Jill E. Brown, LCDC, PLLC

12/25/2024

To you & yours from me and mine!

12/24/2024

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ℹ️🌿 CHRISTMAS: FAMILY TOGETHERNESS OR PAINFUL ESTRANGEMENT REMINDER? |

It’s everywhere at the moment. Adverts on every media source proclaiming that Christmas is coming whether we want it or are ready for it or not. That time of enforced togetherness looming with ever-growing dread at seeing the strangers in the family for that once-a-year gathering.

Or it’s a joyful time of connection and re-connection with much-loved family members that we see often but still enjoy hunkering down for meals, soppy films and a sense of belonging with.

What then of the middle group of family members that are splintered and alienated from one another through adverse lifestyles or cruel past and/or ongoing unpleasant present behaviours and experiences?

Read the Full Article: https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/articles/christmas-family-togetherness-or-painful-estrangement-reminder



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10/08/2024

09/21/2024

If you’re not sure of the impact substances can and do have on the brain, here it is in the simplest of explanations. Age, developmental stage and environment also play a role, as do many other factors.

09/20/2024

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09/06/2024

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Fabulous article 😍

07/14/2024

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NIH-supported study reveals crucial need to increase public awareness that medications for opioid use disorder can be prescribed in primary care settings.

05/22/2024

The goal is to help each other grow toward secure attachment, not to accommodate and reinforce insecure attachment. Some of this comes from self-work, and some of it comes from partners working together such as what this cartoon illustrates.
This post provides an example of co-regulation….when partners interact in a way that is calming to each other’s nervous systems. Co-regulation is 20 times more effective than self-regulation and co-regulation is ultimately what creates secure attachment. Of course for co-regulation to be possible, self-regulation is also necessary…it’s not an “either/or” but a “both/and.”

As a couples therapist who specializes in healing anxious-avoidant partnerships, I’ve written a book to parallel the work I do with couples. The book is Secure Love by Julie Menanno, LMFT, LCPC. Check it out if attachment theory resonates with you, but you’re needing to know HOW to do the work from someone who is extensively trained to help couples (and trust me when I say the training part matters). ❤️

02/20/2024

Radical. Acceptance.

01/30/2024

ℹ️🌿 UNPACKING THE BAGGAGE: RELATIONAL TRAUMA VS. C-PTSD |

The word trauma is being used a lot over the last few years. And what I’ve seen as a therapist, is that people mean very different things when they use terms like “relational trauma” and “Complex PTSD”.

Trauma and it’s effects can be a confusing. We hear a lot about PTSD, but what about C-PTSD, and this vague and mysterious thing called “relational trauma”? Are they the same, different sides of the same coin, or are they more like distant cousins?

Imagine trauma as a tangled mess of yarn. Relational trauma is the event, events, or conditions that create that knot. When a relationship is traumatizing there are often broken bonds and unmet fundamental physical and psychological needs.
In close relationships, especially relationships that occur early in life, relational trauma can stem from neglect, physical or emotional abuse, or even just a constant sense of emotional unavailability.

Read the Full Article: https://michaelgquirke.com/unpacking-the-baggage-relational-trauma-vs-c-ptsd/

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12/16/2023

One change. One shift. One decision.

12/04/2023

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ℹ️🌿 HOW TO USE THE POMODORO TECHNIQUE TO COMBAT PERFECTIONISM AND PROCRASTINATION |

The fear of failure is something perfectionists, or anyone who holds themselves to high—or unrealistic—standards knows all too well, and often, this fear might lead them to sabotage their own best efforts by way of procrastination.

When people fall into the perfectionism-procrastination loop, they might slog through a task, or delay until the last minute so that when the outcome fails to meet their self-imposed expectations, they can blame on not having enough time to perfect it.

While the reasons for perfectionism are often deep-seated, those looking to prevent perfectionistic propensities from slowing them down may benefit by adopting a few new strategies. Enter: the Pomodoro Technique, a time-management method that has been lauded by individuals struggling with perfectionism, procrastination, or a combination of both.

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https://www.wellandgood.com/pomodoro-technique/

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11/27/2023

Connection is the antidote to many, many emotional and behavioral problems!