Acceptance of self Acceptance and Self-Compassion             The Mindfulness Response noted that others often feel embarrassed and...

Receiving special messages from TV shows, movies, and song lyrics is an idea that suggests these messages can have a profound impact on a...

Kim discussed receiving special messages, which explained how some people cannot distinguish between what is real and what is not. Kim...

Thoughts During many group sessions, participants stated they knew many skills but could not change their attitude. We learned to...

Breathing Techniques Breathing Techniques             Find a comfortable place to practice breathing techniques. Notice where you hold...

Grounding Skills             There are many types of grounding skills. Grounding skills use mental activities, physical body awareness,...

Mood and Symptom Tracker Start Day___________ Month ______________Year ____________________ Use a rating scale of 0 -10, with 10 being...

Skills to Reduce Distress   Open Communication with Providers             Being honest with ourselves about symptoms and not pretending...

Blog 1 14 2025   PTSD Triggers                      Triggers can bring about strong emotions, thoughts, and actions.  What are yours? ...

Privacy Circles & Boundaries             Lazarus (1981) wrote about multimodal therapy and developed privacy circles. This concept...

The Mindfulness Response and Change To break out of a negative pattern of behavior, or after a relapse, we need to re-examine what we...

Negative thoughts come from more than one place. We cannot change the past, but we can change our reaction to it. This is where hearing...

Visualize what you want in your future What is something that you would like to have in your life? Find a picture or an object that...

Transforming Shame and Guilt Identify the issue or situation             To recognize this situation with thoughts, images, sensations,...

Reality Check with Grief and Loss and Depression Recognize the reality of the situation. Accept the reality, for what it is. Write down...

Kubler-Ross and the Five Stages of Grief and Loss             Grief and loss have stages associated with them. Kubler-Ross (1969)...

Bipolar Disorder             Bipolar Disorder contains both manic and depressive episodes. There are different types of Bipolar Disorder,...

Participants who experienced trauma in their past talked about triggers. The group discussed triggers from the five senses, where a...