Eek, there’s dissociation in my office!: The art of mentoring therapists in...
This workshop, with co-presenter Kathy Steele, is aimed primarily at supervisors working with clinicians who are new to practice with complex trauma and dissociation. Because this novice experience may...
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Harvest season: Deepening the exploration of self-care for therapists and...
“There is no market for a book like this.” So spoke one of my publishers back in 2010 when I first began to attempt to get Your Turn out into the world. Now, each month, the monthly report from Amazon...
View ArticleFeminist therapy
This chapter, excerpted from the book Feminist Therapy, is a brief introduction to theory in feminist therapy. Theoretical roots of feminist therapy and major contributors to underlying theoretical...
View ArticleFeminist therapy process
This chapter, excerpted from the book Feminist Therapy, is a brief introduction to dyanmics of the process of feminist therapy. The function of the egalitarian relationship and strategies for...
View ArticleLooking outside the (voice)box
This article is one of several follow-ups to my classic piece, New voices new visions, originally published in 1989. It is part of a special issue on how various lesbians in positions of leadership in...
View ArticleFirst do no harm: Is it any longer safe to write case reports?
This article, part of a special issue of the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, explores the risks of harm to clients whose lives become the topic of a professional case study. Drawing upon the...
View ArticleOn not quitting the day job
Among the workshops I’ll be giving at the convention of the American Psychological Association in August is one based on a book chapter I published last year, titled On not quitting my day job. It’s a...
View ArticleEmpowerment as an ingredient of effective psychotherapy (August 7, Washington...
This presentation, part of a symposium titled How Does Psychotherapy Work? Looking to Theory and Evidence to Identify Change Mechanisms, explores the “secret sauce” of Feminist Therapy, empowerment,...
View ArticleDear sister/friend: Working with intimate female friendships in psychotherapy...
This discussion program explores the ways in which being a feminist psychotherapist influences how one is a friend to other women. I will discuss the trajectory of my development of emotionally...
View ArticleOn not quitting my day job: How being a therapist heals me (August 9,...
This presentation, part of a symposium titled Therapist Stories of Inspiration, Passion, and Renewal shares my story of personal and professional existential crisis, and describes the ways in which the...
View ArticleForensic issues in trauma psychology (August 9, Washington DC)
This discussion program explores the application of trauma psychology to the forensic contexts, including expert witness testimony, forensic treatment, and forensic psychological evaluation. A CD of...
View ArticleWhat does egalitarian look like? Dynamics of empowerment in feminist practice...
This presentation, part of the symposium Psychotherapy Revealed: A Glimpse of Eminent Psychotherapists in Session, illustrates how I attempt to develop egalitarian relationship in therapy, using...
View ArticleYour turn for care: Surviving the aging and death of perpetrators in your...
This workshop draws upon my book of the same title, and is aimed at assisting adult survivors who are confronting the complexities evoked by the aging and death of perpetrators in their families. We...
View ArticleHealing in the hard places
I recently spent the weekend at the annual conference of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, where I was pleased to receive the status of Fellow of the Society for the...
View ArticleNo easy answers: Ethics and the emphasis on social justice in the practice of...
In this symposium I will be speaking to the specific topic of the ethics of self-care: social justice for the therapist, too. This presentation addresses the thorny ethical conundrum of psychotherapist...
View ArticleYour turn for care: Surviving the aging and death of perpetrators in your...
This workshop draws upon my book of the same title, and is aimed at assisting adult survivors who are confronting the complexities evoked by the aging and death of perpetrators in their families. We...
View ArticleLaura talks about being a trauma therapist on the West Coast Trauma Project...
Guy McPherson, the podcast host, interviews me about how I became a trauma therapist, and what keeps me inspired and engaged in this work. I share some early stumbles on the path to understanding...
View ArticleOn not paying prices
My process as a writer is a bit like a pregnancy. My brain gets fertilized with an idea, often something that enough of my clients are talking about that I am pointed by them in a particular direction....
View ArticleFeminist Therapy With Complex Trauma: Accompanying a Survivor on Her Hobbit...
Part of a symposium, Frodo and Sam Enter Mordor—The Feminist Therapy Alliance in Complex Trauma, this presentation will reflect my experiences of a feminist trauma specialist working as a therapist...
View ArticleA Contextual Approach to Treating Dissociation (August 8, Toronto ON)
I will serve as the discussant on this program, responding to the work of colleagues who will be describing the use of a contextual model to assist people dealing with trauma-related dissociation....
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