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I’m Emma McAdam, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and my mission is to make mental health resources easier to access. I take therapy skills and psyc...

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How to get unstuck from the Freeze Response (Trauma Shutdown response aka Hypoarousal )

4 Types of Overthinking and How to Stop Them - Worry, Intrusive Thoughts, Rumination, Over-Analyzing

Meditation for Chronic Pain- Somatic Tracking Exercise to Replace Fear with Curiosity

How to Heal Attachment Wounds - Anxious or Avoidant Attachment Styles w Jessica Baum

3 Essential Strategies for Managing Burnout for Modern Knowledge Workers

Social Anxiety Skills That Actually Help w Dr. Deborah Dobson

How to Train Yourself to be Less Reactive or Impulsive

Healing Beam of Light Meditation for Energy, Warmth and Healing

Hidden Medical Issues That Mimic Depression & Anxiety

6 Keys to get WAY MORE out of Therapy

How Chronic Pain Gets Stuck in the Nervous System

Inner Critic Therapy Session w IFS founder Dick Schwartz (I may have cried a bit)

The Secret Fuel of your Emotional Reactivity

Tap into a deep sense of safety with this somatic exercise- The Robin w. Dr. Arielle Schwartz

How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

The Neuroscience of ADHD and Emotional Dysregulation

New Brain Research Links Anxiety to Low Choline

The Life-Changing Power of Making Repairs w Dr. Sarah Michaud

How to Actually Change Your Life- You Need a System, Not a Goal

7 Micro Habits to Escape the Freeze Response - Polyvagal Tools for Depression & Burnout

Mapping your Parts- This IFS Exercise Can Help You Heal Trauma

The Freeze, Appease or Fawn Response to Harassment

The Power of IFS to Heal Trauma - No Bad Parts Book Summary by Richard Schwartz

Building Healthy Attachment Relationships after Childhood Trauma

How to Process Emotional Numbness and Dissociation

Trauma-Fueled Nightmares and Night Terrors with PTSD

How to Heal from Childhood Trauma or Complex PTSD - Summary of Pete Walker's Book

6 Deep and Lasting Ways to Improve Your Self-Esteem

Restoring your Internal Sense of Safety after Trauma w CPTSD Expert Dr. Arielle Schwartz

Armoring - How Trauma Gets Embodied as Tension, Chronic Pain, Jumpiness or Emotional Walls