Stop blaming my boundaries for your bad behavior
We, particularly woman and all of those of us who have identities that are either othered or who hold less societal power, are taught...
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- Oct 6
- 2 min
Victor Wooten's Power - "Music as a Language" Excerpt
Victor Wooten is an incredibly accomplished American bassist, songwriter, and record producer. The Ted Talk “Music as a Language”...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Jan 31
- 2 min
Cognitive, bypass
As I’ve dived deeper into my psyche in therapy as well as in one intensive psychotherapy training after the next, I’ve also learned...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
Embody with TF- Yoga
The goal of TF- Yoga is to safely learn to embody oneself as many of us affected by trauma and/or oppression survive those experiences by...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Dec 3, 2020
- 1 min
Body… neutral
It’s holiday season during quarantine and we are about to be inundated with body and food shaming. Even a global pandemic is not enough...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Mar 5, 2020
- 2 min
Integrating trauma recovery in the therapeutic process
A lot of folks seek trauma recovery after engaging in traditional talk therapy modalities such as CBT or hearing from a friend or doctor...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Feb 5, 2020
- 1 min
Role of client and therapist in the recovery of trauma
“I believe so much of the healing process has to be the patient’s activity. If you’re a trauma survivor and feel as though your recovery...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Oct 10, 2019
- 1 min
Kind discourse.
These days, social media allows us to share our beliefs and causes to a large audience at any time. Certainly, it has its advantages, but...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Oct 9, 2019
- 2 min
Positive vibes only?
Focusing only on the positive aspects can be a trap. “I want to move but, I have a really great job here.” “I’m sad a lot in this...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Oct 7, 2019
- 1 min
Resilience used wisely.
The goal of building resilience and grit is not so that you can further endure destabilizing (often referred to as ‘toxic’) people and...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Oct 3, 2019
- 1 min
Loving someone means being willing to engage in healthy conflict with them.
There are a lot of reasons we avoid conflict, the obvious being that it just doesn’t feel good. It can also be an outdated strategy from...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Sep 22, 2019
- 1 min
The harder things are, the more self-care is needed.
The more complicated, difficult, oppressive, and taxing life is for you: the more time & energy you need in self-care practices that...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Sep 19, 2019
- 1 min
Healing the Past in the Present
We can change the distorted beliefs about ourselves, others, and the world through active, intentional mindful awareness of our internal...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Sep 15, 2019
- 1 min
Treating the Whole Person in Therapy
Healing is collaborative, dynamic and multi- faceted. Psychotherapy is the part of the pie that I collaborate with my clients on. In...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Sep 10, 2019
- 1 min
Using Somatic Therapy to Change & Heal
The brain utilizes our past experiences to provide information on how to interpret our emotions in the present. The brain is really good...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Jul 21, 2019
- 2 min
Healthy Discipline
There’s a continuum of ‘treat yo’ self’ to ‘discipline yourself’ and being able to find a balance from day to day is what makes it...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Mar 24, 2019
- 2 min
Pacing is Everything in Healing
A client once said she had been frustrated at times in therapy because she expected to come in and just ‘rip open all my trauma’. Of...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Feb 18, 2019
- 2 min
How to Come Out as an LGBTQA Adult
Most of us had a childhood filled with both subtle and overt lessons of how people and things “should” be. Our family, culture, and...
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Jennifer Dodd
- Jan 30, 2019
- 2 min
Why EMDR is Effective in Treating Trauma
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a therapeutic protocol used in the treatment of mental and emotional trauma....
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Jennifer Dodd
- Jan 14, 2019
- 2 min
4 Subtle Signs of Trauma: When You’re Dealing with More Than You Think
When you think about someone experiencing trauma, incidents such as a violent or sexual assault or a terrible car accident might come to...
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