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
- 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
- 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 It can also be an outdated strategy from...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
- 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
- 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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