Archive for May 26, 2010

Are Successful Animal Assisted Interventions All in Our Head?

Posted on May 26, 2010, 11:16 am | 1,080 views

“We now assume that when psychotherapy results in symptom reduction or experiential change, the brain has, in some way, been altered” (Cozolino). In the wake of the 1990s “Decade of the Brain,” much of the resulting counseling research suggests moving away from the sole use of talk therapy towards integrating sensory based interventions…particularly with individuals [...]

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Overload

Posted on May 26, 2010, 8:51 am | 769 views

This is not burnout. Not secondary trauma. Not even compassion fatigue. It is plain and simple the situation of working too much in too short a time. I don’t think I’m the only helping professional to have this- nor even the only human being to. Every profession and vocation can experience overload- too much work.

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