Individual Counselling – Depression and Anxiety
Michael Yapko: Depression Is Contagious
- Dr Yapko – Author of Depression is Contagious
- Beyond biology and look at relationships and social side of depression
- Worldwide spread of depression, must address social element
- Skills that people can learn to manage and prevent depression
- Research shows that education and knowledge increase your chances of recovery
Individual Counselling – Eating Disorders / Disordered Eating
Books I recommend on eating disorders:
Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too by Jenni Schaefer
It’s Not about the Food: A Woman’s Guide to Making Peace with Food and Our Bodies By Esther Kane
Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery by Lindsey Hall & Leigh Cohn
Individual Counselling – Sexual Abuse and Trauma
Peter Levine – Post traumatic Stress and Bound Energy
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- In this video, he talks about how trauma creates bound energy
- If we release this energy gradually, within a safe environment, we can then re-access life energy we have been missing out on
- He uses a slinky to demonstrate this
Babette Rothschild – Safe Treatment of Trauma
- In this video she shows how a therapist can help slowly release the pressure a trauma victim is under
- She puts on the brakes when the client gets too stressed
- She uses a bottle of coke to demonstrate this
Bill O’Hanlon – Post-Traumatic Success
- In this video he talks about how to get some benefit out of traumatic experiences
- Three strategies based on research and clinical experience
Bill O’Hanlon – Four Ways to Get Over Trauma
- In this video, he talks about trauma – that people can recover and it doesn’t have to take years
- Three main symptoms of trauma
- Four strategies in recovery
Belleruth Naparstek – PTSD – Episode 1
- In this video, she talks about guided imagery technique for trauma victims
- Research on data about trauma
- Book called Invisible Heroes
EMDR – Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
- In this video is a description of what EMDR is and some information about the research behind it
- Created a distance between you and the trauma
Bill O’Hanlon – “From Post Traumatic Stress to Post Traumatic Success”
- His website has some great videos and lists his books
- Bill O’Hanlon is a mentor of mine
- I trained with him in a workshop “From Post Traumatic Stress to Post Traumatic Success” dealing with trauma and sexual abuse
Babette Rothschild – Making Trauma Therapy Safe
- World famous trauma therapist
- I trained with her and liked her approach
- She has some great ideas on making trauma therapy safe for the client
- Relationship between client and therapist is crucial
- Clients may need therapist to put on the brakes, work on things a little bit at a time
- Therapists don’t have to dig out every memory
- www.8keys.webs.com
- This website goes with the book 8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery
Allan Wade – Resistance to Oppression
www.yaletownfamilytherapy.com/index.php
- Worked extensively with trauma mostly in the aboriginal communities on Vancouver Island
- Allan developed a new way of looking at and working with people with post traumatic stress disorder
- Believes that wherever there is oppression there is resistance on the part of the victim, whether that is internal thoughts or external action
- Asks questions of the clients to bring out those stories of resistance and uses these to build a new sense of internal strength and power
Dr. Scott Miller – Client-Therapist Relationship is Key
www.centerforclinicalexcellence.com
- Dr. Scott Miller is a mentor of mine.
- Co-authored a book called Escape from Babel
- His research shows that the strength of the relationship between the client and therapist is what leads to success in therapy
- When a client feels heard and validated, that is what makes the difference
Couples Counselling
John Gottman – 4 things that Destroy Marriages
- John Gottman describes the results of his decades of research on couples
- Lays out what they have found to be the 4 things that destroy marriages, he calls them “The 4 horsemen”
Susan Johnson – EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy)
- In this video, she talks about the experience of connection
- She uses the metaphor of “tango” to explore how people relate to each other, and how to become responsive to your partner
- The biology of intimacy
- www.iceeft.com/home.htm
- High success rate in helping couples
- Specialises in couple and family therapy
- Books solidly grounded in research and practice
- She founded The International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) in 1998
- the home for research and training related to EFT
- John Gottman called Susan Johnson the best couples therapist in the world
Bill O’Hanlon – Relationship Tips
- A great resource on relationships by a renowned therapist
Info on Divorce
- This website has a lot of information on divorce and the laws around it
Family Counselling & Parent-Teen Conflict
Mary Pipher – Teen Girls
- This video is called “Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls”
- Cultural influences on American girls
- The place of peers and media within the life of young women
Dr. Robert Brooks – The Role of Adults in Helping Struggling Children
- Research shows that an adult who believes in a struggling child can make a difference in a child’s life
Safe Teen International – Canada
- This website is teen friendly and offers pre-teen and teen coaching as well as support for adults
Emotionally Focused Family Therapy 101
- Talks about this type of therapy which research has shown to be highly effective for family
- Talks about making secure bonds between family members
Dr. Richard Falzone – Adolescence
- In this video he describes the developmental tasks of adolescence
- This can give parents a context and help to decide what is normal and what is worrisome behaviour