Resources

Short Videos

Learning how to love

Dr. Sue Johnson, the primary developer of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, talks with other experts about how we originally learn to love and the hope for creating new ways of loving and relating with our partners.

Internal Family Systems

Dr. Richard Schwartz, the creator of Internal Family Systems, provides a 3-hour introduction to the therapeutic model.

Neuroscience

Dr. Dan Siegel shares his hand model of the brain in a simplified version above in the image and a more thorough version in the video below.

Easy ways to calm your body

These short and easy body-based strategies can help you feel calmer and more connected with your body.

Empathy vs sympathy

“What is the best way to ease someone's pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities.” - The RSA

How trauma affects our nervous system

This video outlines the autonomic (automatic) nervous system’s response to stress and how previously adaptive ways of coping with trauma (experiences that exceed the nervous system’s ability to both feel and function) can lead to ongoing disconnection and/or overwhelm.

Books