How can you begin to incorporate unique self-care techniques into your practice? How can you begin to expand your self-care toolkit and elevate your overall well-being?

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• In today’s episode, we dive back into some lesser-known self-care practices. We will look at 7 more self-care strategies that you can incorporate into your practice today!

Episode 173 Self-Care Practices You Might Not Have Heard Of Part 1

Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less

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How does sleep affect mental and emotional well-being from a holistic perspective? What are the common sleep-related issues clients face, and how do these impact their overall health?

MEET Kevin Handley

Kevin Handley is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology in Virginia. His private practice focuses on providing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) and other evidence-based approaches (CBT, ACT & Positive Psychology) to help people thrive. His coaching, consulting, and continuing education for behavioral health professionals focuses on practice growth, self-care, ethics and risk management, and practical strategies to help improve their clients’ sleep health. As an award-winning professor and a frequent speaker, he often speaks to professional and community groups about sleep, positive psychology, and other topics in the hopes of helping as many people as possible apply psychology to improve their everyday lives.

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The Ethics of Sleep Health: Efficacy, Equity, and Clinician Self-Care on June 27th

IN THIS PODCAST:

• What is healthy sleep? 4:17
• How is insomnia diagnosed? 9:23
• Holistic solutions for better sleep 12:28
• Why is sleep health so important for practitioners? 30:44

• Defining what healthy sleep is on an individual basis
• How much sleep do you need?
• Why is it important to ask clients about their sleep habits?
• Sleep health and mental health

• Focusing on better quality sleep
• What puts you at risk for insomnia?
• Examining the correlation between depression and insomnia

• What factors go into sleep hygiene
• How to make simple changes for better sleep
• The importance of a sleep schedule
• What is the R.I.S.E.U.P method?
• What is the CBT-I Sleep program?

• Modeling sleep health to your clients
• Self-care and ethics for therapists
• How to begin addressing better sleep with your clients

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Why is integration important in clinical practice? What challenges exist in aligning unconventional practices with conventional therapy?

MEET Tina Vitolo

Tina Vitolo, LCSW, is a Doctor of Social Work with almost 20 years of experience. Her doctoral dissertation, focusing on Complementary and Alternative Interventions in clinical social work practice, was published in the Journal of Research on Social Work Practice. In her private practice, Tina integrates Human Design, Crystal Healing, and Intuitive Practices with established clinical theories such as Psychodynamic, Transpersonal Psychology, Existential Humanistic, Jungian, and Person-Centered approaches. Tina also runs The Black Sheep Therapist, where she coaches unconventional therapists on integrating unconventional interventions within an evidence-based framework. Her Innovative Practitioner Accelerator Program offers education and empowerment to therapists seeking to broaden their therapeutic approaches

Find out more at The Black Sheep Guide, connect with Tina on Instagram, and join her FB Group: Black Sheep Therapists: Embracing Unconventional Practices In Mental Health

IN THIS PODCAST:

• What are the limitations of more traditional therapy? 4:12
• Complimentary modalities vs. holistic modalities 9:47
• What are the misconceptions of alternative healing modalities? 25:10

• What is evidence-based Practice?
• What are the 3 components of evidence-based practice?
• The importance of building rapport with your clients

• Aligning with health and healing
• What are the benefits of complementary therapy modalities?
• Providing a safe space for your clients and colleagues
• How can therapists begin to embrace authenticity in their practice?

• Understanding the research that goes into alternative modalities
• Finding research on these modalities
• The importance of knowing your clinical theory
• How to determine which modalities to use with your clients?

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What is Multidimensional Psychiatry and how can this integrative approach to mental health help your overall well-being? How can water healing be brought into your mental health practice to provide physical and spiritual healing?

