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Ruptures include breaches, breakdowns, shifts in client body language (shut down/pull away responses), derailments, complaints, disagreements, projections, hurts, mis-attunements, a deterioration of the bond, etc. https://www.taramcraetherapy.com/blog/my-journey-with-emotion-focused-couples-therapynbspnbsp monthly 0.5 2025-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/643aca60577ce2006b0e6164/9a31a426-ea94-4407-a8f7-784374ad09ca/gradphoto.jpg Welcome to my blog. Anxiety, Couples and Neurodivergence. - My Journey with Emotion Focused Couples Therapy   - My journey into EFCT began when I was just 19 years old. I was in my undergraduate degree at the University of Ottawa. Knowing at the time that I wanted to pursue an MA/PHD in Clinical Psychology, I started searching for labs to volunteer in to build up my knowledge as well as to build a relationship with a professor/researcher who may want to take me on as a MA/PHD student - yes this is how it works as the program is quite competitive. I was in a serious and committed relationship from the time I was 16 and so I was very interested in all things couples. I started volunteering in the Emotion Focused Couples Therapy lab. I only realized years later how big of a deal this was; I was working under the world renowned Dr. Susan Johnson. THE creator of one of the most trusted and effective forms of couples therapy. https://www.taramcraetherapy.com/blog/ensuring-your-cognitive-behaviour-therapy-cbt-practice-is-anti-oppressive-lgbtq-affirming-neurodiversity-affirming-anti-racist-and-trauma-informed monthly 0.5 2025-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/643aca60577ce2006b0e6164/7665b726-a094-4919-94ca-e880f51a708c/cbt.jpg Welcome to my blog. Anxiety, Couples and Neurodivergence. - Ensuring your Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) Practice is Anti-Oppressive, LGBTQ+ Affirming, Neurodiversity Affirming, Anti-Racist, and Trauma Informed CBT is often critiqued for its lack of consideration of oppression, devalued groups, structural and systemic problems and trauma. We have to work hard when using CBT not to become robotic and in order to avoid causing harm. Here is an non exhaustive list of what you should and shouldn’t do to ensure that your Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) practice is anti-oppressive, lgbtq+ affirming, neurodiversity affirming, anti-racist, and trauma informed. https://www.taramcraetherapy.com/blog/clinical-supervision-series-tips-for-social-workers-working-with-asd monthly 0.5 2024-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/643aca60577ce2006b0e6164/5a41eb3a-b229-49b9-8bfa-358c79cd0bd1/Untitled+design+%2810%29.jpg Welcome to my blog. 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Anxiety, Couples and Neurodivergence. - No Matter What You Are Struggling With, You Need This Skill!  - One of the skills that I teach the most in my psychotherapy sessions is one that is necessary no matter what you may be struggling with, or what mental health diagnosis you are facing. This is the ability to tolerate discomfort, to allow emotions to flow and to stop resisting your emotional experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/643aca60577ce2006b0e6164/1710446481297-0WLMF9938QZ45IWR295M/Tara1+%281%29.JPG Welcome to my blog. Anxiety, Couples and Neurodivergence. - No Matter What You Are Struggling With, You Need This Skill!  Written by: Tara McRae MSW RSW Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist https://www.taramcraetherapy.com/blog/dealing-with-guilt-and-shame monthly 0.5 2024-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/643aca60577ce2006b0e6164/046926d9-6e42-479f-9946-5d4667d4fc23/Untitled+design+%288%29.jpg Welcome to my blog. 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Though often integrated into a larger therapeutic treatment or as part of Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT), nightmare re-scripting is something that you can also do on your own at home. https://www.taramcraetherapy.com/blog/these-things-are-making-your-social-anxiety-worse monthly 0.5 2024-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/643aca60577ce2006b0e6164/f031d51e-0fc4-4b05-8b87-af29912354ae/Untitled+design+%285%29.jpg Welcome to my blog. Anxiety, Couples and Neurodivergence. - These Things Are Making Your Social Anxiety Worse - If you are someone who struggles with social anxiety, of course you have come up with ways to soothe it. This makes total sense! You have to get through it somehow. 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