feeling a little overwhelmed right now, sign up for Tension Tamers, our newsletter with tips for taming tension, self-care and links to live and recorded calming exercises to do at home.
