THE BLOG
A clinical framework for one of the harder calls in trauma practice — and how to know which one your case actually needs.
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Referring out a trauma client is appropriate when the case is g...
The questions that build ethical reasoning, beyond the code review.
Ethical codes give you the rules. Ethical practice is built from the questions you ask yourself when the rules go quiet. For trauma...
Why ethical codes are the floor, not the ceiling, of trauma practice — and what fills the gap.
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Ethical codes in the helping professions set minimum standards, but trauma work raises eth...
A clinical self-assessment for therapists trained in Brainspotting Phase 1 or 2 who are ready for the next stage of skill development.
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Therapists are typically ready to deepen their Bra...
Roughly one in four adults has a disability. Which means disability is not a specialty. It is one of the most common identities you will meet in your practice.
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Roughly one in four adult...
A reframe for trauma clinicians who keep adding credentials and still feel the gap.
You finished the first trauma training. Then a certification. Then another. The CE hours add up. The credentials lo...
Why advanced trauma practice is a developmental stage, not a certification, and how to recognize when you are ready to grow into it.
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Advanced trauma therapy is not defined by the number...
Why your own regulation is part of the treatment, and what it takes to tend to it as a clinician.
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Nervous system regulation for therapists is the ongoing practice of tending to your own...
Why so much of what clients grieve does not involve death, and why it deserves the same care as bereavement.
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Non-death losses include the endings, disruptions, and disappearances that g...
A quick clinical check for trauma therapists asking whether it is time to slow down.
Trauma processing only works when the nervous system has the capacity to integrate what comes up. When that capaci...
