by DrKatieBrazaitis | Jan 7, 2025 | Clinical Interventions, Clinician Wellness, Expanding Self-Care
As therapists, we use our words to mirror, to validate, to make sense, to clarify, to challenge. We offer words to heal by. We are trained extensively to be selective and intentional in our words. To guide them to land, and be ready to amend when they...
by DrKatieBrazaitis | Dec 10, 2024 | Clinical Interventions, Enhancing Competency
The holiday season is not always merry and bright. It can be ripe with painful memories, unfilled hopes and expectations, and challenging interactions with loved ones. Today’s post is going to focus on the latter. How do we navigate setting limits and asking for...
by DrKatieBrazaitis | Nov 18, 2024 | Clinical Interventions, Enhancing Competency
In a previous post, I Introduced validation. I reviewed what validation is and is not, and why it is an important therapeutic skill. This week I’ll be going over the “hows” of validation. Specifically, therapy basics of paying attention and using...
by DrKatieBrazaitis | Nov 5, 2024 | Clinical Interventions, Enhancing Competency, Suicide
In this Making Sense of Suicide installment, I’ll be talking about safety planning. As usual, there is too much to cover in one post. First I’ll describe what safety planning is, provide a quick review of the research, and discuss key elements for ensuring...
by DrKatieBrazaitis | Oct 8, 2024 | Clinical Interventions, Enhancing Competency, Pop Culture, Media, and the Arts
In my last post, I talked about common fears clinicians face when conducting a suicide risk assessment. This week, I’m going to talk about our client’s fears and how we can help ease them. Please note, aspects of this post are somewhat oversimplified. This...
