Emotion-Focused Therapy is defined and discussed as well as: couples counseling, why it matters to learn about what we are feeling, raising children, and other topics.

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We discuss:

Intro to Val and history of Somatic Experiencing (SE) Therapy

What is Somatic Experiencing therapy?

But what about people who have trouble identifying emotions?

Is the patient pressured to talk about their trauma? 28:36 Dissociative experiences during therapy and the "somatic" part of Somatic Experiencing therapy

What does a patient look like when their treatment was successful?

How do you approach people who have trouble feeling attachment to others or experiencing other forms of joy?

How Val learned to notice her own somatic experiences?

Who are not good candidates for SE?

Medications and therapy

Final Thoughts

Val's recommended books: Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma https://a.co/d/8BJC0EK

The Tao of Trauma: A Practitioner's Guide for Integrating Five Element Theory and Trauma Treatment https://a.co/d/2snhqdk

Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory https://a.co/d/gebEYX8

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma https://a.co/d/1aQmoKj

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What everyone should know and understand about children with Conduct Disorder.

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00:00 Start

3:40 Types of therapy

15:51 Adverse Child Experiences (ACEs)

21:35 Ask about trauma

29:58 Where is the trauma?

35:00? Everybody has their stuff

39:13 Are there benefits to having excuses trauma?

51:14 What teens can expect from trauma therapy

53:48 A BFD

58:30 What parents don't learn

1:03:50 What worked for Melissa