Trauma-Informed Care

by DrKatieBrazaitis | Aug 12, 2024 | Clinical Interventions, Enhancing Competency

This Friday, August 16, 2024 at 12 MST I’ll be providing an Arizona Perinatal Psychiatry Access Line (APAL) Grand Rounds on Trauma-Informed Care in a Gynecological Setting. In the talk, I introduce the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services...

Making Sense of Suicide: Part 2 Theory Continued

by DrKatieBrazaitis | Jul 30, 2024 | Clinical Interventions, Enhancing Competency

In Making Sense of Suicide: Part 2 Theory, I introduced Joiner’s Interpersonal Theory of Suicide and Jobes’ Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicide. In this blog, I’ll round out my discussion on theory by reviewing Marsha Linehan’s Dialectical Behavior...

Distress Tolerance: Holding Ice

by DrKatieBrazaitis | Jul 15, 2024 | Clinical Interventions, Enhancing Competency

Holding Ice is one of my go-to distress tolerance skills.  It is a modification of the DBT TIP skills, which aim to change your emotional state through changing your body’s physiology.  This blog is for clinicians and those seeking healing alike.  You’ll notice some...

Making Sense of Suicide: Part 2 Theory  

by DrKatieBrazaitis | Jul 2, 2024 | Clinical Interventions, Enhancing Competency, Suicide

I am a firm believer that having a strong foundation in theory allows for the creation of rich and compassionate conceptualizations.  This is especially true for making sense of suicide. In this post I will provide a brief review of two of the three frameworks I...

Hello, Anxiety!

by DrKatieBrazaitis | Jul 2, 2024 | Clinical Interventions, Pop Culture, Media, and the Arts

In my last post, I talked about my love of Inside Out and highlighted three therapeutic-take-aways.  Now I will be providing an overview of Inside Out 2. Then I’ll discuss some elements I’m excited to start applying with my therapy clients. Spoilers Ahead! Joy,...

Does Riley Really Need to Be Happy?

by admingabfleming | Jun 19, 2024 | Clinical Interventions, Enhancing Competency, Pop Culture, Media, and the Arts

This weekend Inside Out 2 hit the theaters and I was first in line to check it out!  Our journey with Riley and her emotions continued, this time with the added influence of Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment, and Ennui.  Before diving into Inside Out 2 any...