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Melanie Marklein, PhD

May 20

Healing with Horses

The “Horse Sense for People” way of training horses has yielded powerful insights into working with trauma survivors.

Heather Pierce, MSEd, LCPC

Apr 19

The Vulnerability of Joy

How to increase our capacity for joy and happiness and find greater peace of mind when our brain starts to “dress rehearse tragedy.”

Steadfast Center

Mar 17

We Must Feel to Heal

There are ways to take care of ourselves and still feel our feelings about living through a worldwide pandemic.

Steadfast Center

Feb 12

Taking Stock: One Year In

What it might mean to finally start feeling safe enough to reflect on what our year(s) of collective trauma have done to us.

You Don’t Have to Lose the Quarantine Weight

Steadfast Center

Jan 13

You Don’t Have to Lose the Quarantine Weight

An exploration of what it might be like to reward your body with trust, rather than punishment.

Steadfast Center

Dec 15, 2020

Grief Around the Holidays

To fully experience the joy that can come with the holiday season, we must acknowledge the accompanying loss and grief.

Heather Pierce, MSEd, LCPC

Nov 15, 2020

The Strangeness of Estrangement

There are few forms of distance that are so complex, hidden, and misunderstood as a chosen estrangement from family.

Getting to Know Dissociative Identity Disorder

Steadfast Center

Oct 15, 2020

Getting to Know Dissociative Identity Disorder

The ways in which Dissociative Identity Disorder is slowly becoming more normalized and understandable in both science and daily life.

Heather Pierce, MSEd, LCPC

Sep 15, 2020

Mental Health PPE

Five types of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that protect our hearts and minds against the “pathogens” that threaten our mental health.

Trauma Recovery in the Presence of Collective Traumas

Steadfast Center

Aug 16, 2020

Trauma Recovery in the Presence of Collective Traumas

The ways that living with collective trauma can complicate recovery from more recognizable forms of traumatic injury.

Narcissistic Abuse — The Other Pandemic in America

Steadfast Center

Jul 15, 2020

Narcissistic Abuse — The Other Pandemic in America

A look at what happens to a country being “parented” by a severe narcissist.

Heather Pierce, MSEd, LCPC

Jun 16, 2020

What if the Media Were Trauma-Informed?

Seven lessons journalists can learn from trauma therapists.

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