Posts by The Living Room Collective
A Holistic Healing Arts Model for Counselors, Advocates, and Lawyers Serving Trauma Survivors: Joyful Heart Foundation Retreat
Secondary traumatic stress and vicarious traumatization present a burden that counselors, advocates, and lawyers risk when working with survivors of childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, and sexual assault. While effective trauma interventions provide one option for addressing the effects of secondary traumatic stress, the focus of these treatments is typically on clinical symptom reduction, rather…
Read MoreChild USA
CHILD USA’s mission is to prevent child abuse and neglect and to help kids stay kids. Founded by Professor Marci Hamilton, a national expert on child sex abuse; the statutes of limitations (SOL Laws), that make it difficult for victims to pursue justice; and religious defenses that may lead to neglect, CHILD USA is the…
Read MoreJoyful Heart Foundation
Founded by actress Mariska Hargitay in 2004, Joyful Heart Foundation is paving the way for innovative approaches to treating trauma; igniting shifts in the way the public views and responds to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse; and reforming and advancing policies and legislation to ensure access to justice for survivors. With an emphasis…
Read MoreThe Bystander Project
Founded in 2012, The Bystander Project aims to create a world where bystanders are empowered to become Upstanders in the face of sexual assault and domestic and emotional abuse. Through community and cultural awareness, social media, legislative action and film, we are committed to continuing the conversation until we are all empowered to speak truth…
Read MoreTree Sisters
Inspiring a Reforestation Revolution What if everyone started giving back to the natural world in ways that restore the global forest? How fast could we make a difference in the face of climate change? TreeSisters exists to elicit collective responsibility for planetary restoration at the grass roots level with a focus on women and tropical…
Read MorePlant A Tree
Tree Sisters Inspiring a Reforestation Revolution What if everyone started giving back to the natural world in ways that restore the global forest? How fast could we make a difference in the face of climate change?
Read MoreStretching To Relieve Stress And Anxiety
Exercise has tons of mental health benefits, but sometimes it’s hard to do during this coronavirus pandemic. Enter these stretches. This articles is from HuffPost.com and written by Kate Bratskeir on April 24, 2020. Click here to read the full article. Quoted from the article: “The world is currently very scary and weird. We’re all acutely…
Read MoreDr. Beth Haggett, Advisory Board Member
Dr. Beth inspires transformation in areas that make the most difference for people. Her vast experience as a psychotherapist, organizational consultant, speaker, coach, trainer and facilitator over two decades help her to reach people and ask powerful questions that inspire. Beth’s main goal is to invoke transformation both on a personal and organizational level. Her…
Read MoreMichelle Bouvier, B.S., Healing Team
Michelle ‘Nayeli’ Bouvier is a Prana Vinyasa™ Yoga Teacher Trainer, Certified Yoga Therapist, Hoopdance pioneer, Advanced Certified AcroYoga Teacher, Thai Massage Practitioner, and dancer devoted to the art and science of embodiment (definitely a body nerd!). Teaching everywhere since 2000, Michelle has accumulated 4000 hours of training (& counting), specializing in the sustainability of the…
Read MoreDenise Aubin, MQT, Healing Team
Denise Aubin is a certified Medical Qigong Therapist and the founder of Dance of Qigong. She discovered Qigong many years ago while traveling her own healing path and has a passion for assisting others on their healing journey back to love. Qigong is all about loving yourself and reconnecting with your joy. Denise loves teaching…
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