MEET Elizabeth Nguyen

Elizabeth Nguyen, MD was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her parents were refugees from Vietnam who arrived in Honolulu in 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War. She received her BA from Stanford University in Human Biology, her MD from Northwestern University, and her Psychiatry Residency and Child Psychiatry Fellowship training at UC Davis. She started her career in community mental health, with specific interests in cross-cultural psychiatry, the intersection of spirituality and mental health, and the healing power of water and the natural world. She is currently in private practice in Davis, CA where she incorporates energy healing into her psychiatry work. She recently published her first novel Aloha Vietnam about a Vietnamese American family navigating cross-cultural issues in mental health treatment and recovery. Of the inspiration behind and the intention for Aloha Vietnam, Elizabeth says: "There is so much trauma and healing in the human ancestral lineages, and water, art, and storytelling help us in becoming whole and natural again."

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IN THIS PODCAST:

• Multidimensional psychiatry vs. traditional psychiatry 7:23
• What is water healing? 8:40
• Restoring your own water flow 14:10

• Understanding ourselves and our clients as a “whole person”
• Using our own energy for healing

• How does our disconnect with water affect us?
• What is your relationship with water?
• How to restore your connection with water?
• What is your “own body of water?”
• Finding water resources wherever you are

• How does energy work in your body?
• What causes energy stagnation?
• Incorporating movement and what is the “Melt Method?”
• Restoring water flow walkthrough!
• What is Blue Health?

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How do you integrate somatic interventions with traditional talk therapy approaches? What are some common misconceptions about somatic therapy, and how do you address them with clients?

MEET Kim Bevans

Kim Bevans is a body-oriented therapist and Embodiment Expert. Kim received her master's degree from Columbia College Chicago in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling. Kim is a Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Massachusetts. Kim provides therapy to women who over-intellectualize, spend too much time in their thinking minds, and feel emotionally overwhelmed. Kim helps women hear the call in their bodies and hearts to facilitate deeper connection, understanding, and healing within themselves. Her private practice is in Boston, Massachusetts. Based on her years of embodied clinical experience and ongoing learning, Kim provides education and consultation for therapists who want to level up their mind-body toolbox.

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Check out her Top 6 Somatic Intervention, a quick reference guide of dependable somatic skills to deepen your sessions by bringing your client into embodiment now

IN THIS PODCAST:

• Somatic Therapy Vs. Traditional Therapy 4:00
• What are the different kinds of Somatic interventions? 6:04
• What role does a therapist's own embodiment play in facilitating Somatic interventions? 14:30

• Understanding the difference between Somatic therapy and body-oriented therapy
• Integrating multiple modalities into a session

• The importance of movement and body sensations in session
• Learning to put words to how we feel in our bodies
• Understanding the client's individual needs
• What is a “verbal run?”
• How to teach your clients to tap into their own movement

• The importance of understanding how movement feels to you as a therapist
• Helping your clients understand what Somatic therapy is
• Understanding your client’s specific needs
• How to educate your clients in Somatic intervention
• What are the challenges when integrating Somatic interventions into sessions?

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What is mindful movement and how can you integrate more into your day? What are the positive benefits that these practices offer for both mind and body?

MEET Jessica Patching-Bunch

JPB is a stress resilience coach on a mission to change the way we understand and approach mental health by providing practical approaches to understanding and managing stress. Struggling with stress-related illness most of her life she took her background in neuropsychology and set out to address a real gap in accessible, alternative mind-care and wellness education. Translation: Helping you understand your nervous system so you can drop the shame and guilt that keeps you stressed.

Find out more at Brain + Body Resilience, and connect with JPB on Instagram

IN THIS PODCAST:

• What is mindful movement? 5:18
• Who is mindful movement for? 12:15

• Strengthening mind and body connection
• What are different mindful movement techniques?
• Integrating breathwork into mindful movement
• How does mindful movement help with emotional regulation?

• How does mindful movement affect the nervous system?
• The importance of keeping movement simple
• Understanding how our body reacts to stress
• How to change your physiological state through mindful movement
• How to be consistent with daily movement

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How can you begin to heal yourself physically, emotionally, and mentally? What are some practical strategies to guide you on your holistic journey to well-being?

