As seen in INC.: To Boost Your Emotional Intelligence, Stop Using This Word Inside Your Head by Minda Zetlin When you’re faced with a difficult decision, stressful situation, or an upsetting event, how do you talk to yourself about it? Do you think things like this? “I’m so unhappy,” or “I just don’t know what […]
PART ONE: STABILIZATION & ATTACHMENT REPAIR Session 1: February 10, 2021 10-11 AM -Overview of the year -5 minute guided meditation -Self-Energy in the therapy room (Internal Family Systems) -Assessment across the dissociative spectrum -Hard and Soft Signs of dissociation -Structural Dissociation -10 minute break- 11:10-12 AM -How to be sustainable as an Integrative Trauma […]
Just a word about treating OCD with IFS versus Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). Treating obsessive and compulsive parts with IFS is diametrically opposed to treating it in the Exposure and Response Prevention, the most commonly recommended approach. IFS treats OCD parts as what they are–managers and fire fighters, they have jobs to do. If […]
This challenging 11 month course is designed to help you deepen your skills so you can treat Complex PTSD and Structural Dissociation with confidence. We will meet via Zoom, once/month for 11 months, and members will meet on alternate weeks to practice new skills and discuss tough cases. Space is limited. Please note: Some knowledge […]
For clients who are curious about ‘parts’ work–for therapists who want a gentle way to introduce Internal Family Systems thinking to their clients–this is the book! It’s not about the use of parts in therapy, but about the use of parts in life. It’s brief, uses accessible language, and has a friendly tone. The contents […]
Getting Started Right. As your consultant, I can help you get off to a good start with your client(s) from the first phone call. I can help you assess for dissociation and create a sound treatment plan to treat dissociation. I can help you apply what you’ve learned in your training, to clients in the […]
Cathy Hanville, LCSW | Online Consultation Groups EMDR consultation groups available with a focus on the LGBTQ+ community. -Meets the 4th Thursday of each month, 9-1030 AM PST. For LGBTQ+ Clinicians recently training in EMDR. -Meets the 2nd Friday of each month from 9-1030 AM PST. For LGBTQ+ Clinicians with experience with EMDR and trauma […]
Focussed Attention for You and Your Clients I combine an extensive knowledge of EMDR with a number of ‘Parts’ models, to meet the needs of clients across the spectrum–from those who are adequately resourced and simply have a number of traumas to process, to those who are dissociative with extensive histories of abuse and neglect. […]
Integrative Trauma Treatment Case Consultation (via Zoom) My groups include lots of cases, a layering of theoretical approaches, and room for therapists to grow into effective trauma-informed clinicians. I practice and teach an Integrative Trauma Treatment Model, which emphasizes the following skills: assessment along the dissociative spectrum, affectively attuned psychoeducation, stabilization, attachment repair, and trauma […]
Inner Critics Everyone I work with has a cast of fierce inner critics. It comes with being neglected or abused in childhood. But critics also are just plain part of being human. No child gets out of childhood without difficulties. Humiliations come with growing up. Losses come with being alive. Inner critics are parts of […]
I know–! Everyone is raving about weighted blankets–at least the trauma therapists I know–but I would like to add my voice to the discussion. Recently, I heard they are selling them at Costco and Target. But all weighted blankets are not equal, as I have found through trial and error. Why use one at all? […]
If you are an EMDRIA Certified Therapist who wants to take your skills and credentials to the next level, this may be the next right step for you. You must be trauma-informed, and have studied and learned parts work. CIT groups will meet for 60 minutes, every other week, via Zoom.us, for a total of […]
