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Central Nervous System Defenses and How They Show Up
Travis was puzzled. He had been diligently working for weeks in therapy on decreasing his reactivity to his wife. He was learning to no longer escalate their recurring arguments that caused both of them to question whether they wanted to stay in the relationship and...
Kaiser Permanente Update and Group Therapy Options
Staff Additions at Counseling on Burnside More areas of expertise have been added to our counseling staff. Corina Daughtery-Calhoun, LCSW, joins us with extensive experience counseling transition-aged youth. She is well-rounded in many therapeutic interventions that...
Anxiety and the Drama Triangle in Family Dynamics
When an event shakes the stability of the couple and overwhelms their coping styles then one or the other member will seek the stabilizing of a triangulated person or object.
Posture, Self-Esteem, and Emotional Environment
You say you feel assertive, but I can tell from looking at your body that you don’t feel that way. Scared, you are trying to override with your mind the honesty that your posture cannot hide. Leading with your chin and rolling your shoulders forward protects your...
Perpetual Anxiety
“I can’t believe how tense my muscles are when I tune in and do a body scan like you taught me.” My client was reporting in on the body awareness focus that is part of our clinic. He had no idea prior to coming in how tight certain muscle groups were. What he didn’t...
Breath, Posture and Self-Esteem
“Do you know how you are sitting, especially your posture? ‘Yeah, I am curled in.’ You are rounding your shoulders & protecting your heart. So, what would it be like to repeat to the group what you said but put some more breath into it and open up your posture?”...
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