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"... sharing tools for the healing journey..."

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  ".... sharing tools for the healing journey ..."

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Creating Safety and Rapport

 

By CRAIG WEINER, DC


 

I often ask practitioners if they provide a safe space for their clients. The answer is always yes. Hmmmm....  This overwhelmingly positive response puzzles me...  My top 7 tips for creating safety, connection, and rapport. 

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Professional TRAINING
 
 

FREA offers on-site trainings and other customized services for agencies and professionals wishing to improve the quality of care for their clients.

 

 

 

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Therapist Resources 

We share resources, research and commentary by and for professionals treating trauma, stress reduction and sexual abuse.

 


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RESOURCES

Learn the latest mind-body tools 
 

We offer safe, effective techniques and information to support survivors and professionals. 

We support  caregivers and therapists with the means to help those you serve.

 

VIDEOS

 

SELF-CARE TECHNIQUES

A NEW STANDARD OF CARE
Trauma-Informed Awareness

Trauma-Informed Awareness

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Psychologist Kristin Miller, PhD talks about recent advances in diagnosis and a new standard of care for survivors of sexual abuse.

 


 
Moving Energy Through Self-Care


KRISTIN MILLER, PhD

 

 

I used to call myself the “human garbage disposal.”  I would listen, witness, and help my clients release their trauma. Eventually, the pipes got clogged and nothing flowed. Talk therapy was not working, and I was not going to make it in this model.  So I searched long and hard ....

 

 

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A SAFETY ADVOCATE'S LIFE

A Safety Advocate's Life

A Safety Advocate's Life

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AN ADVOCATE'S ONE DAY TRAINING

A One Day Training

A One Day Training

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Working with survivors of abuse Lydia learns to help herself and her clients as an unexpected benefit of participating in a FREA training.

Learning to more effectively help her clients provided a surprisingly quick opportunity to put into practice what she had just learned.

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 The #1 reason why caregivers leave the field is burnout – the stress that comes  from caring too much, trying to do too much, and not taking good care of ourselves. Burnout  can result from expecting our clients to “get better,” and taking it  personally and blaming ourselves when they don’t ... 

 

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I did not see the kinds of rapid shifts and changes I see in my clients, until I began using energy therapies." — G.N. 

 

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