"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
― C.G. Jung

Resources for Patients -
  • "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." - Anaise Nin

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Self Exploration/Awareness of the Psyche 
http://www.clarissapinkolaestes.com   The Works of reknowned Jungian Analyst, Author and Cantadora, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiHWbgqCndU  A poem by Dr. Estes
http://www.planetsark.com/ Author Artist, inspirational self awareness with Sark.

Mindfulness, Relaxation and Emotional Regulation Resources:

This is a beautiful and relaxing fun way to draw mandalas or freeform abstract images for fun or to meditate with.  You can print or email your finished work.  A relaxing alternative to meditation for those who find meditation  difficult. 
http://weavesilk.com/  

Yoga Nidra Meditation 

Visit this youtube link for a good Yoga Nidra activity. Yoga Nidra promotes restorative mind and relaxation.  This is not a religious based meditation.  It is simple meditative focusing of attention awareness and breathing.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H0FKzeuVVs
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Relationships & Attachment.  Attachment in infancy and childhood is a crucial neurological and emotional building block for a healthy successful adult relational life.  Not only does it determine your ability to establish and maintain intimate and loving connections, it has been demonstrated to effect problem solving, ability to cope with stress and crisis and rates of substance abuse.  Often in my work with individuals and couples, I will use various methods to assess attachment patterns to assist with intervention.  I may have clients take the attachment screening in the following link, which is informative and useful as an aid to treatment.  By logging in, you will be able to take the assessment screening and receive an immediate report of your findings. 

http://www.yourpersonality.net/attachment/index.php


Learning Disabilities and Social Skills Training for Special Needs Children and Teens
http://www.ricklavoie.com/gateindex.html  Richard Lavoie - Learning Disabilities Educator and Consultant - Resources for Parents and Practitioners
  • "It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before, to test your limits, to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." -  Anaise Nin
                                                                   Trauma and Stress Response


http://www.adl.org/issue_education/Hate_and_violence.asp  Talking to your children about hate and violence


http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/feeling-relating-existing  -  Articles by Intersubjective psychoanalyst Robert Stolorow on grief and trauma
                                                                                          
                                                                                            http://www.istss.org/WhatisTrauma/3243.htm What Is Trauma and When To Seek Help
                                                                                          http://www.childhelp.org/ - Child Help USA Nationwide links for Services for Prevention and Treatment of 
                                                                                          Child Abuse
  • " Shame is the lie someone told you about yourself." Anaise Nin

Inspirations, Implosions & Expansions

"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do."
-Rumi

Fascination is a key to productivity; it unites
experiences; it  is even its own reward. - Erving Polster

When a great ship is in harbor and moored,
it is safe, there can be no doubt. But …that is not what great ships are built
for. - Clarissa Pinkola- Estes


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This beautiful piece was recently shared with me by a wise old young soul.

http://thefreshxpress.com/2009/03/singing-your-song-an-african-custom/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk   Link to amazing Bobby McFerrin teaching neurologists the universal qualities of music and humanity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wHxkCOrUII&feature=related  - Another entrancing hypnotic piece by Bobby McFerren. 

“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” 
― C.G. Jung

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