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The Hidden Harm of Traditional Intake: Rethinking How We Welcome Trauma Survivors
How can intake be more than administrative? Explore how trauma-sensitive practices turn the first session into a foundation for healing.
Mar 246 min read
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Should Therapists Share Their Own Experiences? Navigating Self-Disclosure in Therapy
How does a therapist’s lived experience impact their work? Explore self-disclosure, countertransference, and burnout in perinatal therapy.
Mar 105 min read
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Supporting Clients Through Pregnancy Termination for Medical Reasons: What Perinatal Therapists Need to Know
Supporting clients through TFMR requires compassion, knowledge, and legal awareness. Here’s what perinatal therapists need to know.
Feb 245 min read
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Beyond the Individual: How Relationship Dynamics Shape Perinatal Mental Health
Discover how understanding relationship dynamics is essential for perinatal therapists, even when working with individual clients.
Feb 115 min read
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Decolonizing EMDR: Centering Client Voice and Choice in Trauma Healing
Decolonizing EMDR shifts therapy beyond the individual, addressing systemic trauma and centering client voice, choice, and cultural context.
Feb 55 min read
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Why Identity-Informed Care Matters in Perinatal Mental Health
Explore how culturally responsive, identity-informed care transforms perinatal mental health outcomes for diverse clients and communities.
Jan 204 min read
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Beyond Birth: The Hidden Epidemic of Perinatal Trauma
Perinatal trauma shatters families. Learn how to support healing, strengthen bonds, and explore EMDR therapy's role in recovery.
Nov 5, 20245 min read
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Help us heal Israeli and Palestinian trauma through EMDR
The Touchstone Institute is donating 25% of each new registration for these self-paced courses to EMDR 4 Peace...
Nov 8, 20231 min read
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Free Four Blinks Trauma Training in Hebrew, Arabic, and English
This past weekend, fellow therapist and Touchstone facilitator, Thomas Zimmerman generously hosted an impromptu Four Blinks training...
Oct 13, 20232 min read
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Nurturing the Nurturers: Addressing the Unseen Trauma behind Human Milk Feeding
Understanding the relationship between perinatal mental health and human milk feeding is vital to trauma-informed care.
Aug 1, 20233 min read
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7 Insider Tips for EMDR Success in Complex Trauma Management
Discover 7 crucial tips from EMDR expert, Jasmine Adams, on managing complex trauma effectively.
Jul 5, 20232 min read
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Language Matters: 5 Reasons to Say "Birthing People" instead of "Mothers"
Why we at Touchstone use 'birthing people,' to promote inclusivity, advocacy, and holistic care in our approach to perinatal health.
Jun 29, 20232 min read
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6 Tips to Maximize Your EMDR Phase 2 Resourcing
Uncover expert insights into EMDR Phase 2 Resourcing for perinatal clients, with specialist Leslie Pertz's key strategies and resources.
Jun 20, 20232 min read
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7 Things You Need to Know before Integrating EMDR into Your Practice
Discover Suna Clinchard's valuable tips for integrating EMDR therapy. Strengthen adaptive info, build foundation, embrace attunement.
May 25, 20233 min read
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EMDR Therapy, Demystified
Discover the healing impact of EMDR therapy on early traumas through Kate White's interview with Mara Tesler Stein.
May 23, 20234 min read
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Abortion Access as a Mental Health Issue
Learn from reproductive psychologist, Julie Bindeman, PsyD, about the mental health implications of restricted abortion access in the US.
May 10, 20232 min read
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5 Key Takeaways from Connecting the Rainbow: Healing Perinatal Trauma
Discover Jana Glass's course on perinatal trauma healing, with Dr. Peifer's insights on diverse families.
Apr 19, 20232 min read
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Building Empathy and Trust: Supporting NICU Parents on Their Emotional Journey
Join our NICU Parenting course to support families in their emotional journey, guided by experts Mara Tesler Stein & Deborah L. Davis.
Apr 17, 20232 min read
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Staying Centered in an Uncentered World: Lessons Learned from Perinatal Mental Health
Discover essential perinatal mental health lessons learned to stay centered amid chaos. Explore insights & strategies for resilience and sta
Dec 8, 20221 min read
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The Line
A poem written by Dr. Mara Tesler Stein for those who have experience the NICU and ventilators.
Mar 18, 20203 min read
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