If you can breathe, you can do Trauma Sensitive Yoga

by Sarah Houy M.A. | Apr 5, 2018 | What's New, Yoga

I often get emails from individuals indicating their interest in doing trauma sensitive yoga, but they quickly give me along list of reasons why they don’t think they can: Here are among the top 3 reasons I hear from people about why they think they can’t...

You’re Not Going to Get a Six-Pack Doing Trauma Sensitive Yoga

by Sarah Houy M.A. | Jan 29, 2018 | Live Events, What's New, Yoga

You’re Not Going to Get a Six-Pack Doing Trauma Sensitive Yoga. Ok, So What is Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TSY)? I always joke that you definitely are not going to get six-pack abs doing TSY! You also will not sweat your body weight. Or contort your body into...

6 Things You DON’T want to miss on March 3rd!

by Sarah Houy M.A. | Feb 13, 2017 | Complex Trauma, Developmental Trauma, Integrated Health, Live Events, PTSD, PTSD Counseling, Trainings, What's New

Have you registered for Unlocking the Self: Keys to Healing Complex Trauma Full Day Training on March 3rd? If not, you have 18 days to do so! 8 Spots Remaining! Join an elite group of fellow professionals deepening their understanding of how to work with clients who...

Adverse Childhood Experiences Are Common

by Sarah Houy M.A. | Jan 17, 2017 | Complex Trauma, Developmental Trauma, Integrated Health, Live Events, New and Noteworthy, PTSD, PTSD Counseling, Seminar Topics, Trainings, What's New, Yoga

Being that adverse childhood experiences are common and lead to lifelong challenges in the overall development and health of the individual the importance of understanding how to work effectively with this clientele cannot be understated (CDC, 2016). As a clinician...

Defensive Shame: The Role of Protection in Complex Trauma

by Sarah Houy M.A. | Apr 30, 2016 | PTSD, PTSD Counseling, Seminar Topics, Trainings, What's New

Being an effective trauma clinician amidst the continuously evolving field of traumatology means understanding and effectively working with the dynamic symptomatology of complex trauma. The link below is a PDF of the presentation given at the Colorado Mental Health...

Getting to the Roots: Reducing Health Care Costs by Treating Chronic Illness AND Underlying Trauma

by Sarah Houy M.A. | Apr 18, 2016 | Integrated Health, New and Noteworthy, What's New

According to an article by CNBC by Dan Mangan, 14 community health care centers from around the US are experimenting to see if screening people for underlying adverse childhood experiences and treating them for their underlying childhood trauma AT THE SAME TIME as...