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Author: firstibreathe
Marriage and Family Therapy for Couples & Individuals, Registered Circle of Security Parent Educator, Health/Wellness Consulting/Coaching for individuals and groups. Specializing in relationship distress, medical crisis survivorship, wellness and stress management. Background in Olympic level sports medicine, athletic training, professional cycling. Masters Degree with a focus on Marriage and Family Therapy. Teaching Stress Reduction techinques.
What is Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples?
If you are interested in Emotionally Focused Therapy this video describes the research, application and details of this therapy.
Strengths and Virtues
Working to understand each others signature strengths and virtues is a tool I use to help couples appreciate and know each other better. Watch this video to understand the value of this knowledge and cutting edge new psychology.
“What are your strengths…..you have super powers and focusing on your strengths and those of others helps you make a better version of yourself…….Pause and ask yourself: Does what I am about to do accurately reflect who I am and what and who I want to be?”
Two adorable Brittish Boys performing a song they wrote about struggling with bullying at school
Authentic Vulnerability is part of the recipe for lasting change.
Another amazing Brene Brown Ted Talk. Watch this video. The gift of the knowledge she shares will be worth every minute of your time!
A compelling new article “The Tao of Anger Management” with Christian Conte
In this compelling and intriguing new article The Tao of Anger Management with Christian Conte. the opportunity to begin
the process of therapy by focusing on the core of pure empathy and attunement with another suffering human being is presented. Christian Conte shares the need for others to: “Just imagine if everyone in your life defined you by your worst moment, that this moment accompanied you like a badge of shame throughout your life, limiting all future possibilities, including your hopes and dreams.”
Using examples of extreme cases of anger and violent behavior from his years of working with convicts he draws a picture of the need for new methods of compassion and empathy for struggling individuals and society at large. He shares his fascinating method of therapy which is based on “Yield Theory”. A theory rooted in principles of ancient Taoism.
