Calm Works Counseling, LLC

06/06/2025

A brief introduction to EMDR Psychotherapy. There is a path to healing from trauma.

Learn about how EMDR therapy works, what it is like, and how widely it is recognized. EMDR therapists discuss how EMDR therapy works and the feedback they re...

06/06/2025

01/01/2025

The body is the key to the mind. You first have to calm the body’s response to trauma, shifting it from danger/alert to relaxed/controlled. Only then can you begin to recognize and process the mental and emotional aspects of the trauma.



Winter reminds us that slowness doesn’t have to look like turning off but turning in. If this season looks more like settling deeply into your nest rather than rushing to renew and reset, you’re not alone. Everything in nature takes time to hibernate, to go inward, to marinate, and slow down - you can too 🤍
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12/27/2024

Caution, art may cause you to feel...

Sharing an article from the Museum of Modern Art that features the excellent work on how art elicits emotions by Lindsay Braman - Therapist & Psychoeducator

https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/686?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR37Y6aad3pH7xAH-jwlR5Jpk2XPdaogox98EWRVsBNYP-7hrLF4gtqGMng_aem_X1Kb_FEw200_-CON8GAKoA

Join a mental health illustrator for an imaginary trip through MoMA’s galleries and reflections on how art can elicit emotion.

01/21/2024

Register today for Sr. Ellie's signature 6-week course, Foundations in Meditative Practice! The next series will be held on Monday's from 6:00pm-7:15pm from January 29 through March 4th.

We invite you to create a little space in your Monday evenings to begin or deepen your personal practice. Attend by Zoom or in-person at the Center.

Begin registration on our website: https://www.sjcenter.com/meditative-foundations-course

01/20/2024

A great opportunity for licensed mental health professionals in the Tulsa area: Soundscapes Tulsa is offering a special self-care event on February 4th. See the event information and use promo code Care20.

Join us for a relaxing afternoon of sound healing, designed specifically for mental health professionals to prioritize their own self-care.

11/14/2023

Learning about fight, flight, fawn, and freeze can be helpful, but learning how these responses manifest in our particular bodies is where the magic really starts. When we understand how fight, flight, freeze, or fawn show up for us, we can develop an internal template to refer back to in moments where we are feeling a lot of (or beginning to shut down and feeling no emotion at all) that alerts us when it’s time take steps to soothe our and return to our window of tolerance.

No one has an innate ability to pause during a conflict and reflect “Gosh, I think I might be moving into a freeze response.” Instead, this realization tends to be something we recognize as we reflect on an experience later. Growing the capacity to check in with ourselves and notice, in the moment, when we are slipping into a response is one key to learning how to self-soothe, expand our , grow emotionally, and build .

That’s where my new comes in: it’s a tool specifically for helping us recognize when we are moving out of our window of tolerance (where we can listen, learn, and respond thoughtfully) and into a reaction state.

Like the Emotion Sensation Wheel, the Fight, Flight, & Freeze Embodied Wheel is a tool to prompt conversations and build awareness by showing how each of these responses *tends* to show up through physical sensations. It's not prescriptive- it's a conversation starter. It's meant to teach, to stir, and to prompt conversations that build awareness, connection, and experience through awareness. Download a digital copy of this art via patreon.com/lindsaybraman or through my website.

09/19/2023

The dog feeling wheel!

A doodle just for giggles that is particularly complex for so many of us.

Get a sticker, print, or tote bag via the Society6 link in my profile.

06/18/2023

Tulsa-area EMDR Therapists: Check out the EMDR with IFS Workshop being offered by EMDR & Beyond in Bixby, OK this August 10-11, 2023! Thank you Connect & Restore for sponsoring the training.

Information Link: https://emdrandbeyond.thinkific.com/courses/integrating-internal-family-systems-into-your-emdr-practice-a-practical-approach

04/12/2023

There are a few spots available in our upcoming Foundations Course. Whether you are new to meditation or have been at it for years, this class is for you. It has been quite some time since we held this class in person. The next series will be in Summer, so, do not miss out!

Sr. Ellie has been offering this interfaith meditation in our community for years. She is a pillar of strength and tenacity. We are honored to be back at the Center with her to deepen our practice.

Commitment to all 6 sessions is required to participate. Additionally, we have ongoing weekly classes and this course is a pre-requisite to attend.

If you'd like to join the Foundations course, please contact Shela at (918) 663-4747 or sjcenter@intcon.net. You may also visit our new website at www.sjcenter.com for details and to submit a registration form.

03/20/2023

Great interviews by several local Tulsa therapist in the HIE privacy issues...

https://www.fox23.com/video-mental-health-providers-concerned-for-patients-privacy-in-state-health-information-exchange/video_9044502a-c5a1-11ed-b8d9-9f7deaceb935.html?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3nF-EPrahe5qzdvi2jeLnzdrD8pijHBsoG8wUYoOCOAuoaVITMLGAPH30&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Video: Mental health providers concerned for patients’ privacy in state health information exchange

02/25/2023

Learn more about Somatic Experiencing®

Visite el enlace de nuestro perfil para obtener más información sobre Somatic Experiencing®:

Somatic Experiencing® resolves symptoms of stress, shock, and other traumas that accumulate in our bodies. When we are stuck in patterns of fight, flight, or freeze, SE helps us release and recover.

Learn more about Somatic Experiencing®. https://traumahealing.org

Donate here: https://traumahealing.org/give

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Find an SEP™: https://directory.traumahealing.org/

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Emotions are our internal guide- giving us a sense of direction.

When an emotion comes up, you might check in with yourself and see what the emotion guides you towards knowing. You might also return to one of the following definitions to help direct your focus toward that knowing.

Here's how some of our emotions guide and inform:

🔹 Anxiety informs us that we are experiencing a loss of control, a lack of agency, and/or intolerance of uncertainty and the unknown.

🔹 Anger informs us that our boundaries are being challenged or violated.

🔹 Sadness guides us to attend to loss and possibly withdraw or move inward to preserve our energy and resources.

🔹 Surprise informs us something unexpected has happened and activates our senses to gather more information in the environment.

🔹 Fear informs us we need to respond to a dangerous situation (perceived or real).

🔹 Joy informs us we have witnessed or experienced something that brings us towards well-being (and our goals).

🔹 Disgust informs us something is interacting with our values in a challenging and/or violating way.