MEET Ashley James

Her podcast is called Learn True Health with Ashley James where she interviews holistic health experts and doctors of Naturopathic medicine 3 days a week. Through the interviews, her expert guests teach listeners how to gain health naturally through holistic medicine, diet, supplemental nutrition, and lifestyle changes. Ashley ensures listeners learn Natural Medicine Life Hacks for gaining energy, better sleep, a boosted immune system, and an overall feeling of awesomeness!

Over the last 10 years, Ashley and her husband have built several interesting businesses including reaching the top rank of a holistic network marketing company, living off of a thrifty eBay business, and building and selling bat houses from their garage to aid in bat conservation.

Ashley struggled with health issues her whole adult life, including infertility. When she was 19 she was told, by an MD and an endocrinologist, that she couldn't have kids. When Ashley was 22 she lost her Mom to cancer. This loss was so great it caused Ashley to reassess her life. She became determined to learn how to help others lead healthier happier lives.

First, Ashley became a massage therapist and Reiki Master. Then she became a master practitioner and trainer in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Time Line Therapy, Hypnosis, and coaching.

Through her 20s, she struggled with hormone issues, diabetes, weight gain, regular infections and chronic fatigue. MDs offered only drugs to manage symptoms with no solution to help her body heal. In 2011, Ashley turned to naturopathic holistic medicine for answers. Through holistic medicine, Ashley cured her diabetes, resolved her hormone issues, got her energy back, and stopped the chronic infections. What's most impressive is after 6 years of trying to get pregnant without natural medicine, Ashley and her husband were able to naturally have a baby thanks to naturopathic medicine and nutrition!

When Ashley isn't interviewing doctors and holistic health experts for her podcast or coaching her wonderful clients to achieve their life and health goals, she is spending time with her husband and son, enjoying the Pacific Northwest, exploring the Greater Seattle Area, and cultivating her skills in the kitchen by cooking whole food, organic meals for her family.

Ashley is passionate about her podcast and building its listenership because she is on a mission to change lives by bringing holistic health information to those who, like her, are seeking better health naturally!

Please help Ashley in her mission by sharing her podcast with your friends and family! Together we can all Learn True Health!

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IN THIS PODCAST:

• What is intuitive eating? 12:06
• What is the connection between eating and mental health? 16:08
• Mindful approaches to dealing with clients who have eating

How does holistic therapy address the multifaceted aspects of chronic illness, including physical, emotional, and spiritual, to promote healing and well-being? How can practitioners begin to look at their patients with a more holistic view to treat chronic illness?

MEET Christina Kantzavelos

Christina P. Kantzavelos is a licensed holistic psychotherapist (LCSW) writer, artist, and citizen of the world, with a home-base in Joshua Tree, CA. She received her Bachelor’s and Master's of Social Welfare (MSW) from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and her Master of Library and Information Sciences from San Jose California State University (SJSU). She’s a first-generation college student, and third culture kid (TCK) holding dual citizenship in Greece/ the EU. She has visited over 35 countries and documented most of them on social media. However, it was in completing the Camino de Santiago (500-mile pilgrimage across Spain) at the end of 2015, that she realized her strong affinity with writing. She decided to start BuenQamino, an Award-Winning, gluten-free, and health-conscious lifestyle, and travel publication. In her 100% remote clinical practice (@BeginWithinToday), she treats and is an advocate for those with chronic illness and C-PTSD, utilizing various modalities such as EMDR, CA, neural retraining, EFT, and others. She recently published 'Begin Within - A Daily Healing Journal' (www.beginwithintoday.com) for those living with chronic illness or other health-related challenges.

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Buen Quamino

IN THIS PODCAST:

• What is chronic illness informed? 5:19
• What does it mean to be “holistic” when dealing with chronic illness? 9:17

• Understanding the complexities of living with a chronic condition
• Adopting a chronic illness-informed approach in your practice
• What is Spoon Theory?

• Understanding the interconnectedness when it comes to a person's physical, mental, emotional, social, and, spiritual well-being
• What are the challenges when working with clients with chronic illness?
• What is Neural Retraining?
• Overcoming patient resistance when dealing with chronic pain or illness
• The benefits of journaling
• Collaborating with other healthcare providers

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