Luckdragonfly Counseling

05/24/2026

Dammit Vicki!

05/24/2026

🧠 4 Phases of Trauma Healing

Trauma healing unfolds in non-linear stages — and recognizing where your client is can help you pace the work with greater precision and care. In trauma therapy training at Academy of Therapy Wisdom, clinicians often explore how matching interventions to the phase of healing supports nervous system safety and deeper integration. These principles are central to the learning community at the Academy of Therapy Wisdom.

1️⃣ Stabilization
You focus on building safety, regulation, and internal resources so the nervous system has enough support before deeper work begins.

2️⃣ Processing
Traumatic memories and survival responses are worked through gradually, with careful pacing to avoid overwhelm.

3️⃣ Meaning-Making
Clients begin to make sense of their experience and update old beliefs, often with growing self-compassion.

4️⃣ Integration
Body, emotion, and narrative come together, supporting more flexibility, regulation, and choice in daily life.

✨ Trauma-informed therapy isn’t about moving faster — it’s about moving at the speed of safety.

💬 Comment “Safe” below and we’ll send you the link to Jules Taylor Shore’s FREE webinar.

"This profound work has changed me personally and has been very effective in working with my clients. Although I need to review the material as it is so rich and deep the pieces I have incorporated have made a very positive impact." -Sonya Randle

05/21/2026

04/26/2026

You might relate to DBT if you:
💙 Feel emotions really deeply or quickly get overwhelmed.
💙 Struggle in relationships or with self-criticism.
💙 Need practical tools to get through tough moments.

You might relate to CBT if you:
🩵 Overthink or worry a lot.
🩵 Struggle with negative self-talk.
🩵 Want clear strategies to change your thinking patterns.

There’s no one-size-fits-all in therapy. The best approach is the one that fits you. 💫

04/06/2026

A study of 2.7 million people has found that autistic girls are being significantly underdiagnosed compared to autistic boys and the gap is far wider than previously understood.

Researchers found that girls were 50% less likely to receive an autism diagnosis than boys with the same traits. The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, points to longstanding diagnostic criteria built almost entirely around male presentations.

Girls often “mask” more effectively — mirroring social behaviour to fit in — which means their difficulties go unnoticed until much later in life, if at all.

The researchers are calling for an urgent overhaul of diagnostic tools to account for how autism presents differently across genders.

Half the picture has been missing all along.

02/20/2026

02/02/2026

A coping box 📦 can help you calm down without overthinking.

02/01/2026

01/26/2026

Free Parent Conference

01/24/2026

Why STOP Works When Emotions Are Intense

From a nervous system perspective, STOP works because it slows the emotional cascade.

Strong emotions create urgency. Urgency narrows attention and pushes action. STOP interrupts that loop long enough for regulation to begin.

It doesn’t remove the emotion. It reduces the intensity so the emotion doesn’t hijack your behavior.

Over time, practicing STOP helps your system learn that you don’t have to react immediately to be safe.

Follow for more tips nervous system regulation.