by Deborah Cox | Dec 12, 2022 | body psychotherapy, Coaching For the Therapist, Connect, Reconceive, RECONCEIVE PODCAST: Connecting with You, Resources, Therapy, Uncategorized
Health Practitioners in a Crisis of Disconnection Helper burnout creates disconnection of all kinds. As therapists (or other healthcare professionals), this kind of fatigue isolates us from our bodies, our creativity, our sense of meaning, and our intimate...
by Deborah Cox | Oct 1, 2020 | anger, Anxiety & Calm, Becoming More of Your True Self, cultural healing, Feel Better, parenting, Reconceive, Relational Cultural Theory, Uncategorized
Mindful anger means experiencing the emotion in an: 1. awake, 2. deliberate, and 3. self-nurturing way. Let’s break this down a bit so we can see how to love ourselves through difficult moments. Last week, I had an experience that allowed me to practice this. The...
by Deborah Cox | Sep 11, 2020 | anger, Becoming More of Your True Self, child maltreatment, cultural healing, dissociation, getting grounded, parenting, Reconceive, Relational Cultural Theory, Therapy, Uncategorized
Remember being angry as a child? Children’s anger deserves our attention. When I talk to adults about their childhood anger, they usually remember, but feel anxious talking about it. Sometimes they draw a complete blank. I definitely remember being angry as a...
by Deborah Cox | Jul 1, 2020 | anger, Anxiety & Calm, dissociation, Feel Better, getting grounded, Uncategorized
Getting Physical with Anger (in a good way) In my last post, I introduced physical anger work as a tool for getting grounded. I gave instructions on how to deliberately release anger in a time-limited way using props, such as a punching bag or pile of cushions, a bat,...
by Deborah Cox | Jun 29, 2020 | anger, Anxiety & Calm, Becoming More of Your True Self, dissociation, Feel Better, getting grounded, Mood, Reconceive, Therapy
But what if I’m just mad at myself? I nearly always get this question from my clients. Who are you most angry with? I ask. 75% of the time, the answer comes back: I feel anger at myself. Angry with myself for not knowing better Mad at myself for thinking I could...
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