Brave Acorn Counseling

07/09/2023

05/03/2023

Attending to Panic in Clinical Practice with Sarah Alexander

Sunday June 11, 2023

3 CE Hours

Course description: Emotions are important allies in helping people navigate through life. While most people see emotions as the problem, they are trying to control via coping mechanisms, the truth is that emotions are often a genius response to the problems they face, pointing them in the direction of the exact solution required. This presentation will provide a map for learning to collaborate with panic in order to help a person move in the direction of their valued goals.

Course Learning Objectives:

1. identify the gifts of panic;
2. utilize specific questions posed by panic to help clients move energy in the direction of their valued goals; and
3. recognize the role of panic in its expressed, repressed, and channeled forms

Register by emailing sarah.alexander@braveacorn.com

04/27/2023

Join David Kessler for two free discussions about Grief & Mother's Day. Because we know this day can be challenging when you're missing a mother or a child, David will share helpful tips for navigating Mother's Day.

04/21/2023

Journalist Virginia Sole-Smith wants to change the way parents think about healthy eating.

03/31/2023

Attending to Jealousy, Envy, and Confusion in Clinical Practice with Sarah Alexander

Sunday May 7, 2023

3 CE Hours

Course description: Emotions are important allies in helping people navigate through life. While most people see emotions as the problem, they are trying to control via coping mechanisms, the truth is that emotions are often a genius response to the problems they face, pointing them in the direction of the exact solution required. This presentation will provide a map for learning to collaborate with jealousy, envy, and confusion in order to help a person move in the direction of their valued goals.

Course Learning Objectives:
1. identify the gifts of jealousy, envy, and confusion;
2. utilize specific questions posed by jealousy, envy, and confusion to help clients move energy in the direction of their valued goals; and
3. recognize the role of jealousy, envy, and confusion play as helpers on the Hero’s Journey

Register by emailing sarah.alexander@braveacorn.com

03/30/2023

This kid has a future as a therapist. Aldie, 4, from Canada, showed he's wise beyond his years by talking through his feelings from the day with his mom at b...

03/29/2023

Attending to Fear and Anxiety in Clinical Practice with Sarah Alexander

Sunday April 2, 2023

3 CE Hours

Course description: Emotions are important allies in helping people navigate through life. While most people see emotions as the problem, they are trying to control via coping mechanisms, the truth is that emotions are often a genius response to the problems they face, pointing them in the direction of the exact solution required. This presentation will provide a map for learning to collaborate with fear and anxiety in order to help a person move in the direction of their valued goals.

Course Learning Objectives:
1. identify the gifts of fear and anxiety;
2. utilize specific questions posed by fear and anxiety to help clients move energy in the direction of their valued goals; and
3. recognize fear and anxiety in their expressed, repressed, and channeled forms

Register by emailing sarah.alexander@braveacorn.com

03/22/2023

This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! In the early days of the pandemic studies were rushed out and highlighted in the media claiming that higher-weight people were at higher risk of COVID death. I wrote about the....