New Growth Counseling

08/14/2025

Invisible wounds of racism - cultivating racial sensitivity in therapy, sustaining diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts.

07/17/2025

From natural disasters and armed conflict to political and social unrest, and to the quieter and more personal heartbreaks rarely spoken aloud, so many of us are living with a background hum of grief, fear, and uncertainty.

We invite you to explore these 10 self-compassion practices from the Mindful Self-Compassion program that can help support you through terrible tragedy, along with brief explanations.

These gentle, research-based practices are designed to help you:
💜 Ground yourself in moments of overwhelm
💜 Hold space for grief, fear, and anger
💜 Reconnect with common humanity
💜 Find strength through softness

This resource is free and available to all. Please feel free to share it with anyone who might need support right now.

Link in bio or here: https://shorturl.at/4dDaU

07/02/2025

Registration for our Fall virtual support groups will officially open on July 20th — the RC is thrilled to bring to you 5 offerings of 20 hours over the course of 10 weeks of meaningful reflection and discussion facilitated by a licensed mental health professional 🫀

Reclamation for All held Thursday nights with Sakina Levin, LCPC

Spiritual Abuse for Women+ facilitated by Kayla Felten, LICSW (time TBD)

Spiritual Abuse Recovery for Q***r folks held Tuesday nights with Lee Start, LICSW, LADC

Therapists Reclaiming Together held Monday afternoons with A.G. Wilson, LPC, LMHC

Spiritual Power Inventory Processing Group facilitated by Kayla Felten, LICSW and Jenai Auman (author of “Othered”)

06/14/2025

06/05/2025

Trauma-informed yoga (TIY) is a somatic practice designed to support survivors of trauma by restoring agency, choice, and connection to the body. It also offers tools that providers and supporters can use to co-regulate and stay grounded while holding space for others.

In this experiential session, Exhale to Inhale Lead Trainer Julie Fernandez will introduce key principles of TIY and guide participants through 2–3 accessible, grounding tools to regulate the nervous system, reconnect with the body, and practice presence. These tools are designed for real-time application—whether you're navigating your own experiences of stress or trauma, or supporting someone else.

This session is open to survivors, service providers, and anyone seeking body-based tools for resilience, empowerment, and healing.

Register here: https://traumaresearchfoundation.org/integrate-mind-body-practice-for-working-through-trauma/

05/30/2025

Read more: https://yungpueblo.substack.com/p/what-people-get-wrong-about-inner

05/23/2025

💬 AAI Word of the Week: Human-Animal Bond 🤝 A mutually beneficial relationship between people and animals that positively influences mental, physical, and social well-being. This can show up in many forms: from the moment a child reads more confidently with a dog at their side, to the calm that fills a room when a therapy animal walks in.

🔔 Stay tuned for next week’s new Word of the Week!

05/13/2025

"Meditation without psychological insight can become escapism, while therapy without mindfulness can become endless rumination. Together, they offer true transformation.” - John Welwood, Psychologist and Author of Toward a Psychology of Awakening, https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/imp/

05/12/2025

Our girl Tee is Facebook famous today!

🎉 Today is National Mental Health Provider Day and we’re celebrating the dedicated professionals who support emotional well-being in every community.

To the therapists, counselors, social workers, and school psychologists: your compassion and commitment make a lasting impact.

Animal-assisted interventions can be a powerful complement to mental health care. Just ask Christa, a licensed professional counselor and member of AAAIP, who partners with her dog, Tee, in her practice:

“Working with Tee has been a gift, both for me and my clients. Tee helps me create and maintain a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental therapeutic environment for each of my clients, regardless of their mental health struggles. A lot of my clients are in the process of healing from complex trauma: for them, interpersonal relating may feel risky, but relating to Tee often comes much more naturally.”

💚 Here’s to the professionals who create space for healing—and to the animals who help them do it.

🐾 Learn how therapy animals support mental health care: https://utm.guru/uinfr

05/09/2025

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