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Connection Therapy — 100 episodes
100. Increasing our Skills in Observation Leads to Improvements in our Interventions
99. Using Your Voice to Set the Frame in the Therapy Session
98. Emotional Variety is an Indicator of Attachment Style
97. Before You Understand What You Hear, You Feel It
96. Assessing Readiness for Interventions by Listening to Voice Prosody
95. Transitions and the Healing Power of Expression
94. How Eye Contact Affects the Delivery of Telehealth Services
93. Mental Health Awareness: Healing in Community
92. Reading the Nervous System Through Facial Movement in Clinical Practice
91. What Humans Can Learn from Horses to Improve Relationships with Janet Jones, PhD
90. How to Recognize Emotional States Across Species with Janet Jones, PhD
89. Making Stronger Bonds Between Species with Janet Jones, PhD
88. Improve Mental Health Therapy Interventions by Observing & Assessing Non-Verbal Behaviors
87. Horse Behaviors & Human Behaviors: A Discussion with Haley Mathews, PATH Intl. CTRI®, Part Two
86. Horse Behaviors & Human Behaviors: A Discussion with Haley Mathews, PATH Intl. CTRI®, Part One
85. Improving Outcomes for Patients by Acknowledging and Encouraging Cooperation
84. Foundational Research Still Useful in the Practice of Emotion-Focused Therapy
83. Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) Part 3 with Ladan Safvati, LMFT
82. Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) Part 2 with Ladan Safvati, LMFT
81. Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) with Ladan Safvati, LMFT
80. The Evidence for Multiple Therapy Modalities
79. Carl Rogers’ 1957 Foundational Article and the Implications for Research
78. Resistance to Change Can Instead Be Overwhelming Fear: Strategies to Determine the Difference
77. What a Regulated Nervous System State Looks and Sounds Like in a Therapy Session
76. Observing Non-Verbal Signals to Understand How to Reduce Anxious Responses During Times of Change
75. How to View Non-Verbal Signals to Determine Readiness for Change
74. Highlights from the Year
73. Reflections with Kinsey Rone, LCPC: What Works & What’s in the Works
72. Not Always Jolly: Nature’s Lessons for the Holidays
71. Expecting Great Outcomes - A Look at the Pygmalion (Rosenthal) Effect
70. Supporting Veterans? Learn about the Research History that Drives Current Treatments
69. The Research on Supporting Veterans
68. How to Provide Better Mental Health Treatment for Veterans with Adam Magers, MA, LPC
67. A Veteran’s Journey with Adam Magers, MA, LPC
66. Supporting Veterans Effectively with Adam Magers, MA, LPC
65. What if Someone Does Not Want to Look at Themselves?
64. We Knew It! There are Connections Between Brains
63. Gazes between Species and the Application to Mental Health Practice
62. Honoring Dr. Jane Goodall and the Lessons She Leaves Behind
61. Understanding Emotion in Therapy
60. Slowing Down and Listening for Emotional Cues in Therapy
59. From Cognition to Emotion: A Shift in Mental Health Practice
58. Do Feelings Drive Us More Than Thoughts? Affective Science in the Therapy Room
57. How Goats Help Us Rethink Emotion in the Therapy Room
56. Researching the Connection Between External Behavior and Inner States
55. Supporting Children’s Emotional Growth Through Play Therapy
54. How Voice Reveals Emotion Beyond Words in Therapy
53. Inside the Emotional Systems That Shape Us
52. When Cognition and Behavior Don’t Match: Unconscious Motivation and the Emotional Systems Driving Us
51. Integrating Nonverbal Communication into Clinical Practice
50. Why Body Language Matters with Dr. Rachaël Draaisma
49. From Fear to Curiosity: Exploring the Seeking System with Dr. Rachaël Draaisma
48. Understanding Calming Signals and Scentwork with Dr. Rachaël Draaisma
47. From Horsework to Human Work: Reading the Signals We Miss
46. How Trauma Shapes Behavior: A Look at Appeasement in Children
45. How Trauma Shapes Children’s Behavior and Their Need to Stay Connected
44. How Embarrassment Builds Trust in Relationships
43. The Psychology of Appeasement: What Dogs Teach Us About Connection
42. Observing Eye Contact in Dogs for Better Connection
41. Art and Science Combined for Better Mental Health Practice
40. Insights from Research That Transform Therapy Practice
39. The Research on Mimicking and Connection
38. Increasing Alignment in the Therapy Room: Ways to Make Sense of Differences Between Statements and Nonverbal Signals
37. Strengthening Relationship Patterns Through Disruption and Repair
36. How Animals Detect Human Nervous System States Through Scent
35. Exploring Physiological Synchrony in Therapy Settings
34. Observing Physical Reactions to Strengthen Interventions
33. How Your Natural Skills as a Therapist Help Improve HRV and How to Strengthen The Impact
32. The Connection Between Horse and Human HRV—Why It’s Important
31. Understanding Heart Rate Variability to Improve Therapy Outcomes
30. How Do We Know When Mental Health Needs Support?
29. Understanding Mental Health and How Healing Begins
28. Brenda and Kinsey Rone on the Power of Therapist Connection
27. More Than a Profession: Brenda’s Love for Psychology
26. A Conversation with Brenda: Exploring Passion and Purpose in Therapy
25. Aligning Intentions and Actions: Lessons from Dance Therapy
24. Exploring the Research Behind Awe Walks and Their Emotional Impact
23. How Erikson’s Stage 5 Guides Therapy for Adolescents
22. Understanding and Supporting the Industry vs. Inferiority Stage in Therapy
21. A Closer Look at Erikson’s Stage 3: Navigating Initiative vs. Guilt in Early Childhood
20. Understanding Autonomy vs. Shame: A Closer Look at Erikson’s Second Stage of Development
19. Understanding Children Through Erikson’s First Stage of Development
18. The Role of Developmental Stages in Child Therapy
17. Social Learning and Emotional Bonds: What We Can Learn from Humans and Animals
16. Transference in Therapy: How Animals Help Us Understand Non-Verbal Cues
15. Using Non-Verbal Communication and Animal-Assisted Therapy to Enhance Patient Care
14. Understanding and Managing Negative Projections in Child Therapy
13. Spotting and Responding to Positive Projections in Child Therapy
12. Understanding and Reflecting on Projections in Therapy with Children
11. Recognizing Eye Movement Patterns to Improve Treatment Effectiveness in Equine Assisted Services: Understanding the Initial Encounter
10. Assessing Eye Contact Cues to Increase Effectiveness of Interventions
9. Understanding Blink Rates: What Horses Teach Us About Stress and Therapy
8. Connecting Through Eye Contact: Play Therapy Interventions for Better Eye Contact
7. Unlocking the Importance of Eye Contact in Mental Health
6. Navigating Life's Stages: Intervening with Projections Through Erikson's Developmental Model
5. Understanding Positive Projections: A Guide to Identifying and Addressing Them in Therapy for Adults
4. Insights from Research: Exploring Human-Animal Behavior
3. Exploring Attachment Theory: Understanding the Influence of Assessments and Human-Animal Connections
2. Animal Assisted Therapy: Overview of a Research Study and Its Fundamentals
1. Introduction to Projections