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BIBLIOTHERAPY: Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism by Stanley Rosenberg
Stanley Rosenberg is an expert cranial sacral and Rolfing bodyworker with over 30 years of experience. He wrote, Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism as a practical guide to understanding cranial nerve function for psychological and physical well-being, building on Stephen Porges’s Polyvagal Theory.
SUICIDE SERIES 4: BRAINSPOTTING, EMDR, & SUICIDALITY
When treating clients with suicidality presence and co-regulation are paramount, normalizing and educating about suicidality are helpful since 20% of the general population has suicidal thoughts in any given year, a referral for medication management might be supportive, creating a crisis response plan to be used as tool, and EMDR or BRAINSPOTTING treatment to work on remapping neutral networks for more adaptive outcomes.
Make Trip Packing a Breeze!
It is winter in the Midwest and it might be time for you to pack those bags and head out on vacation! I am a big believer in the benefits of travel for mental health. Here are a few tips to make travel preparation a breeze! If something is standing in your way of traveling, reach out for our help!
Bibliotherapy: This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol by Annie Grace
Bibliotherapy: This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol by Annie Grace
In her book, This Naked Mind, Annie Graces aims to bring your unconscious programming around alcohol use into light, educate you on the dangers of alcohol, and eliminate your desire to drink.
Coriander Living Collective does not specialize in addiction treatment or recovery, yet substance abuse and use are dynamic and complex, psychotherapy and counseling could benefit your recovery. We would be happy to offer you a free consultation and resource connect. Just reach out!
9+ Ways to Overcome Adversity!
In this Psychology Today article, Estroff Marano discusses how adversity has “the capacity to overwhelm the system, to stress it to the breaking point, to shatter the sense of safety that allows mind and body to flourish, to destabilize the neural circuitry powering everyday life…” She shares that people do not necessarily “bounce back” easily when confronted with adversity or traumatic experiences, we typically need to integrate and accept a changed reality following adversity. “...Getting beyond adversity is a process, a very active one, sometimes a very messy one.”
INNER WELL, OUTER WORD In-Person Spontaneous Writing Group!
I offered a writing workshop several weeks ago and it was beautiful what unfolded. Such vulnerability, honesty, tears, and deep belly laughs. Come try something new this winter!
Sign up now! Starts Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 6pm!
Ditch the Resolutions! HELLO ANNUAL REVIEW AND Sweet Surrender MINI RETREAT!
Come join us on Sunday, December 29th, 2024 from 1:30-5pm at Inspiring Actions Yoga Studio in River Falls for the SWEET SURRENDER MINI RETREAT! Registration is open and ends 1226/24. Claim your spot today. You need this!
Bibliotherapy: How to Change Your Body: The Science of Interoception & Healing Through Connection to Yourself & Others by Saga Briggs
Most of us are aware of our five senses (touch, smell, sight, taste, hearing), but we also have proprioceptive (spatial), vestibular (movement), and interoceptive senses. Interoception is our awareness of our inner body sensations, our ability to monitor what we are sensing ie. hunger, pain, joy, etc. Saga Briggs in her book, How To Change Your Body, makes the argument that many mental health disorders are related to a dysregulated sense of interoception, impaired body awareness, low body trust, disconnection from bodily signals, and are interpersonal in nature.
Stressed? Overly Busy? Lonely? Disconnected from Your Center? Come Winter RETREAT with Us!
Come RETREAT with us this winter season! Spaces are still open for:
SUICIDE SERIES 3: Suicide Loss & Survivors
“Suicide is always complicated” and “death by suicide is multifactorial and complex and cannot be explained by risk factors alone.” Losing a loved one to suicide can result in a complicated grief response. Survivors can be left with unanswered questions, regrets, challenges around stigma and shame, judgment from others, trauma, police/media interactions, self-blame/guilt, and shock along with a mirage of other emotions.
What’s One of the Greatest Gifts You Can Be Given?
It is to be brought into this world and parented by a present, attuned caregiver. This helps your nervous system develop a sense of safety, knowing your needs matter and will be met, and that people are to be trusted. It fosters a strong foundation from which to navigate the world, it builds internal resources that can be drawn from when times are tough or emotions are big
Bibliotherapy: breath is life by Laurie Ellis-Young
I heard about this book from one of the trainers in my Adler Graduate School, Working with Law Enforcement Course. I loved it! ♥️ I think most of us have a general sense that breathing is good for us! 😁 Ahha! As long as we are breathing, we are still living! I consciously use my breath as a tool in psychotherapy sessions to help clients regulate their breathing and nervous systems. Breath is one of our greatest tools to help manage our nervous systems and lives. I can tell that I will come back to this book over and over. It is rich with information and practical tools for a better life.
SUICIDE SERIES 2: Suicide vs. Self-Harm
Self-harming and suicide have different functions.
Strategy to Help Make Big Decisions!
In life we are faced with many difficult decisions! When we are in a state of indecision, it takes energy and it can cause stress.
Here is a technique that has helped me make many decisions and supported my clients in making hard decisions.
SUICIDE SERIES 1: Suicidality & Suicidology
I realize, I founded Coriander Living Collective over 4 years ago and I have never wrote a Blog Post on suicide. It’s fairly typical for me to have clients on my caseload with suicidality or past suicide attempts. It is a clinical area where I have competency, extensive training, and experience in treating and managing suicidal behavior. Suicidality is complex, and death by suicide is tragic, having profound impact on survivors. I have personal history with suicide loss like so many others. If you are someone struggling with suicidal thoughts, in deep pain, or if you have been impacted by suicide loss, there is a space for you at Coriander Living Collective. Just reach out.
Gazespotting Demo!
In Brainspotting, we will often either use a pointer to identify a brainspot or will find a gazespot off in space. Here is a demonstration of Cori finding a gazespot and processing for a few minutes. You can notice micro-reflexive movements as her system works to regulate.
FREE Open Floor PURE PRACTICE Movement Class!
Come try a FREE Open Floor Class! “Open Floor International inspires people to move. We teach dance and mindful movement for personal healing, professional growth, and community building. In a challenging world, Open Floor supports resilience, compassion, and joyous connection.”
INNER WELL, OUTER WORD In-Person Writing Workshop!
What’s your relationship with writing? When was the last time you picked up a pen or pencil with paper and wrote honestly, messy, or creatively, without judgment or editing? When did someone last read out-loud to you and you listened not only with your ears, but with your heart?
What’s Better EMDR or BRAINSPOTTING?
Both EMDR and Brainspotting (BSP) are comprehensive brain-body based psychotherapy interventions that treat a variety of symptoms such as trauma, grief, anxiety, and depression. I am honored to be able to offer both of these psychotherapy treatments to my clients. I often have clients ask about which one would be better for them and we talk about their symptoms, their therapy goals, and the differences between BSP and EMDR.
What is a Brainspot? How do you find Brainspots?
Read this blog and watch this linked video to learn more about what a brainspot is and how to find them!